The 'quick method' (logging out of Google) is useful for a one-time access of materials, but adding your Toronto Metropolitan University account will ensure your access isn't impeded long-term. Proceed to the page or application from which you are trying to access shared Google content (D2L Brightspace, email, or another application used in your course).Click on Apps and open Google Drive, just to ensure you have a new session in your Toronto Metropolitan University Google account.Complete the remaining steps within 30 minutes. After logging out, log back in at my.ryerson.ca.You're going to start the login process from scratch. Go to my.ryerson.ca and log out completely.(In the example here, you will see that I have both my Toronto Metropolitan University account and my personal account listed) Once you get to this screen, you can either 'sign out of all accounts' (the quick method) or click 'add another account' and then proceed to login using your Toronto Metropolitan University email address and password.Not only will this page tell you which account you are currently logged into, you will be able to logout or add your Toronto Metropolitan University account to this list.

Go to, external link and click on the user icon in the top-right corner.These steps will help to ensure you can access content that is shared with you from Google Drive. Note: Users will be required to login with only their Toronto Metropolitan University Google account in order to access this content. Click the 'Send' or 'Share' button to proceed with the changes.Alternatively, you can uncheck the 'Notify people' checkbox if you would prefer not to notify the students about the shared folder. An email will be sent to them with a link to the folder.

You may want to write a message to let the students know about the new class folder.

We recommend setting the permission to 'Viewer', which will only allow your students to view the contents of the folder and not edit them, nor make changes to the folder itself.

Click this to review the sharing permission options. Look to the right of the class email address - you should see a dropdown menu, possibly with the label 'Editor'.

The window will update with some additional details.

Hit the 'Enter' or 'Return' key on your keyboard.

On the 'Share with people and groups' screen, type in the email address of the Google Group you created for your class.

Go to the top of the main Google Drive window, and click the arrow next to the name of the folder.

How to leave a shared google drive