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Managing Content through a web browser Windows Vista Home and Windows Vista Business
The easiest method of using your ACCC WebDisk to manage files is by logging in through a web browser. To learn the process of managing files through the WebDisk web interface, visit our WebDisks Web Browser support page. Experienced users may want to scroll down to read about using more direct methods to access their files using WebDAV technology. Using WebDisks - Windows Vista Home and Windows Vista Business 1- Depending on your Vista configuration, you may use either instructions to locate the Map Network Drive. Option 1: Click Start menu> right-click Computer and select Map Network Drive. Option 2: Click Start menu > Settings> Network connections> press the Alt key (a tool bar will pop up under the menu)> click on Tools > Map Network Drive. 2- In the Map Network Drive window, click Connect to a Web site that you can use to store your documents and pictures, and then click Next. 3- Click Choose a custom network location, and then click Next. 4- In the “Internet or network address” field, please enter the URL listed below: https://blackboard.uic.edu/bbcswebdav/users/your_uic_netid where the portion of the link "your_uic_netid" is replaced with your actual UIC netid. 5- You will be prompted for your UIC netid and password. Type them in and click “ok”. 6- You will be prompted to name the network location. Name the shortcut something that will be easily identifiable to you. Click Next. 7- After creating the network place you will be prompted whether or not you would like to open the network place upon completion. If you choose to do so you may be prompted to authenticate once more. Click Finish. 8- After setting up the network place and authenticating, you will now have a folder that you can link to from your desktop, or drag and drop the linked folder anywhere on your computer that you see fit! Using WebDisks - My Network
Places 1 - First login to the Blackboard Content System by visiting: http://blackboard.uic.edu Login using your netid as your username and ACCC common password as your password. Once you have logged in click on the tab labeled "Content System". Click on the log out button. This step is only required once, to initialize your WebDisk account on our systems. 2 - Click Start>My Network Places 3 - Click "Add a Network Place" - you will be walked through a series of dialogue boxes prompting you for information. The first dialogue box will ask you where you would like to create the network place - choose "Choose another network location" and click "Next". 4 - You will be prompted to type in information related to the Internet address of this location. In the text box please type: http://blackboard.uic.edu/bbcswebdav/users/your_uic_netid where the portion of the link "your_uic_netid" is replaced with your actual UIC netid. Click next. 5 - You will be prompted for your UIC netid and password. Type them in and click "OK". 6 - After creating the network place you will be prompted to "Finish" as well as whether or not you would like to open the network place upon completion. If you choose to do so you will be prompted to authenticate once more. 7 - After setting up the network place and authenticating you will now have a folder that you can link to from your desktop, or drag and drop the linked folder anywhere on your computer that you see fit! Using WebDisks - Novell Netdrive What is NetDrive? Using this utility you can log into WebDisks, but instead of using a web browser or a "My Network Places" folder, it will map your network drives to a spare drive letter on your PC. This way you can browse into the files and folders using Explorer as if they were on your local computer. Novell Netdrive can be downloaded by clicking on the link below: Instructions for installation 1 - Download NetDrive and run the EXE file |