Education and Technology in the 21st century are

getting closer every single day. There are thousands of

tools that are emerging continuously to make the art of
teaching more interesting for students and easier for
teachers.

The following guide was created with the purpose of
providing some help in the initial uses of Dropbox and
Box. The reader will find detailed information from how to
get into the websites until how to use some features of
those great systems. The steps are presented with real
captions of the procedure tracked on a Windows computer,
but it does not mean that the user has to strictly follow
those steps. Everybody has the opportunity to Learn by
doing, so do not worry to make mistakes and let your
curiosity flow!

Sincerely,


William, Meybel and Danilo.







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INTRODUCTION
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Dropbox is a Web-based file hosting service
operated by Dropbox,Inc. that uses
networked storage to enable users to store
and share files and folders with others across
the Internet using file synchronization. It was
founded in 2007 by Drew Houston and Arash
Ferdowsi. (Dropbox Inc.)
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2. Click on Sign In


3. Type your first name,
last name, e-mail
address and set a
password.

4. Check the box I agree
to Dropbox terms

5. Click on Create
Account


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HOW TO CREATE A DROPBOX ACCOUNT?
1. Go to Dropbox.com


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1. Click on Save File




2. Wait for the file to be
downloaded and when
its done, double left
click on the installer.




3. Click the Launch
button






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HOW TO INSTALL DROPBOX IN A PERSONAL COMPUTER?
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5. When the installation is
completed, the window on
the left will appear. Click on
I already have a Dropbox
account.




4. Click on Install







6. Type the e-mail address
and password you set to
create the Dropbox
account.

7. Click Next







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10. Click on Jump the tour

8. Click on 2GB FREE
and that is the initial
space you will have to
store your data.
(See Chapter 6 to find
out how to get more
space)

17. Click in Following







9. Click in Typical to
install the application
with the default settings.












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11. Click Done








And thats it!
Now the Dropbox folder will show up in your screen and that is
where your Dropbox files will be stored. To open your Dropbox
folder, all you have to do is double click the Icon on the desk.











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Another way to upload files is by the Drag and
Drop function that Dropbox offers. To do this,
you must log in to your Dropbox account on the
explorer and open the folder where you want to
put your files. Then, select the files in your
computer and keep holding the left click of the
mouse while you move the files to the window
of the internet explorer. When the window pops
up, just release the left click button and done!
The files will be synchronized.




There are three ways to upload your files into
Dropbox. The first one is just Copy and
Paste any file to the Dropbox folder in your
computer and it will be automatically
synchronized to the cloud, which means that
these files will be available anywhere you sign
in into Dropbox.







The other alternative that you have to upload
files is by simply using the Dropbox web
interface, and the steps will be detailed below.









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HOW TO UPLOAD FILES TO DROPBOX?
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2. A pop-up window will
appear. Click on Choose
files.










1. Once you have logged
in to your Dropbox
account, you will find the
main page as in the left.
To upload a file (or
several files), you must
click the upload button.









3. Select files that you
want to upload from your
personal folder by clicking
on them. If you want to
select multiple files, hold
the Ctrl button and click
on the file. After you have
selected them, just click
on Save.







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4. Another window will
appear showing the
progress of uploading.
You will know that a file
is uploaded when is
checked with a green
circle as in the left.








5. If everything went
well, all the files that
you selected will
appear in your Dropbox
home page or in the
selected folder in your
account.








Youre done! Now that you have some of your files in
your Dropbox, you can start sharing them with your
friends, family, colleagues, students or anyone.
In the following pages, it will be explained the
different ways to share a file or a folder from your
personal account.















































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1. Once you have selected
the file you want to share,
just right click over the file
and a pop-up menu will
appear.

2. Click on Get link.


3. A new tab will show up in
your explorer with the file
you selected.

4. In the address bar, select
the URL and right click
over it. On the pop-up
menu, select Copy and
paste it on an e-mail, a
blog or wherever you
want to share it.







As soon as the people you sent the URL clicks on it, they will have
access to the file from which you created the link and they will have
the option to download it if they want.



Simple sharing is the Dropboxs motto, and indeed, sharing has never
been so easy. Lets start trying to share a file through a link.










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HOW TO SHARE FILES AND FOLDERS WITH OTHERS?
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Now that you know how to share a file, lets try with folders:








1. On the Dropbox
home screen, click the
Share a folder button.








2. On the pop-up window, you will
have the option to create a new
folder or select one of the folders
you have created before. Lets
check the first option, write the
name of the folder and click Next.








3. After you have created the
folder, you must enter the e-mail
addresses of the people you want
to share it with. You also have the
choice to enter a personal
message or instructions of what is
that folder for.








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Hopefully you are engaged now with this amazing Cloud Storage and Sharing
system, but from now on you must let your curiosity flow and find all the
incredible features that it has to offer. We will finally give you just two of them:







Dropbox gives you 500
Mb of extra space in
your account if you invite
another friend that is not
using Dropbox yet! So
hurry up and invite your
students, friends and
family.








Do you have a Smartphone or
Tablet? What are you waiting
for and install Dropbox on it!!
Dropbox is available for
IPhone, IPad or IPod Touch,
any phone with Android system
and also for Blackberry. So
forget about USB flash drives
and viruses, and let the new
technologies come to your life.






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FEATURES
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Box is an online file sharing and Cloud
content management service for enterprise
companies. The company has adopted a free
business model, and provides 5GB of free
storage. Box was founded in 2005 as a
college business project by Aaron Levie and
Dylan Smith. (Box)
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1- Go to box.com


2- Click on Sign up








3- Look at the option called
PERSONAL. This is the
only free storage plan.

4- Click on Sign up now








5- Set up your account by
filling in the blank
spaces on the right.
When done, click on
Continue.







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HOW TO CREATE A BOX ACCOUNT?
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6- Confirm your account by
verifying your e-mail.
Enter to your e-mail and
check the received mails.
Click on Verify Email









7- Click on Log in and get
started. The home page
will appear.







BOX HOME PAGE












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1- In the home page,
click the button
New.








2- In the pop-up menu,
click the option New
folder.









3- Write the folders name.
4- Youll have the option to keep it
private or invite people to
collaborate. Check the second
option
5- Write the e-mail addresses of the
folders collaborators.
6- Select the type of access your
collaborators will have.
7- Finally, click on Create Folder





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HOW TO CREATE A NEW FOLDER?
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1- In the home page, click
on the folder where you
want to upload files.







2- Before uploading files, you
can write a short description
of the folder so the
collaborators will know what
the files are for.

3- Click on Save







4- To upload a file to
the folder, click on the
Upload button.









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HOW TO UPLOAD FILES TO A FOLDER?
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5- On the pop-up window,
select the address where
you have the files stored
on your computer.
6- Select the file
7- Click on Open






8- The file is now uploaded to your Box folder. You can
add a task or a comment, thus you can interact with the
collaborators of the folder.









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The simplest way of sharing is by inviting others to collaborate in a folder
(see features). But what if you want to privately share a file only with ONE
colleague?






1- Go to the BOX
folder where you
have uploaded the
file you want to
share. Double click
on it.







1. Double click on the
file. It will be opened
in the explorer.







3- Click on Get a link
to this file









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4. Copy and Paste the
link to your e-mail and
send it to the person
you want. You can also
paste it on a website or
blog to share it with
others.






5. You can send it to more
people at the same time
directly from your BOX
account by clicking the
Send tab in the same
pop-up window.

6. Write the e-mail address of
the person you want to
send the file.

7. Add a personal message if
you want.









8. Finally, click on Send







Thats it! Now you can start uploading more files and sharing
them from your BOX account.









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1. On the home page,
double click on the
folder you want to
share with more
people.







2. On the right panel,
write the e-mail
addresses in the
specified space.






3. After you finished
writing the e-mails,
click on Invite
Collaborators.







FEATURES
INVITE MORE COLLABORATORS TO A FOLDER
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1. On the home page,
click on the New
button






2. Click on New web
document on the pop-up
menu.








3. Write the name of
the document.

4. Click OK.










CREATE A WEB DOCUMENT
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The document will be opened in a new tab on the browser. You can
edit the document as if you were working with basic functions of
Microsoft Word. Your collaborators will be able to edit the document
but only if you permit it. All the changes will be automatically saved to
BOX.







You can synchronize your favorite apps in your smart phone or
tablet with your personal BOX account. Google apps is one the
most complete suite of applications that are related with BOX.COM.







SYNCHRONIZE BOX WITH OTHER APPS
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Dropbox Inc. www.dropbox.com. 2007. June 2012. <https://www.dropbox.com/tour>.


Box, (survey online), accessed, March 15, 2006; available from,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box.com










REFERENCES
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