| Q | How much storage space do students have? |
| A | You have 1GB of storage on the BlueDrive.
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| Q | How do I Update my Student Website? |
| A | FTP is no longer available on the student web server. To upload your files login to https://bluedrive.uwstout.edu and upload your files to your wwwroot folder. You can also connect to your website using a WEBDAV Client.
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| Q | How do I map my network drive(s)on a Windows based computer? |
| A | Map Drive – Windows
- Right-Click on “My Computer” and choose Map Network Drive
- On Windows XP, to map your student share (H:) enter the following server name:
http://bluedrive.uwstout.edu/users/students/username
where username is your UW-Stout email username
Example, John Doe: http://bluedrive.uwstout.edu/users/students/doej
- On Windows Vista, to map your student share (H:) enter the following server name:
https://bluedrive.uwstout.edu/users/students/username
where username is your UW-Stout email username
Example, John Doe: https://bluedrive.uwstout.edu/users/students/doej
- Individual Colleges also provide storage space for class needs. The mappings for these are:
Math
M: (Personal Drive) \\mscsFS.uwstout.edu\username$
S: (Shared Drive) \\mscsFS.uwstout.edu\studentshared
STEM
M: (Personal Drive) \\stemFS.uwstout.edu\username$
S: (Shared Drive) \\stemFS.uwstout.edu\stem_student_shared$
GIS
M: (Personal Drive) \\gisFS.uwstout.edu\username$
S: (Shared Drive) \\gisFS.uwstout.edu\gisStudentShared
- Click Connect using “different user name”
- Username BlueDrive: username (without @uwstout.edu)
- Username departmental shares: username@uwstout.edu
- Password: email password
- Check the box, “Reconnect at logon” to save the network drive
- Click “Finish.”
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| Q | What is a mapped drive? |
| A | A mapped drive is a link or a path to a network drive. A network drive is a storage drive that is not physically located on your computer.
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| Q | What would I use a mapped drive for? |
| A | You would use this drive to back up files or to store files so you can access them from another computer.
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| Q | How do I map network drive on a mac? |
| A | Map Drive – Mac
- Click “Go” menu in your main Finder window.
- Click “Connect to Server”
- Map to their network drives using the following for server name and then click “Connect:”
- For your personal student share (H:) enter the following server name:
https://bluedrive.uwstout.edu/users/students/username
where username is your UW-Stout email username
Example, John Doe: https://bluedrive.uwstout.edu/users/students/doej
- Enter your UW-Stout email username and password when prompted
Individual Colleges also provide storage space for class needs. The mappings for these are:
Math M: (Personal Drive) smb://mscs.uwstout.edu/username$
S: (Shared Drive) smb://mscs.uwstout.edu/studentshared
STEM
M: (Personal Drive) smb://stemFS.uwstout.edu/username$
S: (Shared Drive) smb://stemFS.uwstout.edu/stem_student_shared$
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| Q | How do I print in the Library? |
| A | Instructions for printing can be found here.
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