With more than 10 years of course development and elearning production, I have accumulated a huge amount of images, pictures, templates, icons....And now sometimes I spend time looking after a picture and feel that I miss some of these resources... because my library is too big! and probablay not properly organised...
All these (free or purchased) resources are very useful but I have to find the best way to have these files organised ...
At the end of this article there is a section called Managing Your Course Assets that you may find useful. I would recommend checking it out! Hope that helps.
I always find it helpful to have layers within layers so I start off with a very general topic like PEOPLE then I break it down into what types of people I want in each i.e. EMPLOYEE, BUSINESS CASUAL, CONSUMER, CHILD then from there I'll break it down further if necessary like MALE or FEMALE. I make sure that every picture makes the most sense to be in that folder before I move it. For example if I had a picture of three people in business casual attire sitting around a table talking I wouldn't put it into PEOPLE I'd put it into MEETING>BUSINESS CASUAL>maybe even go one step further to say THREE PEOPLE or ONE MALE TWO FEMALES. It's all about categorizing in a way that you can understand and easily find what you're looking for. I highly suggest that you rename the pictures when possible so using the search feature is a bit easier (think tags on an image website).
Good luck and thanks for the inspiration. I think i'll add this topic to my potential blog articles :)
thanks so much! the article is great!! and i have copied the structure of folders they detailed!
and now I also break down each of my 15 folders into more details..
I have not been disciplined this last years and have not tagged or properly named all of these....2,000 files....! It s a lot of (extra hours) work but I know it will worth it!
First I quickly reorganize my files, Second I will try to rename properly each file, (folder by folder, step by step ;)
You're welcome, so glad it was helpful. Good luck reorganizing your files. I agree -- it is time consuming but will be totally worth it in the long run!
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Hi Julie!
At the end of this article there is a section called Managing Your Course Assets that you may find useful. I would recommend checking it out! Hope that helps.
I always find it helpful to have layers within layers so I start off with a very general topic like PEOPLE then I break it down into what types of people I want in each i.e. EMPLOYEE, BUSINESS CASUAL, CONSUMER, CHILD then from there I'll break it down further if necessary like MALE or FEMALE. I make sure that every picture makes the most sense to be in that folder before I move it. For example if I had a picture of three people in business casual attire sitting around a table talking I wouldn't put it into PEOPLE I'd put it into MEETING>BUSINESS CASUAL>maybe even go one step further to say THREE PEOPLE or ONE MALE TWO FEMALES. It's all about categorizing in a way that you can understand and easily find what you're looking for. I highly suggest that you rename the pictures when possible so using the search feature is a bit easier (think tags on an image website).
Good luck and thanks for the inspiration. I think i'll add this topic to my potential blog articles :)
wow! perfect girls!
thanks so much! the article is great!! and i have copied the structure of folders they detailed!
and now I also break down each of my 15 folders into more details..
I have not been disciplined this last years and have not tagged or properly named all of these....2,000 files....! It s a lot of (extra hours) work but I know it will worth it!
First I quickly reorganize my files, Second I will try to rename properly each file, (folder by folder, step by step ;)
Thank you very much, muchas gracias, Merci!
Very helpful!
You're welcome, so glad it was helpful. Good luck reorganizing your files. I agree -- it is time consuming but will be totally worth it in the long run!
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