Today you will

• learn where your work lives when the power goes
• save your Project Brief in three places
• make a document that proves each save

Warm-up

You have typed half a page of your Project Brief and the computer restarts. What is still there, and what is gone?

You need {{code:01_project_brief}} today. If you can't find it, tell your teacher.

Where does your work actually live? Here are the places it can be.

• RAM is the computer's working memory. Unsaved work lives here, and a power cut wipes it. That's why you save often.
• Permanent storage is where saved files go. They are still there tomorrow.
• Local storage is on this computer only.
• Portable storage is a USB stick you carry between computers.
• Cloud storage is your school OneDrive or Google Drive. You can open it anywhere.

One file, three homes

Today your Project Brief goes in three homes: Documents, a USB stick and the cloud.

Sort each card into the place it really lives. First talk about each card as a class, without dragging. Then drag the cards into place and check your answers.

Common issues

• If you have no USB stick, make a folder on the Desktop called {{code:USB_Simulated}} and use that instead.
• If you can't find {{code:01_project_brief}}, look in Project Portfolio first, then in Documents and on the Desktop.
• To take a screenshot, press {{kbd:Win+Shift+S}} on Windows, {{kbd:Cmd+Control+Shift+4}} on a Mac or {{kbd:Ctrl+Overview}} on a Chromebook. Then paste it with {{kbd:Ctrl+V}} or {{kbd:Cmd+V}}.