- Share Link via Email
- Pro: Material remains private between sender and recipient of email
- Con: Reliance on Email as a means of communication
- Create a document and save it to Dropbox
- Locate the file in Dropbox
- Select the Link Icon in the upper right window of screen
- Select Email Link
- Share Link via Student Blog
- Pro: Easily publish link for others to view
- Pro: No reliance on Email
- Con: Material is published on web - maybe an issue for younger students depending upon school policy
- Create a document and save it to Dropbox
- Locate the file in Dropbox
- Select the Link Icon in the upper, right window of screen
- Copy Link to Clipboard
- Paste into blog
- Share Folder with a Specific Recipient
- Pro: Entire Contents of a folder are shared with teacher
- Pro: Sender may add documents to folder and recipient has access to this new content
- Con: Entire contents of folder are shared - this could be a problem if enabling camera loads and sharing photo library
- Open the Safari App
- Sign in to the Dropbox website (if you haven't already)
- Click on the file row to the right of the file's name to select it
- Press Get link from the blue action bar across the top of the file browser
- Select Share and add email and message into whare window that appears
- Tap Send
Camera Uploads
The “Camera Upload” feature in Dropbox allows for Dropbox to sweep the Photo Roll of an iPad and upload anything on that Photo Roll to a folder in Dropbox. This allows the student to share the file via a link in an email.This process allows for relatively private sharing between student and teacher as well as a quick and simple answer to the problem of sharing large files created in iMovie. Once the folder is shared, every time students make a create a new iMovie project, it will be easily accessible by the teacher.
Enabling Camera Uploads in Dropbox
- Have students create a dropbox account (http://www.dropbox.com) and download the app to their iPads.
- When signing up for the account, make sure students enable Camera Uploads.
- When on dropbox.com, have students rename their Camera Uploads folder “Camera Uploads-TheirLastName” (this way you can later organize these shared folders in a larger folder on your dropbox account).
- Have students share that Camera Uploads folder with the teacher.
- On the teacher account, you can then put all the student Camera Uploads folders into a single folder, or group by grade or class.