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Folders are helpful for getting organized

Folders are helpful for two reasons.

One, you can give them names. Folder names tell you what they contain.

Two, you can structure them hierarchically (i.e. storing a folder in a folder in a folder…) Structures can express relationships between files, or groups of files.

The illustration to the right is just one way we might structure folders based on the sampler sentence on the previous page.

Notice how the “music” folder is nested under “my_podcasts” on the same level as “season_1” and “season_2”. Can you guess why it was structured in this way? (upside-down answer is below!)
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Answer: The pretend podcaster in this example uses the same music across all seasons. Therefore, they structure the music folder on the same level as the seasons folders.

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my_podcasts
music
intro
outro
ambient
season_1
show_1
raw_audio
narrative
edit_masters
images
release_forms
mp3_upload
show_2
etc...
season_2
show_1
etc...
etc...

How would you organize your own folders, based on the sentence you wrote?

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