St. John's University Service Desk

When you are part of a Microsoft SharePoint Team Site, you can add a shortcut to the shared folder in your OneDrive to easily find and work with the files. These shortcuts appear in OneDrive on the web, Windows File Explorer, macOS Finder, Teams, and OneDrive mobile apps.

**The following steps in this how-to guide apply only to St. John's University accounts. You are not able to add shortcuts to folders that are shared with non-St. John’s University accounts.

1. Go to the following SharePoint site on the web: Microsoft SharePoint 
   * This page will require you to log in to your St. John’s University Sign-On Portal to access your account.
   
   
   

2. Use the search box if you don't see the SharePoint site you want to access. You can type in the site's name and select it from the drop-down list.
   
   
   
   

   
   

3. Click on the SharePoint site that you want to add to your files. (In this example, we are using a site named "Test Subsite.")
   
   
   
   

   
   

4. In the navigation menu, click on Documents.
   
   

   
   

4. Click the Add shortcut to OneDrive.
   
   

5. On your Windows device, click on your File Explorer icon.

   
   

   

   
   

   On your MacOS device, click on your Findericon.

   
   

   

   
   

6. You should now see your shortcut under your OneDrive files on the left-hand navigation window.
   
   
   
   
   

   

** You must have a current Internet Connection to access your SharePoint site’s files. Files will be unavailable until you are connected to the internet.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding accessing your Sharepoint sites, please visit:

https://ithelp.stjohns.edu  and click “Report an Incident” to request assistance.