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Organization tips to wrap-up your semester

Prepare for next semester by tidying up and organizing your digital information so you can start next semester off with a clean slate. The following are a few tips to get you started:

  • Clean up your digital files.
    • Organize files that you may have let go over the semester.
    • Backup important files to OneDrive that you have stored locally.
    • Clean out your downloads folder.
    • Review files you have shared in case you need to remove any of those permissions.
  • Tame your inbox.
    • Organize/archive files that you left in your inbox.
    • Set rules to automatically organize future emails.
    • Unsubscribe to listservs that no longer interest you.
    • Empty your deleted items folder.
  • Use bulk options when you are cleaning up your email or files.
    • In Outlook, you can select multiple files and then choose to delete, archive, move to a folder, make a rule around selected files and more.
    • In OneDrive, you can delete, mark as a favorite, download, move and copy.
  • Organize your content in Teams
    • Leave old Teams that are no longer active.
    • Delete any Teams that you created but are not using.
    • Review memberships in your teams to ensure it is current.

Follow these steps to start getting organized for next semester.

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