Cloud backup: overview

Note:

The cloud backup privacy policy can be found in the general privacy policy of Mind Express (see http://www.mindexpress.be/privacy.php) which also refers to the privacy policy of Google (http://www.google.com/policies/privacy).

You can upload a profile of a Mind Express user to the cloud using a Google account. The profile will have an initial cloud backup in the Google Drive connected to the Google account. You can make the next backups manually or specify automatic daily backups at a set time. See Linking a profile to a Google account and backing it up

The cloud backup includes the entire profile, that is both its pagesets and settings. Only what is displayed in a folder when browsing, is not backed up:
  • sound or video files played through the actions Display content, Playlist, Shuffle playlist, ...
  • photos, pictures, ... in a slideshow
You can use the cloud backup to:

  • Make a copy of the uploaded profile on another or a new user's device by downloading the cloud backup onto the new device. See Adding your own backed up profile to your profiles on a different device.

  • If required, have an instructor perform remote operations (add, delete or modify pagesets, pages or cells) in the profile. To do this:
    • the instructor must have their own Mind Express.
    • the uploaded profile must be shared with the instructor. See Sharing a backed-up profile.
    • the instructor must add the uploaded profile to Mind Express on the instructor's own device. See Adding a shared profile to your profiles.
    • the instructor must have an Internet connection while editing. This is necessary in order to be able to verify that the instructor has the right to access the profile's portal and edit the pagesets remotely. The user of the profile can revoke these rights at any time, see Stopping sharing of a backed up profile.
    The instructor can also edit licensed content in edit view (e.g. the SCORE symbol vocabulary, of Jabbla), but cannot use it in the user view.
    If the instructor makes changes (adds, deletes or modifies pagesets, pages or cells - the instructor never has the right to view or change the profile's settings) from his or her device in the profile shared with him or her, he or she can
    • then upload these changes at any time, see Uploading the changes to the profile in a profile shared with you.
    • when switching profile or exiting Mind Express, choose to upload it to the other profile Now or Later. The instructor is made aware of this at all times. The advantage of this is that the instructor can make a whole series of changes before effectively uploading the finished product to the profile.

You can disable automatic backup, see Stopping automatic backup of a profile.

You can also permanently disconnect the Google Account at any time and delete the cloud backup, see Unlinking a profile from a Google Account and deleting backup.

If you delete a backed up profile, you can choose to retain or delete the data in the cloud. See Deleting a profile.