Step 1: You will receive an email similar to the one below, granting you access to your college s folder. Click on the

Premier s Awards and Minister s Lifetime Achievement Award Three (3) weeks before the nomination deadline, the contact at each college who is responsible for nominations will receive an email invitation to join a private folder for his/her college on Colleges Ontario s FTP site. The contact will be asked to upload all nomination forms, nominee photographs and release forms. The FTP site is a secure place to upload large files. Please note: Nomination forms, nominee photographs and release forms will be accepted only via this FTP site. They will not be accepted by email or any other format. Please follow the instructions below to upload your nomination documents. You may choose to try uploading a document using the FTP site before the nomination deadline to ensure you are comfortable using the system. Should you have any questions about uploading to the FTP site, please contact Yvonne Leoveras at (647) 258-7680 or leoveras@collegesontario.org. Step 1: You will receive an email similar to the one below, granting you access to your college s folder. Click on the grey bar that reads Click here to activate your account and view this folder. Step 2: After clicking on the link, you will be prompted to create your own password which you will use going forward to log in to the folder. Click Save to continue. If you navigate away from this page without creating your password, you will be emailed a code which you will use to get back into the folder via the link in blue above in the original email invitation to the folder. You will then be prompted to create your password. 1 P a g e

Step 3: Before uploading files, please create subfolders for each of your nominees in order to keep all of the documents organized. Click Add Subfolder. Step 4: Name each folder for each of your nominees using this formula: College name Category Nominee first and last name (e.g. ABC College Business Yvonne Leoveras). Select Create Folder to continue. 2 P a g e

Step 5: After creating a subfolder you will see the name of it appear at the top of the screen. This indicates that you are currently in a specific subfolder and can upload files to it by clicking on Upload Files. To get from one subfolder to another, use the up arrow. 3 P a g e

Step 6: You can either select Choose Files to select individual files from your computer folders or drag and drop the files you would like to upload into the box on the screen. Click Upload Files when you are done. Step 7: When the files have uploaded they will appear in the folder as seen below. If you need to make any changes to the files, select the file by clicking on the square to the left of it and then selecting an option from the More Actions drop-down menu. 4 P a g e

Step 8: When you have finished uploading files click Log Out in the top right-hand corner. To log back into the folder go to https://collegesontario.sharefile.com/ and enter your email address and the password you previously created. Additional information: You must receive an email invitation to the folder before you are able to log in and upload files. Each college only has access to its folder and cannot view other college s nominations. Colleges Ontario has set-up the folders so that each time an upload is made, Yvonne Leoveras will be notified. Please expect a confirmation email from Yvonne to verify the nominations that have been submitted for your college. More than one person from each college can have access to your college s folder. Please email Yvonne Leoveras at leoveras@collegesontario.org to request access for additional users. 5 P a g e