U-M Box: How to Turn Off Email Notifications from a Box Folder

Posted on March 15, 2018June 15, 2018 by Raf Rizk MD

Hello U-M Box colleagues.

Here is a little help to reduce the number of emails Box sends you. If you are like me, one less email I don’t need to see is always a good thing for my eyeballs.

Scenario

Let’s say I own a folder or I am invited to collaborate on a folder and I get tired of getting Box emails every time the folder is visited. If I don’t want to know when files are added or downloaded, I turn off notifications.

To turn off notifications takes just fifteen seconds.

Go to folder settings > change settings. Voila, all done. My eyeballs don’t have to see messages from Box.

You can also change notification settings for your entire Box account.

How-To (Silent) Video Walkthrough (40 sec)

Learn More

Go to the Box Community for more help and details.

UM Box: How to Upload a New Version of a File and Post the Link to a Website

Posted on March 1, 2018March 1, 2018 by Raf Rizk MD

Box has a very easy to use workflow to upload versions of a file and then share the link to the file stored in Box.

You can ‘stack’ versions of the same file on top of each other V1-V2 -V3 etc.
The file owner can upload new versions of a file and share the link to the file. The visitor who clicks on a link will always have the most up-to-date file ready for viewing and downloading.
Box allows you many ways to restrict access to the file and link. Learn more about these features in the Box Community (support forum).

In the video below I demonstrate how to use UM Box to post a public link that directs users to our monthly division conference schedule which changes monthly and is often edited.

The file is stored in UM Box.
Access to the file is public (‘anyone with the link’).
Anyone with the link can view and download the file.
Regardless of how many versions of the file you upload, the link to the file does not change.

Thanks for visiting.

Raf

Video: 1 min 54 sec