Each week you'll be taking digital photos during our fieldtrips. Also, you'll be going on individual fieldtrips that will also require photo documentation. To make all our photos available each other for assignments, please follow these procedures.

 

Photodump

1. Click on this ENST 291 Photo Sharing link. [This is the same link that Baynard Bailey e-mailed you; it will only work if you've been granted permission, so make sure you've logged on to your Vassar e-mail address.]

2. You'll probably open up a page featuring large icons of folders and photos. This means you're in viewing mode for our shared folder; it's very nice for viewing slideshows when you open individual folders, but this mode won't let you add or modify photos. To do that, look for the "Open In Drive" button in the upper-right corner. Say yes if you're asked for permission to include add this folder to your personal Google Drive space (which comes with every Vassar student's e-mail account).

3. Now your window should show a list of folders and photos and (in the upper-left corner) the familiar "Vassar Google Apps for Education" icon. The first thing to do is find an appropriate folder for your photos. All folders should be named with the following format: [fieldtrip location] [date] [student name (if it's from an individual fieldtrip)]. If you're adding photos from a class fieldtrip, then this folder has probably been created already, so open it up. If your photos are from your own fieldtrip, then you'll need to create a new folder: click the red "CREATE" button on the left side, choose "folder" and give it an appropriate name.

4. To upload photos into a folder, click on the red arrow button (next to the "CREATE" button) on the left-hand side. A window will ask you to find "Files..." Click through to locate your photofiles on your computer and select 5-10 of your best photos. (You can upload more than one photo at a time if you keep your command button pressed down.) A window will ask you if you "upload and share" to our ENST 291 Photo Sharing folder; agreeing to this makes your photos available to everyone else, so say yes.

5. An upload window will pop up to show you the progress of your photo upload. When all your photos are uploaded, close the pop-up window. You should see all your uploaded files in the main window now.

 

Importing photos into blogs, social media, etc.

1. The photos in the ENST 291 Photo Sharing folder are for everyone's use. However, no one outside this class will be able to see them in blogs, tweets, Wikipedia entries and so on unless you download them onto your computer first.

2. Click in the square box next to each photo you want to download. A check mark should appear next to the photo file name.

3. When you've selected all your photos, click on the "More" menu button in your Google Drive window (just above the list of files) and choose "Download..." Allow it to download in the "As is" format and click the "Download" button. The photos should download to your folder now.

[Obviously if you're using your own photos on your assignment, it's possible to skip the whole photodump/download process. However, be sure to upload your photos to our shared folder at some point so other people can see them and access them.]

4. To get photos from more than one sub-folder in our shared folder, you'll need to select and download files from within each folder first; otherwise, Google Drive may not remember which files you selected. Follow the previous instructions first, then navigate to other folders for further downloading.

 

Some reminders about sharing photos

1. The Photo Sharing folder will indicate who took which photos by showing the uploader's name under the "Owner" column. However, for the purposes of this course all photos uploaded to the Photo Sharing folder effectively belong to everyone in the class.

2. If you feel so inspired, please share any of our photos with the world via Instagram, Twitter and Facebook! When you do so, include two hashtags in your update: #HudsonValley #es291. Be sure to give Facebook permission to make your photos available to the public for maximum circulation. (If you're worried about FB friends making inappropriate comments under your photos, let them know what you're doing with the hashtagged photos in a separate update.)