How to Backup Your Files to Network Home

An important part of maintaining your computer needs to be backing up the files that you use. An easy way to do that is to upload a file, and any type of file will work, to your Google Drive. This is recommended for files that you want to share with other people that are not confidential. Another way to backup your files is to use your Network Home folder. The following video will show you how:



The follow-up video below will tell you the difference between "synching" and "copying" when backing up your files and shows you how to make sure the most recent copies of your files are backed up to your Network Home folder:



Cautionary note: it is important to know which folder you are working in. Do not accidentally make changes in your files on Network Home instead of on your computer.  The Network Home folder should be opened only when files are being added and closed again immediately afterwards.

How to Clean-up your Desktop (and why)

This video will show you how to clean up your desktop and tell you why (hint: a clean desktop leads to a faster computer).  It shows you how to make a folder, move that folder to 'documents', and then make an alias of that folder on your desktop for easy access.

Google Drive 101

Created for the OES Open Block Series:
This video is a beginner's guide to using Google Drive at OES.  It covers how to find Google Drive and tells about the main folders My Drive, Shared With Me, and Recent.  It presents the three ways one can obtain a file in Drive: create one, upload one, and someone else sharing one.  It briefly talks about how to share a file with other people.