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Box cloud storage is available to all active SMU faculty, staff, and students.
You can upload content easily to Box using your web browser. Share your content with your colleagues or outside of SMU using Box's two ways of sharing. You can even access your files with your mobile device with the Box app.
Please review the File Storage guidelines for departmental files.
When you sign in to Box, you may see different icons depending on the content to which you have access. Here is a guide to identify different types of data:
It’s important to note that Box uses “waterfall” permissions; this means that users can be added to subfolders without impacting the top-level permissions, but permissions granted at the top level cannot be revoked from subfolders! Please keep this in mind when sharing a folder, or requesting a departmental resource, and add only the minimum required users to your top-level folder.
You can always add additional users to your subfolders later, or create/request a new folder for your department if different permissions are needed.
There are many ways to get help with Box. For most basic "how to" questions, we encourage all of our users to contact IT Help Desk. For additional information about Box support, please visit the Box Help pages. We also have several upcoming opportunities for Box webinars on our IT Training page.
The help you get familiar with using Box, they have created this video, "Box - 5 Skills to Get Started Fast".
Box offers many applications for your devices that allow for closer integration with Box. Find them at the link below:
OIT accepts requests for departmental storage using Box. With Box, departments will have unlimited storage on the cloud system to collaborate and share files. These departmental folders will show up in your Box space and will be designated by a blue folder icon.
To request a departmental folder in Box, please contact the OIT Help Desk at help@smu.edu. We will need to know your department or school, the preferred name for your folder, and those individuals who will require access.
Here are some recommendations for managing your departmental folders:
If you are a co-owner of your department's Box directory, click here for additional guidance.