data = a value stored at a particular location (wikipedia)
organised = arranged in a way to be able to use it successfully
electronic housekeeping = time spent organising files and folders
Background
old days, people used paper, organised people used files, unorganised people had papers all over the place
nowadays, people use electonic documents, organised people use folders, unorganised people have documents all over the place
Purpose of data organisation
to be able to save data to a location
to be able to open data from the saved to location
(sounds simple, but less than 30% of people can do this with any ongoing success)
If working on a multimedia project
have folders for; /images, /articles, /admin
eg website about a task at school on your favourite band
/bandname
/images (/band on stage, /band on tour, /home page images
/articles (like bios you have found, album dates and more)
/admin (like task sheet, emails, resources)
Basics Files and Folders
file names, THINK! document1 is a huge no no. AIT_Task3jimmy says what is probably inside the file
folder names, /stuff is a huge no no. /ProjectWebsiteTask3 says what is probably inside the folder
THINK! name files and folders so you can guess what is in them.
consider target audience, submitting to a teacher, put your name in the file name as well as other relevant details
Most Importantly
Save your files in a well named folder system so you can find them.
Explain your system of saving files into your data organisation.
Explain how you think a large organisation would organise their data.
What is the purpose of data organisation.