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Are you tired of having to run to your instructor's office to drop your homework before the deadline? Worried about the poor security features of the cardboard boxes sitting in the hallway? Or perhaps you need a quick and easy way for your teammate/research partner to send you a large file? Then you should be interested in Rhea's dropboxes. | Are you tired of having to run to your instructor's office to drop your homework before the deadline? Worried about the poor security features of the cardboard boxes sitting in the hallway? Or perhaps you need a quick and easy way for your teammate/research partner to send you a large file? Then you should be interested in Rhea's dropboxes. | ||
| − | Originally proposed by Prof. Bouman, dropboxes are a Rhea feature that has been developed by Zach Mason as a mediawiki extension. You can drop electronic files into the personal dropbox of any Rhea user. Since anybody with a Purdue account can become a Rhea user (just by | + | Originally proposed by Prof. Bouman, dropboxes are a Rhea feature that has been developed by Zach Mason as a mediawiki extension. You can drop electronic files into the personal dropbox of any Rhea user. (Click here [[Special:DropBox|here]] to search for a user's dropbox; you must be logged in.) Since anybody with a Purdue account can become a Rhea user (just by logging in), this means you now have a painless way to share files with pretty much anybody at Purdue. |
| − | + | Retrieving the files from your dropbox is straightforward. Just go to your dropbox (first login and then click [[Special:DropBox|here]]) and click on the files you wish to download. The login name of the person who dropped the file, along with the date/time it was dropped, are listed next to each file. | |
| − | If you have questions/comments about this feature | + | If you have questions/comments about this feature, please write them [[drop box issues and feedback|here]] |
Revision as of 16:48, 10 August 2009
About Rhea's Dropboxes
Easy file dropping and retrieval
Are you tired of having to run to your instructor's office to drop your homework before the deadline? Worried about the poor security features of the cardboard boxes sitting in the hallway? Or perhaps you need a quick and easy way for your teammate/research partner to send you a large file? Then you should be interested in Rhea's dropboxes.
Originally proposed by Prof. Bouman, dropboxes are a Rhea feature that has been developed by Zach Mason as a mediawiki extension. You can drop electronic files into the personal dropbox of any Rhea user. (Click here here to search for a user's dropbox; you must be logged in.) Since anybody with a Purdue account can become a Rhea user (just by logging in), this means you now have a painless way to share files with pretty much anybody at Purdue.
Retrieving the files from your dropbox is straightforward. Just go to your dropbox (first login and then click here) and click on the files you wish to download. The login name of the person who dropped the file, along with the date/time it was dropped, are listed next to each file.
If you have questions/comments about this feature, please write them here
