Home > Etown Systems > Access Network Folders (Public and Private)
Access Network Folders (Public and Private)
A description of E-town network drives, including department shared folders, and how to save files to them. These instructions use a PC.
Quick links to sections in this article:
Note: All campus owned computers should automatically connect to the network drives. If you are a student, you must map the network drives on your own personal computer before accessing them.
SCPS students and facilitators do not have access to network drives.
| Username$ |
Your personal network share (named with your actual username). |
| Homedirs |
Other people's public folders as well as department and organization folders. |
| IM_Reports |
Premade reports for Jenzabar users. |
| Apps |
Application installations, not frequently used. |
| Classes |
Subfolders for courses and course related topics. |
Username$
Public folder:
Anyone with an E-town network account can open the files in your Public folder. Only you can add, edit, and delete the files.
 Private folder:
Only you can open the files in your Private folder.
 Homedirs
Faculty & Staff Alphabetical:
Locate faculty and staff by last name. Open the folder with the first letter of the last name. Then, open the folder with the last name. You can only access the Public folder.
 Faculty & Staff By Department:
Search faculty and staff by department. This includes Academic, Executive, and Personnel Council folders.
 Faculty & Staff Shared Folders:
Share files within a department. Only people within that department can access the files in the shared folders.
 Organizations:
Store club folders. Only the adviser and club members can access their club's folder.
 Staff:
Contains folders for Continuing Education, Financial Aid, and ITS.
 Students:
Locate student public folders by last name. Open the folder with the first letter of the last name. Then, open the folder with the last name. You can only access the Public folder.
IM_Reports
Access .pbl files for Jenzabar and InfoMaker. Click Additional Reports and locate the department to find specific files.
Classes
 Courses organized by semester or year-to-year persistent folders. The year-to-year persistent folder contains subfolders for things like math TA's and engineering portfolios. 
Courses in each semester folder are organized by course code. Instructors must request a course folder. Only the instructor and students in the course can access the folder for that class. The instructor, as well as each student, has their own subfolder within the class folder. 
Apps
Access and install a number of programs. Typically isn't used very much.
Access Network Drives
Step 1:
Open your Computer menu.
 Step 2:
The drives are located under Network Location.  Saving Files to Network Folders/Drives
Note: Files that are saved to the network are backed up every night, so you won't lose them if your computer fails.
Click here for Mac instructions.
Step 1:
In a program, such as Word, go to File and choose Save As.
 Step 2:
The network drives are listed in the left pane. Choose where you would like to store the file.
 Step 3:
Name the file, then click Save.
Video
| Author: kelliek | Last Updated: 4/29/2019 9:40 AM | Page Views: 8428 |
helpdesk.etown.edu/helpconsole2012/kb/default.aspx?pageid=network_drives
|