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Vocabulary

"H" Drive: Your home directory. This file is secure and can be accessed from any computer in the district. It is named the same as your network / email username with the $ sign attached at the end.

Local Hard Drive: This is on the actual machine in your classroom. The Shared folder is the only place on this drive that you are allowed to access.

Mac: Apple Macintosh computers located in the elementary schools and in the Applications lab and other places in the middle school.

Network: A collection of file servers that provide security, store your files and provide access to the internet.

PC: Dell computers located in the secondary classrooms and labs and administrative offices.

Network Shared Folders

MS Word Hand-out for accessing the shared network folders from Elem. Zangle Teacher Station Computer

MS Word Hand-out for accessing the shared network folders from Elem. Computer Lab

Elementary -

Elementary Teacher - Station Computer

Saving to the Local Hard Drive

If your network account has been identified by Media/Computer Services as having large amounts of data on the Home or “H” Drive, please save large files to your local hard drive in your classroom. The Shared folder is the only place on the local hard drive that you are allowed to access.

Common types of large files include: iMovie, iDVD, Videos from WCRESA Streaming Video, PowePoint presentations, large image files or large collections of images.

Click Here for PDF instructions to access your computer's local hard drive.

Elementary -

To locate your "H" Drive on your teacher station

Mac: Log into the teacher station computer in any elementary classroom.

1. From the menu bar, select Go: Connect to Server
2. In the address bar type the address for the "H' drive: smb://ms099fpvs5/username$          
3. Click on Add to Favorites (first time only) and Connect
4. Select your home directory and press Mount
5. Click on the Finder / Macintosh HD, or desktop to find your "H" drive
6. Click on view to see all columns

Secondary -

To locate your "H" Drive on your teacher station

• Log into the Zangle teacher-station computer in any secondary classroom
• or any PC in the district

• Click on My Computer
• your home directory: username$