Cloud Computing stuff

How To Add a Second Layer of Encryption to Dropbox [Updated] I started using BoxCryptor, which is mentioned in this thread.

Free for up to 2Gb. Basically, it mounts an encrypted drive on your computer, and whatever you drop there gets encrypted and sent to another folder, which can be your Dropbox folder. If you're going to get your encrypted material somewhere else, you'll need BoxCryptor installed there as well. BoxCryptor can only be ran by system administrators. But it's been requested on their site to make it accessible by non-admins as well. Another thing you can do is to encrypt files individually before dropping them on Dropbox. You can zip with 7Z via command line. I won't show how now, because I don't have the time... but I'm going to do it for myself sometime, then I can post it.

[www.boxcryptor.com] Transfer Web Files Directly To Your Dropbox Folder With URL Droplet. The Drops To The Cloud All the cloud services more or less work the same way – you upload your files to the cloud, and you can then access them from anywhere with an Internet connection.

But things become impractical when the files you want to put in the cloud are also coming from the web. In this case, the steps would be to download the files from the web to your computer hard drive, then upload the files to the cloud. Due to the downloading-uploading steps, this process could take a long time depending on the size of the files and the speed of your Internet connection.

URL Droplet is the service that will cut out the middle man – your computer’s hard drive. To use URL Droplet, visit the site and click “Login“. How To Encrypt Your Dropbox Data With ENCFS [Linux] Aside from the never-diminishing threat of a break-in by hackers, Dropbox has also said that it will turn over your data to the government if requested.

This implies that, even if the data on their servers is encrypted (and not just the connection), they have a way to decrypt it and see what you’re storing. Although I’m sure most of you don’t have anything to hide, we feel more comfortable with some privacy. Therefore, encrypting the files before they are sent to the Dropbox servers is the way to go in order to keep eyes away.

There are a couple different ways of achieving this, as of late. My favorite method in the past has been to use Truecrypt, but having to create containers that store the encrypted information isn’t the best for Dropbox, which constantly syncs changes. Dropbox Forms: Receive files from your web site to your dropbox! Just follow the instructions below.

If you're already a Jotform user, you can skip to step 2 and integrate your existing forms. 1.Create your Upload form. Overview - Welcome to Flubaroo. The grades created by Flubaroo will be located in an adjacent worksheet called "Grades", as shown: For each submission, Flubaroo will show which questions were answered correctly ("1" point"), which incorrectly ("0" points), and which were not graded.

If less than 60% of students got a question correct, the question will be highlighted in orange to alert you. Additionally, students who scored less than 70% on the assignment will be highlighted in red. 70+ Google Forms for the Classroom. If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my weekly newsletter.

Thanks for visiting! Google Forms is a great tool for the classroom and this post from 2008 has always proven popular on my blog. I hope you continue to be inspired by the ideas here. I have created example forms for each of the different topics, follow the links in each of the ten sections. 1 ) Get to know your class Use this form to gather some indication from your new class about their likes and dislikes, their favourite lessons or after school clubs they enjoy. 2 ) Emotion graph An emotion graph is a simple line graph comparing a range of happiness to sadness against different points (time) in a story or film. Use a Google Form to gather the children’s responses to different parts of any type of linear narrative, written or visual. 3 ) Spelling test Steve Kirkpatrick had this brainwave a while back so check out his excellent post for more information about setting up the spreadsheet. 4 ) Comprehension questions.

Record and Upload Voice Memos to Dropbox. Using DropVox Features and Benefits Universal app, running equally well on iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad.

MP3 audio files sound great while saving bandwidth and Dropbox storage. Accessible with VoiceOver for the visually impaired. read more… 4 Advanced Dropbox Tips and Tricks. At MTE we cannot live without Dropbox.

In addition to showing you the basic usage of Dropbox, we have also highlighted a number of useful tips and tricks. In this article we will go beyond the basic tricks and show you 4 other ways you can use Dropbox like a pro. Chatbox - Project collaboration inside Dropbox. Dropbox Portable AHK–A Great Solution for Educators.