Unit 2 Assignment: Cloud-Based Management File Techniques

Outcomes addressed in this activity:

Unit Outcomes:

• Practice basic file management techniques.
• Use cloud-based services to manage files and folders.

Course Outcome:

IT133-1: Use the computer operating system and cloud-based services to set preferences and manage files.

GEL-1.02: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.

Purpose:

Create file and folders in OneDrive. Learn more about sharing and collaboration using cloud-based OneDrive.

Installing Office and Activating OneDrive Assignment Instructions:

Step 1: If you do not already have either Office 2016, or Office 365 installed on your computer, download and install Office 365 from the Student Store.

NOTE: If you already have Office installed on your computer, please skip Step 1 and move on to Step 2.

Two versions of Office 2019 are available to you: Office 365 and Office 2019. Each has its advantages. Although this course focuses specifically on Office 365, you can certainly use Office 2016 to complete this course and its associated modules.

After you have successfully installed Office 365 on your computer, please move on to the next step in this Assignment. If you already have Office 2016 or Office 365 installed on your computer, move on to Step 2.

Step 2: Activate/Create your OneDrive account

Getting to know your new Office 365 subscription, setting up your OneDrive account to sync, and managing your Office subscription online are the powerful features of cloud computing.

Managing files and folders on the cloud is much the same as you do on your computer. You can easily create folders and files in the cloud on your OneDrive.

Follow these steps to create your OneDrive account if you do not already have one. Note that OneDrive comes preinstalled on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. OneDrive is not supported on Windows XP or Linux.

Assignment Instructions

1. Log into https://onedrive.live.com
2. Click the Sign-Up button
3. Select Create a Microsoft Account button
4. Fill in the Create an Account form
5. After you have filled out the form click the “Create account” button and that is all there is to it.
   Now that you have created your OneDrive account, you are ready to move onto Step 3.

Step 3: Setting up a folder in OneDrive for your class files

1. You will create one folder Name that folder IT133
2. Take a screen shot of OneDrive with the folder named IT133
3. Add one file to the IT133 folder (Example: Unit 2 Assignment, similar document, or image)
4. Take a screenshot of your OneDrive screen at http://onedrive.live.com
5. Place it in a Microsoft Word Document.
6. The screenshot will include OneDrive > The folder IT133 > The Unit 2 Assignment document
   Here is an example of what it might look like.