Dropbox is a cloud storage service that allows users to access and share files from any device with an Internet connection. The document discusses how to set up a Dropbox account and access files via the web or by downloading the Dropbox app. It also outlines some of the key uses and advantages of Dropbox, such as enabling real-time collaboration on documents between students and colleagues and eliminating delays from emailing files. Tagging files in Dropbox allows them to be easily searched and organized by keyword.

1. Dropbox: An Overview &
how it can be used
Craig Hammond

2. www.dropbox.com
* Setting up an account
* Using on (or via) the
Internet
* Downloading on to a
PC/Laptop
All of the tabs/functions within your
* Uses and advantages of dropbox account
dropbox can be found here

3. www.dropbox.com
• Uses with students/colleagues
– Virtual (distance)
• Email ‘delay’ – a thing of the past
– Real time
• in situ instant changes to folders/documents

4. Tagging
• I will upload this PowerPoint
– To Slideshare (www.slideshare.net)
• And use the Tag UCBCCC
– A tag is really just like a keyword
• Others can then use the tag to search for
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