Colleversity Tips - Save All Physical & Digital Documents

It is good to always back up your things.  This tip is about backing up everything throughout your college and university years.

What should you back up?

• Homework assignments (often in PDFs provided by the teacher)
• Your homework 
• Homework solutions
• Lecture notes/slides
• Practice midterms and finals
• Midterms/finals solutions
• Lab specifications
• Lab reports
• Data, Excel spreadsheets, relevant pictures
• Codes - intermediate and final
• Everything else

Additionally, if you know what classes you are taking in the future, you can visit those class websites and save the important files from those websites if need be.

How do you back up your files?

• Download the files
• Be sure to label them appropriately with the course number
• Email the files to yourself and organize them in online folders, or
• Save the files onto a USB and organize them there

I personally prefer backing up my things via email because I can access it from any computer without having to carry my USB around or worry about losing it.

- VerusAnimus

Colleversity Tips - Scan All Your Homework

Something I found useful during my University years is to scan all my homework before turning them in.  I suggest students do this as well.

When I do my homework, I often write extra techniques or steps on the sides that aren't found in my notes.  Because I scan my homework, I don't have to worry about putting it in my notes or losing my thought process after turning my homework in.  

Another reason for keeping a scanned copy of your homework is this: in case your professors don't return the homework in time for an exam (or they don't return it at all), you will at least still have a reference file you can come back to for studying.  

It is also a good idea to back up your homework via a scan in case you lose or damage the physical copy.  Plus, in the long run, keeping digital copies of your homework is better than keeping stacks of paper!  

- VerusAnimus