What I learned

Context

Unit one was the start of exploring the digital world and exercising out digital literacy to find quicker ways to manage information and data on the computers. I learned ways to organize my files and Folders and control my computer more than what's on the surface.

Folders:

Downloading Folders

In class we went over some folder skills when downloading a folder. Once you download the folder, you do not automatically have access to all the content in there. Instead, you have right clicked the folder and click extract all to access all the content within the folder. As explained by my professor, it is like Mary Hopkins pulling out anything from her purse than zipping it back up, containing all her contents. That is what this folder extraction is doing, keeping all the information in one place, but we can pull it out anytime without any changes to the system.

Folder Type

To be better organized, it is important to recognize the type of file that you need or want to open. Since Window 10, it stopped displaying the file type for easier understanding, but it made many, including myself unable to develop those essential skills. Not only is finding the file type good for organization, but it also tells you what operating system it is using instead of having to guess and click on a bunch until it is the right one. Luckily, there is a simple and effortless way to locate and display the file type without having to guess. You simply click the down arrow underneath view, hover over show and navigate the "File name extension" and click it. There should all the file names appear next to each file you have, which is a lifesaver when I am a person who saves every file without any sort of title to differentiate them from each other.

Files:

Files Into Folders

One final organization skill I learnt was how to add files into specific folders to keep them from ever touching like all my files used to look like. You can go to student email, click on the useful learning system, the waffle icon that pops up a bunch of apps, and click on one drive. From there my professor always emphasizes never staying at home on one drive but going to "My Files" which is many times better than scrolling through millions of documents I as a college student have. Once located, I would make as many folders as possible of each subject or any separate topic and color code for them. You then click on a folder and open your files while staying inside the folder. Select the files for the specific folder by highlighting the mass dropping them into the folder. Not only is this a highly organized way for your files, but it is the fastest I organized my computer without taking too much time out my stay, staying time efficient.

Renaming Files

One last File skill I learned was renaming files. Renaming files was one of the skills that shocked me the most because I always assume the default name as necessary for every file to perform correctly. Once I learned I could rename files, I started going back to some of my assignments and naming their file to a title I could best remember and navigate to. To do this you simply right click your file and towards the bottom would be a "Rename" option, and you click it to rename your file, very cool.

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