1. UTILIZING THE PHOTOGRAPHY SERVER NAMPA HIGH SCHOOL

2. WHAT IS IT? DISK SPACE SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES THE ONLY PLACE YOU WILL UPLOAD, SAVE, & TURN IN YOUR FILES/PHOTOS FOR THIS CLASS YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND NOT 100% RELIABLE - YOU SHOULD BE BACKING UP IMPORTANT FILES TO A THUMB DRIVE NOT ALWAYS LARGE ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE’S PHOTOS ALL YEAR - YOU WILL NEED TO CLEAN OUT YOUR FOLDERS AT SEMESTER (AGAIN, YOU’LL WANT TO USE A THUMB DRIVE TO SAVE ANY IMPORTANT AND FANTASTIC WORK.

3. BACKUP! - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ALL COMPUTERS/DRIVES/SERVERS WILL ALWAYS FAIL, AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO INSURE THE SAFETY OF YOUR FILES - EVEN IF A SCHOOL COMPUTER FAILS OR THE SERVER IS DOWN MAKE SURE YOU BACK UP YOUR IMPORTANT FILES AND ASSIGNMENTS TO A THUMB DRIVE DO NOT SAVE YOUR WORK FROM YOUR COMPUTER TO YOUR SD CARD! IT IS NOT A STABLE STORAGE DEVICE!

4. HOW TO GET THERE LOCATE AND DOUBLE CLICK ON THE MY COMPUTER ICON CHOOSE THE NETWORK LOCATIONS LIST ON THE LEFT HAND MENU BAR RIGHT CLICK ANYWHERE IN THE WINDOW ON THE RIGHT, AND CHOOSE “ADD NEW NETWORK LOCATION.” NAVIGATE THROUGH THE NETWORK WIZARD UNTIL YOU CAN INPUT A LOCATION OR ADDRESS INPUT: \\SRVNHPT\PHOTOGRAPHY

5. WHAT TO DO NOW? CHOOSE YOUR CLASS PERIOD’S FOLDER & DOUBLE CLICK ON IT TO OPEN NOTICE THE _INBOX FOLDER AT THE TOP OF THE LIST THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL COPY & PASTE YOUR ASSIGNMENTS TO TURN THEM IN THERE WILL BE FOLDERS WITHIN THIS FOLDER CORRESPONDING WITH THE ASSIGNMENT TITLE. BE SURE TO TURN YOUR ASSIGNMENTS INTO THE CORRECT FOLDER. NOTICE THERE IS A FOLDER FOR EACH OF YOU NAMED YOUR LAST NAME, FIRST INITIAL THIS IS YOUR FOLDER -- AND ONLY YOUR FOLDER -- YOU DO NOT SHARE PHOTOS WITH OTHERS IN CLASS -- YOU DO NOT TRY TO GET INTO OTHER PEOPLE’S FOLDERS TO USE THEIR PHOTOS OR FILES AS SUBSTITUTION FOR YOUR WORK AND EFFORT. THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL UPLOAD YOUR PHOTOS, SAVE YOUR FILES, ETC. IT IS FOR THIS CLASS ONLY

6. FOLDER HIERARCHY & STRUCTURE INSIDE YOUR FOLDER EACH TIME YOU SHOOT YOU WILL CREATE A NEW FOLDER NAME THE FOLDER THE DATE (YYYYMMDD)_ASSIGNMENT NAME I.E., 20130904_SCAVENGERHUNT WITHIN THAT FOLDER, CREATE THREE NEW FOLDERS NAME THE FOLDERS: RAW, EDITS, FINALS RAW = WHERE YOU UPLOAD YOUR ORIGINAL PHOTOS EDITS = DUPLICATED FILES THAT YOU WILL EDIT IN PHOTOSHOP FINALS = COMPLETED EDITS SAVED & PREPPED FOR PRINTING THAT YOU WILL TURN IN FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENTS

7. FOLDER HIERARCHY CHECK BEFORE CLASS IS OVER TODAY MAKE SURE: YOU HAVE YOUR FOLDER FOR LAST WEEK’S SHOOT SET UP PER THE FOLDER HIERARCHY WE JUST WENT OVER YOU HAVE YOUR PHOTOS FROM LAST WEEK’S SHOOT UPLOADED TO THE CORRECT FOLDER YOU HAVE THE CORRECT FOLDER HIERARCHY SPECIFICATIONS IN YOUR NOTES FOR FUTURE REFERENCE I WILL BE CHECKING YOUR FOLDERS AFTER CLASS TODAY TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THEM SET UP CORRECTLY