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Learning Object Design
Series #8
Document version
Using SkyDrive to
Host and Share Files
Part I. Creating a Microsoft Windows Live Account
Part II. Navigating Microsoft SkyDrive, uploading files and sharing them
Part III. Removing your files from the Public folder
Overview
In this tutorial we will create a Microsoft Windows Live account, Login to SkyDrive using our Windows Live
account credentials, upload a file to a public folder on SkyDrive, email the link to this file to share it with a
friend, and finally, we remove the file from the public folder.
Part I.
Creating a Microsoft Windows Live Account
1. Enter http://login.live.com/ into your browser
2. Under “Related Links”, Click the Sign up for an account link (red)
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3. Accept the default “Yes, use my email address” and click the Continue button.
4. Enter your email address and create a strong password as indicated below. Note: A strong password
contains 8 characters, includes high and low caps as well as special characters, like @#$%^&*!
5. Select a Question from the drop down menu and provide your Secret answer in the adjacent tex box.
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6. Type in the characters shown in the picture box. In this example, the 8 letters VXTDVACA would be
typed in the text box labeled “Characters:” When you are certain all the information has been entered
correctly, click the Continue button.
7. The Review and sign the Agreements screen displays. Renter your email address in the text box
provided, and click the I Accept button.
8. The You’ve created credentials screen displays. Click the Continue button.
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9. Open your email inbox to locate the account verification link.
10. The Confirm your e-mail address screen displays. Click the Continue button.
11. This brings you back to the main login screen that first displayed after pointing our browser to
http://login.live.com/ in step 1. Enter your E-mail Address and Password and click the Sign in button.
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12. This brings you to the Your e-mail address is confirmed screen. Click the Finish button.
Part II. Navigating SkyDrive, uploading files and sharing them
1. Enter http://www.skydrive.live.com/
into your browser.
2. The Windows Live SkyDrive login screen displays. On the right hand side, choose to sign in by clicking
the image button and enter your password. Click the sign in button.
3. If this is the first time using your account, the Review and accept the Agreements screen will display.
Click the I accept button.
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4. This brings you into your SkyDrive. Click on the Public folder.
Uploading a file to your SkyDrive
5.
Click on the “Why not add some files?” link.
6. The Add files to Public screen displays. Click the Browse… button to locate your file.
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7. Locate your file in the Choose file window, click to highlight it, and click the Open button.
8. Click the Upload button
Note: When the file has successfully been added, the You’re done! You successfully
added 1 file screen will display.
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Sharing files with another friend
Just in case we are logging in again at a different time, let’s begin at the browser again.
9. Enter http://www.skydrive.live.com/ into your Browser and login to your account
(see Part II steps 1 and 2 above for a review). And you may find yourself here!
10. To access SkyDrive, click on More from the menu options and select SkyDrive from the drop down
menu.
11. Click on the Public folder.
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12. Once inside the Public folder, click on the file you uploaded and stored there.
13. Right-click on the browser bar to highlight it and select Copy from the drop down menu.
14. Press CTRL + V on your keyboard to paste the link into your e-mail.
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Part III.
Removing a file from the SkyDrive Public Folder
1. Follow steps 9 – 11 from Part II above to get back into your SkyDrive. Click the Create Folder link.
2. Name your new folder (for example) Movies, and accept the default Share with setting, “Just me”, by
clicking the Next button.
3. At the Add Files to Movies screen, click the SkyDrive link.
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4. Click on the Public folder.
5. Click on the file (movie) you want move out of the Public folder.
6. Click the Move link from the menu options.
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7. Click on the newly created Movies folder.
8. Click on Move this file into Movies.
9. Once you see the confirmation screen that You have moved movie.wmv from the Public folder, Click
sign out to exit.
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Learning Object Design
Series #8
Document version
Using SkyDrive to
Host and Share Files
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