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Take your Google Stuff with you

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When you leave these hallowed grounds…..you CAN take your Google Docs with you.

  • Login to your Drive or email [http://login.mountdesales.net is a handy way]
  • Open a new tab [Control-T, usually]
  • Surf to https://www.google.com/takeout
  • Select what you want to take with you
  • Select the best options for you – waiting for the download, or getting an email when the archive is ready to download. [Hint: It will probably take a while for the archive to be available]

The Wikipedia explanation:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Takeout

How to Use Takout [from UConn]: http://g.uconn.edu/how-to-use-google-takeout/

 

BUT:

You can’t just upload that archive into a new Google account.  Google Takeout is outbound only, there is no inbound/restore function.  But the following will help if that’s what you want to do.
[CAVEAT: These have NOT been tested by Mds TEch, so your mileage may vary….Please let Tech know how it goes!]
Transfer messages
     http://www.broobles.com/imapsize/ a generic IMAP utility which can work with any provider that supports IMAP.
When both accounts are with Gmail, you can use the following backup/recovery tool to move the messages (this will include labels)
Transfer contacts (export/import):
     http://support.google.com/mail/answer/12118  (export from other providers)
Google, Students

Google Drive and Moodle – submitting an assignment errors

We’ve seen two issues popup when students are attempting to submit a file from Google Drive into Moodle.

 

Googlemoodle popup

This is NOT an error – just a point of information.
Like it says in the text:

“just go back to the file picker and select the repository again, it should work now“.

Repository –> Google Drive

Googlemoodle sesskey
Click to see a bigger version.

 

The “sesskey” error happens because you were logged into Moodle, went somewhere else to a different network, and then came back to school. Here are some possible fixes:

1 • Use a different browser – you have two on your ipad!

2 • Swipe out of all of your apps, THEN reboot your iPad by holding down the top power button until the “swipe to turn off” slider appears.

3 • Clear your web browser cache:

  • Chrome
    • Fire up Chrome. Top right corner click the icon with 3 vertical dots
    • In the ADVANCED secion, click on “Privacy”
    • Click CLEAR ALL
  • Safari
    • Settings–> Safari
    • “Clear history & Website data”