Lesson 2 – File

Management

Year 8 – Pre-IG ICT

 5 Mins

• What do you know about

file management?
• What would you like to
Lesson Starter know about file
management?
Open Google Classroom and got to today’s • Why do you think you need
lesson. I would like you to answer following
questions:
to manage your files well?
Lesson Objectives

• To locate stored files

• To open and import files of different types
• To save files in a planned hierarchical directory/folder structure
• To save files using appropriate file names
• To display file details in a directory/folder
• To save, export, and print files in a variety of formats
• To understand the need for characteristics and uses of generic file formats
• To understand the need to reduce file sizes for storage or transmission
• To reduce file sizes for storage or transmission using file compression
 Where could we store our files?

Managing • In a stand-alone computer systems:

• Local hard disk drive (HDD) or solid-

files state drive (SSD)

• If you are using a networked system:
• Stored on a networked drive
• Cloud storage
Locating
stored files
Sometimes, you will need to locate
a files from a specific location on
your computer
 Activity 1
– Creating Year 8 Computing

a folder Lesson 2 File Management

structure on Worked

Google Source Files

Drive
Activity 2 –
Saving files in a
specific location
• Download the image remora.jpg from your
Google Classroom
• Open the downloaded remora.jpg
• Save it in your Source Files folder
 • There are times you might need to see the
Display file details in details of the files in a folder

a folder • In IGCSE exams, they will always ask you to

show the details of your files inside folders.
 Open the folder, where you saved the image an
take a screenshot of the file inside the folder.
Activity 3
Save the screenshot and upload it to Google
Classroom