Have you lost a collaborative Box folder because the owner left the UW? UW-Madison Box Project Directories is your solution.

What is a UW-Madison Box Project Directory?

If you plan on sharing files with a defined group of people over time, you can request a project directory to use when collaborating. While project directories do generate a UW-Madison enterprise Box account, you will not log into the account itself. Instead, requesting a project directory results the creation of a special collaboration folder that will be used to manage group files and folders.

This project directory folder will have two co-owners associated with it—the primary and secondary sponsors of the project directory. The owner will be a place holder account for the project directory. Once the folder is available to the two sponsors, they may then share folder access with other users as desired.

Why Use a Project Directory?

The main advantage to using a project directory instead of a manually-made collaboration folder is that files and folders contained within the project directory folder will not be subject to deletion in connection with NetID deactivations.

To request a Box Project Directory, visit this DoIT KB article: https://kb.wisc.edu/box/page.php?id=36230