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Creating your Personal Cloud Storage Network

ETUG TELL Session – Tues, Dec 9th, 2014

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Grant Gregson – Coordinator Teaching and Learning Centre

Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Workshop Overview

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1.Cloud Computing and Education

2.Accessing your Files at a Distance Overview

3.Personal Cloud Examples

1. WD’s “My Cloud”

2. OwnCloud and Bitnami’s open stack OwnCloud

4.Cloud Services Group Discussion

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Why I’m Interested in Personal Cloud Storage?

why you are interested in Personal Cloud Storage?

(Please type in the Whiteboard the cloud service you use.)

Do you use Personal Cloud Services?

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Why are cloud services important for educators? (Please type below on the white board.)

Why are cloud services important for

educators?

Accessing your Files and Folders at a Distance Overview

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• Cloud Storage Services

• NAS or Network Access Servers

• VPN or Virtual Private Networks

• FTP and Other Server Software

Personal Cloud Examples - “My Cloud” from WD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLO1wyja3ck

Please go to the Youtube video and watch for 3 minutes.

Personal Cloud Examples - “My Cloud”

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Capacity: 2TB, 4TB

Interface: Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0

Compatibility: Windows 8/7/ Vista/XP (SP3) and Mac OS X

MSRP: $169-$210

External Design: http://www.cnet.com/products/wd-my-cloud-2-tb/

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Personal Cloud Examples - “My Cloud”

The My Cloud's Dashboard Web interface

is very well-organized and should be easy

to figure out even for a novice user.

The My Cloud comes with some desktop

software and mobile apps.

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Personal Cloud Examples - “MyCloud”

With an account with WDMyCloud.com, you can quickly create a mapped network drive to share

folders from the My Cloud on a computer as though the two belonged to the same local network.

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Personal Cloud Examples - “ownCloud”

Open Source and Free http://owncloud.org/

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Personal Cloud Examples “Bitnami ownCloud Stack”

https://bitnami.com/stack/owncloud

Break and Reflection

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Popular Cloud Services (please add your own)

Apple iCloud Microsoft’s OneDrive Google Drive

Dropbox Box

Other

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Popular Cloud Services

Cloud Pricing Comparison

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Cloud Services Group Discussion

Three questions

1. Please identify a cloud service that you currently use. Tell other

participants how you use it.

2. How do you currently archive your work? i.e. Naming

conventions and formats, folders, backup drives, etc? Would you

use a cloud service to archive your work and projects?

3. Would you use a cloud service for teaching or collaborative projects?

If so, please explain how?

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LinksWD’s “MyCloud”

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products2.aspx?id=1140

OwnCloud

http://owncloud.org/ and http://owncloud.org/features/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA3tfBTvH0c#t=200

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb9E1tJVyA8

Bitnami ownCloud Stack

https://bitnami.com/stack/owncloud

Popular Cloud Services

Apple iCloud - https://www.apple.com/ca/icloud/

Microsoft OneDrive - https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-ca/

Google Drive - http://www.google.ca/drive/

Dropbox - https://www.dropbox.com/

Box - https://www.box.com/

Copy - https://www.copy.com/home/

Amazon Cloud Drive - https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/home/

Cloud Pricing Comparisons

http://www.cnet.com/news/apples-icloud-drive-cost/

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Creating your Personal Cloud Storage Network

ETUG TELL Session – Tues, Dec 9th, 2014

Thank You

Grant Gregson

ggregson@ecuad.ca

http://tlc.ecuad.ca/