Create a Directory Structure

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In this assignment, you will create a directory structure where you can organize files on the computer. A good directory structure helps keep your files in order, making it easy to find them again later.

What’s the difference between a file and a folder?
  • A folder is a digital container that can hold files.
    • For example, this could be a folder containing images.
  • A file contains information.
    • For example, this could be an actual image, a video, a text document, etc.

Task - Create a directory structure for the school year

Step 1: Open File Explorer

If you’re on Windows, double-click the “File Explorer” icon:

Windows File Explorer

If you’re on Mac, click the “Finder” app:

Finder Mac App

From here, you can find documents, downloads, images, videos, music, etc. For this setup, we’ll focus on “Documents”.

Step 2: Create the main folder “IM”

  1. Inside the “Documents” folder, right-click an empty area
  2. Select “New” and then “Folder”.
  3. Give the new folder a suitable name, suggested “IM”.
Tip

You can give folders a new name by right-clicking and finding the “Rename” button in the menu.

Step 3: Create subfolders

After creating a folder, you can go inside it and create subfolders for more specific categories.

  1. Create a folder inside “IM” called “MP” for Media Production subjects
  2. Create a folder inside “IM” called “IT” for Information Technology subjects

From here, you can further add folders for topics we’ll be working on. Here’s an example of how the directory structure might look:

Documents/
└── IM/ 
    ├── MP/ 
    └── IT/ 
        ├── HTML/ 
        └── Python/

Step 4: (Optional) Create folders for other subjects

You can also create folders inside documents for other subjects like English or Math.