To avoid any data breaches, any files including student personal data need to be encrypted and password protected prior to sending.
To password protect a file or folder:1.
Right click on the file or folder to password protect and select ‘7-Zip’ > ‘Add to Archive…’
Please Note: If you are doing this for multiple files or folders they should be added to one folder.
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2. On the next Window change the Archive format to ‘zip’ and enter a password.
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By doing this you will create a ZIP file and all the contents inside it will be protected with the password provided.
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