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Faculty Instructional Technology Resources -
Best Practices
Jump Drives
Basically, it's a type of removable storage media about the size of a pack
of gum with a USB port on one end. You use it the way you'd use a floppy
or Zip disk, but these drives can hold much more information (depending on
the capacity you buy), and are infinitely more stable. (If you put a floppy
disk in a box on a shelf, it will lose information as it ages. A jump drive
is much more sturdy.) They also work on both Macs and PCs and require no
installation or drivers on most computers. They are also known as USB drives,
key drives, thumb drives, flash drives, etc.
Jump drive - actual size
General tips
- Buy the largest capacity you can easily afford. Minimum recommended size:
128Mb.
- Use your jump drive to transfer your PowerPoint slides, web sites, images,
and any other documents to class. Plug it into the computer in the classroom,
and you are ready to go - no network connection needed!
- If you regularly work on more than one computer, you can save files (course
materials, student work, etc.) to the drive - think of it as a portable
hard drive that you can use on any computer!
About drives and storage space
For a more detailed discussion of your options for storing files (drives,
servers, disks, etc.), download "Shared
Drives at the School of Nursing." |