More secure than that is the ability to share files and folders with other Dropbox users. What this means is that anyone with the link can download it. You can share links with anyone, which effectively makes the file publicly accessible. For that you need to go to the Dropbox website, sign in to your account, select the file and click on More > Previous versions giving you options to restore a previous version of a document or file.įiles and documents can be shared with Dropbox and non-Dropbox users. The service keeps track of a file history automatically, so that you can access revisions of files when the need arises. There are a couple of other things that Dropbox lets you do. While you still need Internet access as well on all systems, LAN sync speeds up the syncing of data between computers significantly by transferring files locally instead of remotely. The clients support a feature called Lan Sync which you can use to synchronize data in a local area network between two systems. That's handy if you are using a third party device to connect to the Internet. You can sign in on the Dropbox website at any time using your account credentials to access the cloud hosted data there. I am able to save items in my Dropbox and then post them into my learning management system.The data that you synchronize is not only available on the devices you have Dropbox installed on, but also on the Internet. It allows my students and me the opportunity to share, save and record information current as well as later use. In my opinion, Dropbox has changed my classroom. Unfortunately, our school has had to resort to a no cell phone policy so using Dropbox allows me to access items without the use of my phone. If I find valuable resources or items that I want to share with my students, I can simply snap a pic and place it in my Dropbox. There is also a Dropbox application for the I-phone that I use.

This prevents me from having to carry my computer from place to place or having to worry about losing a USB drive. I use Dropbox to build assignments and create lesson plans that I can access from home and school.

My students not only use it for my class, but have found it useful in other classes as well. Dropbox supports learning beyond the product by allowing students to build, utilize, and be accountable for their work.

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