How to keep course files organized
I never realized that I was “different” until my friend showed such an interest in how I organized my files and folders for my academic life. My Mom was always a person with a fond appreciation for file cabinets and keeping articles of interest around various topics. She definitely passed that on to me. Now, neither of us wants that many physical files cluttering up our home. However, since storage space on our hard drives and/or in the cloud is relatively inexpensive toda y, it makes sense to hang on to stuff, in case it winds up being useful in the future. The search features on computers today are so robust, that you could argue that having a good folder structure is no longer necessary. Some time ago, I trimmed the number of folders in my email program, so that I didn't have to scroll through so many when I was looking for something via my iPhone. However, I still find it helpful to have a basic system of folders on both email and on my hard drive to acc...