A constant problem that my instructional design team has is receiving or sending multiple large files back and forth with developing faculty. Our mail account will only allow a certain file size and then it fails. Sometimes we are able to find available server space to add documents and then send them to the faculty but they don’t have the same opportunity. An alternative is one file per email, which ends up being eight to ten emails. This can quickly junk up your inbox.
One really awesome tool that I uncovered while searching through all of the Web 2.0 tools available was boxify.me. boxify.me allows users to upload one or multiple files and provides you a link to send to others. So simple and easy to use. You upload the file(s) you want to share then out pops the url to send.
Another cool feature of boxify.me is that you can rename the “box” (url) before you send it. There is no registering or account set-up needed. Which is even better when you ask me. I have so many accounts I can never remember my login information from one tool to the next. The url is private and those individuals that you share the link with can download and upload items to this “box”.
You have the ability to continue adding to this box as much as needed. One feature that I did not see though was the ability to remove files in the box. Which means you have to be careful and make sure that you upload the correct files. Another thing to consider is naming conventions of files if you are working with versions of files.
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