Digital Curation is an interesting topic for me as one thing I have noticed since entering the program is that I have become increasingly aware of where I save items and how I access them.
From silly things like a customized Wordle for the class…
To word clouds created by notes from class. This example is from last weeks class on the use of multimedia in classes.
Not to mention activities created on free online platforms that don’t let you save within their site.
As someone who was used to just saving most things on my computer entering this program was a real wake up call in terms of how much space I actually have on my hard drive. What I have found is that online data storage tends to be a more effective way of saving large files so they do not slow down and take up all the room on your computer. I have personally started using Google Drive more often as well as the Microsoft version that we get through the university for especially large projects like videos that need editing or large form podcast audio. While neither method is perfect on its own, hopefully through a combination of creating multiple versions and saving to multiple locations I am at less risk of losing all my data and documents if something were to happen to a single drive location.
Until Next Time… Safe documenting!