Title: Topic 3: Storing of Digital Resources
Course: Storage and Access of Digital Resources

Introduction

This topic will expand your understanding of and knowledge about the storage of digital resources. We will look at ways in which you can store your digital resources on digital devices and cloud-storage technologies. By the end of this topic, learners will have expanded their knowledge about different types of digital storage devices such as portable hard drives, flash disks, CDs, and so on; and cloud-based technologies such as Dropbox and Google Drive in their working and learning environments.

Objectives

At the end of this topic, the learner should be able to:

- show understanding of the concept of digital storage;
- identify different types of digital-storage media;
- define the concept of cloud storage;
- identify different types of cloud storage;
- apply different types of cloud technology in daily life; and
- identify the advantages and disadvantages of cloud storage.