def METHOD_NAME(files: List[dict]) -> List[str]:
    """
    Takes the list of file dictionaries found and formats
    them into Slack-appropriate message strings.
    :param files: a list of dictionaries where each dictionary
    represents a file in the Google Drive folder.
    :param course: a dictionary representing the parent Google Drive folder for the queried course.
    :return: a list of strings to be sent as messages.
    """
    sorted_files = sorted(files, key=lambda f: f['name'])  # Sort alphabetically by filename.
    return [f'>*{file["name"]}:* <{BASE_FILE_URL}{file["id"]}|Link>' for file in sorted_files]