During your project, you're going to accumulate a lot of information: links, citations, pdfs, notes, drafts, images, data, and more. Have you thought about how you're going to keep track of it? Deciding how your group will manage and organize files before you actually start looking for information will save a lot of time.
The data manager’s job is to set up shared folders and files that everyone in the group can access and use. Choose one person in your group to be your group's data manager.
How will your group communicate during the project? Does everyone have a smart phone? How about text messages or email? Some ideas are below.
Now that your group has a shared folder discuss how you will use it. Think about what kinds of information you'll be gathering and creating for your project. How will your group manage the following for example:
You need a back up plan! You do not want to lose files and work if your computer crashes. Consider uploading backups of your files to cloud-based services like CyBox on a regular basis or do all of your work in Google Drive, which auto-saves and versions Google drive formatted files (i.e. a Google Doc file and not a Word file).
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