Many administrators use box.com to host their documents online. Once your documents are hosted online, you can create links to those documents to include in your Grant Lifecycle Manager (GLM) forms and processes. Hosting your documents online gives you the ability to access them from anywhere and makes changes to them as needed.
Get Started with Box.com
Follow these instructions to set up an account:
- Navigate to the box.com website.
- Click Get Started to create a new account.
- Select Business or Individual.
- The Individual plan is free and can host up to 10 GB of files.
- Enter your information.
- Confirm your email address.
- You will receive an email from noreply@box.com.
- If you do not receive this email in your inbox, check your junk folder.
- Open the email and click Verify Email.
- You will receive an email from noreply@box.com.
- You will then be prompted to decide whether you plan to use your account mostly for personal use or for work.
- You can click Skip at the bottom of the page if you would like.
- Upload your files and folders.
- After you have uploaded your files you can link them to your GLM forms and processes.
Link Files to Your Site
Follow this tutorial to create a shared file link. Once the link is copied, open your GLM site and paste this URL into the Rich Text Editor in your forms or process description.
Refer to Rich Text Editor to create a hyperlink.