Additional Storage Options for Staff and Faculty

In addition to OneDrive, other options exist for some staff and faculty. Some campus departments may use additional drive letters (other than those shown here), but storage limits and who controls sharing would be the same as for L: and U: below.

Name?What is it?How Much Storage?Who Controls Sharing?
O: = OneDriveRECOMMENDED OPTION for faculty and staff individual file storage.  Files stored in OneDrive ARE FERPA PROTECTED.Unlimited storage capacityYou control sharing of your files and folders on your own without IT staff intervention
L: Shared departmental file storage.Lives on Seattle Colleges Campuses.  Limited storage capacity.All sharing must be provided by contacting IT staff.  
U: Individual faculty and staff file storage. This form of individual storage will be phased out over the next few years in favor of O: OneDrive.  Lives on Seattle Colleges Campuses.  Limited storage capacity.No sharing is possible for these files or folders.
C: NOT RECOMMENDED FOR ANY FILE STORAGE on your Seattle Colleges local desktop.  These files are not backed up.Lives on Seattle Colleges Campuses.  Very limited storage capacity.No sharing is possible for these files or folders.

For your student employees, please check with IT Services Help Desk for policies & procedures.