When a student leaves Colby (graduation, transfer, etc) all documents they shared via Google Suite will no longer be available to those they shared them with. Please follow the steps below to determine if a document that has been shared with you is pending deletion.
- Open a web browser and browse to the Google Drive
- On the left hand side, click on My Drive
- In the Search in Drive field, click on the filter icon
- Click in the Search labels field
- Choose Pending Deletion - Former Owner
- Click the Search button in the bottom right corner
- Double-click any of the files in the search results to which you need to maintain access
- From the File menu, choose Make a copy
- Enter a name and choose a location to save this copy
- Repeat steps 7 - 9 for all files to which you need to maintain access