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| - | ====== Welcome to DropBox at Olin College! ====== | ||
| - | ===== What is DropBox? ===== | ||
| - | DropBox is a way that you can share large files, which are typically too large to send via e-mail, with users both inside and | ||
| - | outside of Olin College. It is intended to be a more user-friendly replacement for traditional FTP services. | ||
| - | ===== Who can I Share Files With? ===== | ||
| - | If you are a member of the Olin community, you may share files with people outside of Olin. If you wish to share files with | ||
| - | other Olin users, please use the Sandbox and/or Public file shares. DropBox does not support intra-Olin file sharing at this | ||
| - | time. | ||
| - | If you are an outside user, you may share files with Olin users only. | ||
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| - | ===== Getting Started ===== | ||
| - | DropBox is available at http://dropbox.olin.edu. | ||
| - | If you are a member of the Olin community and want to share files with someone outside of Olin, you can log in to the | ||
| - | community site using your network credentials by selecting **I am a member of the Olin community and want to send files | ||
| - | to someone outside Olin**. | ||
| - | If you are not a member of the Olin community and want to share files with someone who is, visit the external site by | ||
| - | selecting **I am an outside user and want to send files to someone with Olin,** and then click on the **Sign Up** button in the | ||
| - | toolbar to create your accout. If you have any difficulty with the anti-spam verification area, you may press the refresh icon | ||
| - | ( ) to receive a new pair of words. Once your account has been created, click on the **Login** button, also located in the | ||
| - | toolbar. | ||
| - | If you created an account previously but do not remember your login password, click on the **Lost Details** button. | ||
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| - | ===== The User Interface ===== | ||
| - | The DropBox interface consists of several elements: | ||
| - | The toolbar Contains actions that are available from any page. | ||
| - | The item pane | ||
| - | The largest area on the screen. Displays folders, uploaded files, | ||
| - | and actions that you may take on them. | ||
| - | The views pane | ||
| - | The upper left pane. Changes the display of items in the item | ||
| - | pane. The list view will hide folder actions, so be sure to switch to | ||
| - | another view if you need to use them. | ||
| - | The folders pane The lower left pane. Displays a hierarchical view of your folders. | ||
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| - | ===== Uploading Files ===== | ||
| - | To upload a file, click on **Upload Files** in the toolbar. To specify a file to upload, click on one of the **Browse...** buttons | ||
| - | and then select the file on your computer. You can upload up to 5 separate files at once. | ||
| - | When you are ready to upload, click on **Upload**. A new window will open while your upload is in progress. The window | ||
| - | will automatically close after your upload has completed successfully and your file(s) have been scanned for viruses. | ||
| - | Unfortunately, DropBox cannot provide an upload progress bar at this time. | ||
| - | Please note that there is a 500 MB per file upload limit. If the upload window never closes, or your upload never seems to | ||
| - | complete, it is likely that your file is larger than the limit. | ||
| - | All uploaded files will be automatically removed after 7 calendar days.Information Technology | ||
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| - | ===== Sending Files ===== | ||
| - | When you send files to someone using DropBox, no files are ever sent through email. Instead, DropBox utilizes a | ||
| - | mechanism known as FileMail. FileMail creates a unique, secure link to the file you wish to send, and then emails that link | ||
| - | to the recipients of your choosing. All your recipients need to do is click on the link in the email they receive, and they can | ||
| - | download the file using any standard web browser, with no account creation or login required. All FileMail links expire after | ||
| - | a maximum of 3 days. | ||
| - | To use FileMail, first locate the file you wish to send in the item pane and click on it. The item pane will display a list of | ||
| - | actions you can take on that file. To send the file to someone, click on **FileMail**. | ||
| - | The fields listed on the FileMail form are: | ||
| - | Expires in | ||
| - | The download link that your recipient receives will be | ||
| - | available for this number of days, up to a maximum of 3. | ||
| - | Remind Send an email reminder before the download link expires. | ||
| - | Create link only Create a download link, but do not email it to anyone. | ||
| - | Receive Download Notification | ||
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| - | When your file is downloaded, you will be sent an email | ||
| - | notifying you. | ||
| - | Email Address | ||
| - | The email address of the person you are sending your file to. | ||
| - | You can specify multiple recipients by separating the | ||
| - | addresses with commas. | ||
| - | Subject The subject of the email that will be sent. | ||
| - | Message | ||
| - | Optional message text which will be sent along with the | ||
| - | download link information. | ||
| - | If you a member of the Olin community, files may only be sent to addresses outside the olin.edu domain. Non-Olin users | ||
| - | may send files to valid olin.edu addresses only. | ||
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| - | ===== Logging Out ===== | ||
| - | To logout, click the **Logout** button in the toolbar, and then close all your browser windows. Make sure to explicitly log out | ||
| - | of DropBox to avoid having your login credentials cached by your web browser. | ||