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  • Contact ESS. They maintain a list of box service accounts with random generated credentials.
    • If you are a member of ESS, or you wish to create one yourself, you just need some non "-@tufts.edu " email address. You could use utln@exchange.tufts.edu or something@elist.tufts.edu
    • Go to https://box.com (in a browser you don't normally use, with a private or incognito window)
    • Go to Get Started > Individual Plans > Free.

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  • In your personal account, web interface, create a folder.
      Browse to it
      • Because you create it in the web interface, you're immediately prompted to Invite Others for Collaboration.
      • Invite the external account. By default, accounts auto-accept invitations.
    • If you already created the folder without using the web interface, you need to use the web interface to share it:
      • Browse to the folder in the box web interface.
      • Click Share > Invite Collaborators.
    • You will own the directory, but the external account will have access to it, which means anything they upload belongs to you and counts toward your storage (not the external account's storage).

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