CLASS DROP BOX AND PICKUP BOX INFO
If
you are a first time user of the HSS-WIN domain, you have to go to
http://helpdesk.hss.rpi.edu/ to
activate your account.
You
will find a link on the left side of that page for changing passwords.
For
username type your rcs id (your rpi
email address minus @rpi.edu)
For
old password type your RIN (you can find this on your
student id, and it usually starts
with 660).
For
new password, I recommend using your rcs (rpi email) password.
Until
you have done this your account is not active and thus unusable).
Once
you have done this, you are ready to start using our system. Keep in mind that
your
actual account id is HSS-WIN\yourrcsid, not just your rcs id.
Depending on what courses you are taking, this account will give you access to
drop
boxes for classes, software, printing, and private storage space. If
you are an
undergraduate, the private storage
space is only useable for the duration of the semester.
The
contents will be deleted 3 days after the last day of that semester’s exams. Be
sure to
back up to cd or thumbdrive
whatever you wish to keep before it gets deleted.
Now
then, how do you get to all of this?
First
and foremost, almost all of our resources are behind the campus firewall. This
means you will need to use the campus vpn
client to connect. Once you start up vpn,
To
connect to our resources from a pc:
Click
start, settings, control panel (vista is slightly different, but just get
yourself to the
control panel).
Next
find the user accounts icon, and double click it to open it.
Select
your user account, and go to advanced.
Click
on manage passwords, and click add.
For
server type *.hss-win.rpi.edu
For
username type HSS-WIN\yourrcsid
Of course substituting your own rsc id
for the yourrcsid part.
For
password type your rcs password correctly it
will not ask you to confirm it.
Once
this is done, click ok, close, and ok again. You can now access the drop boxes
By
clicking start, run, and typing \\human101.hss-win.rpi.edu\classes
To
connect to our resources from a mac:
Go
to the finder, click Go, in the top menu bar, then click on connect to server.
For
server, type smb://human101.hss-win.rpi.edu/classes
Click
on the plus if you want to get back to it easily later, then click connect.
A
window will pop up. Leave the workgroup /domain name as is. Change your
username
to your rcs id (whatever is to the left of
@rpi.edu in your email address) and tye your hsswin
password. Click connect.
You
will see a bunch of folders, mostly with crn class
names.
1.
Go to your class folder, ARTS 2040
2.
Go to the drop box folder.
3.
Then open the folder for your section
4.
Next open the folder that
has your user name or your full name (this depends on what section you are in,
but you should be able to figure this out….
5.
Then drag your homework to the folder that has the name of the
assignment.
It
will disapear.
Congratulations!
You have now handed in your assignment!
If
later on, you hand in a revision, make sure you give it a slightly different
name (example :
Besthomeworkassignmentever.jpg
and Besthomeworkassignmenteverversion2.jpg)
Be careful not to use non pc
friendly characters in your file names if you work on a mac!!! Otherwise, your instructor may no tbe able to open the document, and your senior systems
administrator (me) will be frothing at the mouth, because it takes extra work
on my side!
Examples of characters you should no
tuse in naming files are:
Asterisk
*
Colon
:
Back
slash \
Forward
slash /
Less
Than <
Greater
Than >
Pipe
|
Quote
“
Question mark ?
all
non-printable characters
If
there is a pickup box, your instructor may or may not use it to put stuff in
such as hand outs. There are other parts to our system as well. See our
helpdesk page.
Written
by
Igor
Broos
Senior
Systems Administrator
School
of H&SS
igor@rpi.edu
http://helpdesk.hss.rpi.edu/ is
usually a good reference point to start at. We try
to keep it up to date as much as possible, so it is fair to say that
when we have time to
update any bit of information about our
system, it will make its first public appearance on
that
site.