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-The lab relies on a college supported [[https://www.google.com/drive/|Google Drive]] account for all of our digital storage. This is a convenient storage solution because 1) all Kenyon students have Drive access via their Kenyon google accounts, and 2) the account does not have any storage cap (i.e., we will never run out of space).
+The lab relies on a college supported [[https://www.google.com/drive/|Google Drive]] account for all of our digital storage. This is a convenient storage solution because 1) all Kenyon students have Drive access via their Kenyon google accounts, and 2) the account does not have any storage cap (i.e., we will never run out of space). This is also a great tool for collaboration, as it gives lab members direct access to the same files (instead of needing to email files up and back).
-====== How does it work? =====
+===== How does it work? =====
-===== Cloud Storage ====
+==== Cloud Storage ====
 Google Drive is a cloud based storage, which means the physical data are stored on Google servers. You can therefore access the data from any web browser and from any internet-connected device.
 However, this is not a convenient (and sometimes impossible) way to interact with the data under all circumstances. For instance, if you're working on a manuscript you don't want to need to download the file and then be required to upload it when you're done editing. I'm sure you can see that this could quickly lead to version control chaos. Especially, if you were working with a collaborator. Which brings me to ...
-===== Local App ====
+==== Local App ====
 To get around this issue you can download the [[https://www.google.com/drive/download/|Google Drive app]] (Windows/Mac/Android/iPhone). This will allow you to keep a synchronized local copy of all the files on your computer. Importantly, when a change is made to a file in the cloud, it will automatically be reflected in your local copy. Similarly, when you modify and save a local file, your new version will automatically synchronize to the cloud.
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-** Any edits/deletions that you make on your local computer will propagate to the computers of every lab user **
+** Any edits/deletions that you make on your local computer will propagate to the cloud and to the computers of every lab user **
   * If you delete a file from your local computer, it will be deleted from the cloud and from everybody else's computer too!
   * Never delete or modify a file that does not belong to you
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-====== How do I get access? =====
+===== How do I get access? =====
 To get access to the lab directories, I will need to send you an invitation. However, do to a limitation with the Google Drive program (see box below), I will need to send you a separate invitation for each directory that you want to access. Unless you have excessive amounts of free disk space, you'll want to be selective in what directories you share. For instance, if you're doing a skin-conductance study then there's probably no reason for you to share the EEG directories, which can take up quite a bit of disk space.
+All lab users will have access to the ''users'' directory, which has sub-directories for each lab member.
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