What tools are you providing to support to large dissertation files, especially those containing multi-media?
One of our doctoral students is using a large
number of photos in his dissertation. It is about half written at this
point, and is 442.3 MB. The faculty adviser just wrote to us looking for a way to both work on it (so the adviser can comment and edit and the doctoral student can continue to work on the same document).
They uploaded it to a Dropbox account, but are now noting the computer takes a very long time to download it each time. So they contacted us for advice about using Google Docs.
We use Google Docs on campus for some things and we've implemented Xythos. I've now warned the faculty adviser about the risks of using Dropbox or Google Docs for original intellectual property. But on the other hand, I'm not sure I know the best tool to offer.
Do you have any suggestions about how they might be...