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Learning Objectives
- Students will learn best practices for folder organization.
- Students will begin developing an organization structure based on their project maps.
Readings and Videos
Required:
- File organization by MIT (PDF)
- "The Most Effective Way of Organizing Your Files, Folders and Documents" by Brooks Duncan
Optional:
- "Organize and Document" (Cessda Training)
- "Find Files Faster: How to Organize Files and Folders" by Chelsea Beck
- "11 Best Practices for Organizing Your Business Files & Folders" by EZ computing
Added:
- Chapter 5 Data Management for Researchers by Briney. Organization
Pre-Session Prepwork
- Review your project map photo for ideas about how you want to organize your folders. Think about what you might want to change.
- Review your notes on what your peers notes as unclear or potentially confusing.
Tasks to Complete
- Work on developing your folder structure
- Complete the description for how you are going to collect and organize your data and supporting materials in the DMPTool.
- Folder strategy reflection