Individual Box Accounts - IT Services - UCLA

Individual Box Accounts. UCLA provides a free enterprise Box account to all faculty, staff, and students. All accounts offer a 15 gigabyte per file upload ... Breadcrumb Home IndividualBoxAccounts UCLAprovidesafreeenterpriseBoxaccounttoallfaculty,staff,andstudents.Allaccountsoffera15gigabyteperfileuploadlimitandotherenterprisefeaturessuchasversionhistory. IfyouneedassistanceatanytimewithyourBoxaccount,[email protected] orbyphoneat(310)267-HELP(4357). AccessingYourIndividualAccount ToaccessyourUCLAEnterpriseBoxAccounts,followthestepsbelow: 1.Goto https://ucla.account.box.com/login.   2.Clicktheblue"Continue"button. 3.WaittobedirectedtotheUCLALogonpage. 4.EnteryourUCLALogonIDandPassword. ExistingBoxAccounts IfyoucurrentlyhaveapersonalBoxaccountusingyourUCLAofficialemailaddress,youwillnotbeabletocreateanewUCLAEnterpriseBoxaccount.Youwillneedtodothefollowing: MakesureyouknowyourofficialUCLAemailaddress([email protected]): Logintothe UCLALogonIDmanagementpage. Select"ManageUCLALogonID"andloginwithyourUCLALogonIDandpassword. Takenoteofyourofficialemailaddress,listedfourthfromthetop,justbelowyourIDnumber. ToKEEPyourexistingpersonalBoxaccountandaddaUCLABoxEnterpriseaccount: Changetheprimaryemailaddressassociatedwithyourpersonalaccount touseanemailaddressotherthanyourofficialemailaddress. Removeyourofficialemailaddressfromyourpersonalaccountentirely. Loginto https://ucla.account.box.com/login withyourUCLALogonIDandpasswordtocreateandstartusingyourBoxatUCLA. Note:WerecommendthatyouuseyourUCLABoxEnterpriseaccountforanyinstitutionalcontent. ToREPLACEyourexistingpersonalBoxaccountwithaUCLABoxaccount: Changetheemailaddressassociatedwithyourpersonalaccount touseanemailotherthanyourofficialemailaddressoranyotherUCLAemailaddress. Afteryouhavechangedyourpersonalaccountemailaddress,loginto https://ucla.account.box.com/login withyourUCLALogonIDandpasswordtocreateandstartusingyourBoxatUCLA. ManuallycopyanyfilesyouwanttokeepfromyourpersonalaccounttoyourUCLABoxEnterpriseaccount. Oncealltheprecedingstepshavebeencompleted, youcandeleteyouraccount. Donot delete/deactivateyouraccountifyourofficialemailaddressisstillassociatedwithitasthatwilltieuptheemailaddressneededtocreateyourUCLAEnterpriseBoxaccount. RecommendedBestPractices Updateyouremailalias YourUCLABoxaccountistiedtoyourofficialUCLAemailaddress.WhileyoucannotchangeyourprimaryemailaddressinUCLABox,itispossibletoaddmultipleemailaddressesas"aliases,"whichotherpeoplecanusewheninvitingyouasacollaborator.ThisensuresallyouremailspointtooneaccountandpreventsthecreationofanotherUCLABoxaccount. ToaddanemailaliastoyourUCLABoxaccount: 1.Loginto UCLABox. 2.Intheupperright-handcorner,clickonthe GearIcon,thenselect  3.Scrolldowntothe LoginandEmailAddresses sectionandclickonthe Addmoreemails link.   4.Enteryouremailaddressinthetextfieldandclick Save.  5.Aconfirmationemailwillbesenttheaddressyoujustadded.Untilyouverifytheaddress,itwillappeargreyedoutontheAccountSettingspageandwillnotbeusableasanalias.    6.Toconfirmthechange,checktheinboxofthealiasaddressandlookforanemailwiththesubject"VerifyemailforBoxaccount:"andclickthe VerifyYourEmail» buttonincludedinthemessage. 7.ABoxloginpagewillopenwithyourofficialaddressfilledin.AlthoughitwillnotlookliketheUCLABoxloginpage,itwillstilllogyouintoyourUCLABoxaccount.EnteryourUCLALogonandpasswordandclick LogIn. 8.Youshouldbebroughttoapagewiththemessage Youremailaddressisnowverified.Youcanclickthe ContinuetoYourAccount buttontofinishloggingintoyouraccount. 9.Youcannowproceedwithenteringadditionalaliasemailsbyrepeatingtheabovesteps.Ifyouwouldliketoremoveanaliasaddress,simplygobacktothe AccountSettings page,hoveroverthealias,andclickthe Remove linkthatappearstotherightoftheaddress. TableofContents AccessingYourIndividualAccount ExistingBoxAccounts RecommendedBestPractices