We've got lots of DropBox users but with concerns about where data is stored and the fact that the company does (or did?) control encryption we point people to Wuala as a preferred alternative. See one of our pages at... <http://www.bristol.ac.uk/it-services/news/2012/cloudimay.html> ...of course this is a constantly changing market and not necessarily one we keep pace with! Dropbox still has advantages as the market leader e.g. better with ipads (or so I've been told) Pete --On 11 October 2012 07:39 +0000 Heather Peake <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi > > So the consensus would appear to be dropbox then. > > Did I hear something about dropbox and computer registry meaning that it > wasn't as secure as you thought or is that something old that has gone > away or some other product entirely? > > Moodle we are still on 1.9 - looking forward to Moodle 2. > > Thanks everyone. > > Heather Peake > VLE Development Co-ordinator > > T: 01623 627191 ex 8564 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > Of Berni Durham-Jones Sent: 10 October 2012 18:28 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [VLES] Document holding system > > dropbox is easy. Just create an account and away to go plus you can > share documents. > > Mooodle 2.3 is easier now as it has drag and drop facility and also you > have a private files area. > > Regards > Berni > > On 10 Oct 2012, at 14:27, Heather Peake <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Hello >> I'm after something that is first and foremost easy to use for the none >> IT type. I need it to be able to hold documents. Upload and download. >> And that is pretty much it. >> >> Moodle is out - too complicated. >> Google docs - too difficult. >> >> Any other ideas? >> >> Thanks >> Heather >> >> ***************** List information: ***************** Remember - >> replies go by default to the entire list. >> Access the list via the web on >> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/vle.html >> To unsubscribe, email [log in to unmask] with the message: leave >> vle > > ***************** List information: ***************** Remember - replies > go by default to the entire list. Access the list via the web on > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/vle.html To unsubscribe, email > [log in to unmask] with the message: leave vle > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > National Beacon College, IiP Gold Standard and 14th best place to work in > the public sector > > To view our disclaimer please follow this link > http://www.wnc.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > This email has been processed by SmoothZap - www.smoothwall.net > > ***************** List information: ***************** > Remember - replies go by default to the entire list. > Access the list via the web on http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/vle.html > To unsubscribe, email [log in to unmask] with the message: leave vle ---------------------- Pete Walker, Assistant Director, Service Delivery IT Services Computer Centre Tyndall Avenue Bristol BS8 1UD Tel: 0117 928 7865 Ext 87865 ***************** List information: ***************** Remember - replies go by default to the entire list. Access the list via the web on http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/vle.html To unsubscribe, email [log in to unmask] with the message: leave vle