Dropbox is a very useful tool for sharing large files. It is a free service that allows you to upload and access files from any computer, anywhere, through your personal username and password. In addition, if you install the app on your mobile device (phone, touch, iPad) or your laptop, Dropbox will keep all files synchronized. Every change made in the file on your iPad will be automatically updated to your laptop and every other device.
This sounds a lot like Google Apps, right? Well there is a big difference. The maximum size of any file you want to upload to Google Apps is 2MB. The file size you upload to Dropbox is only limited to the amount of space you have in your Dropbox account. You begin with 2GB of free storage and can get more space by inviting other people to get an account.
Here is a link to a handout on how to accept an invitation from someone to get a Dropbox account.
How to Configure Dropbox
Friday, September 28, 2012
Monday, September 3, 2012
Hiding Old Pages from Your Class Website
At this time of the year, it can be very helpful to simply hide the pages you used last year on your class website that either are obsolete information, but a useful reference for your planning for this year's site. Keeping a page connected to your site, yet making it invisible to visitors is not as hard as you might think. What you really need to understand is the way websites and all of its pages are organized and how a Navigation Sidebar works.
Here is a link to a document that shows you using text and static pictures how to see and understand your site's pages and how to manually manage the Navigation gadget in your website's sidebar.
Managing a Sites Pages and Navigation Gadget
If you would rather watch a screencast of me demonstrating the process, play the video below.
This is the video on how to set navigation to manual and choose which pages are accessible to the public on your site:
Click on this link to the YouTube video for a larger view:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8seio7UeTsg
This is the video that demonstrates how to add a newly created page to the sidebar when automatic navigation is turned off. Follow these directions to add links to pages and change their position in the list in the sidebar.
Here is the YouTube video link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aj7KZZPNCk
I hope this helped.
Here is a link to a document that shows you using text and static pictures how to see and understand your site's pages and how to manually manage the Navigation gadget in your website's sidebar.
Managing a Sites Pages and Navigation Gadget
If you would rather watch a screencast of me demonstrating the process, play the video below.
This is the video on how to set navigation to manual and choose which pages are accessible to the public on your site:
Click on this link to the YouTube video for a larger view:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8seio7UeTsg
This is the video that demonstrates how to add a newly created page to the sidebar when automatic navigation is turned off. Follow these directions to add links to pages and change their position in the list in the sidebar.
Here is the YouTube video link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aj7KZZPNCk
I hope this helped.
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