Logging in and out To login to your personal folder on the university
system
Select on Finder (blue face on left) in the Dock
(icons on the bottom of the screen). Note the name Finder in the
upper left corner of the screen, which indicates the current active
program.
Select Connect to Server from Go in the menu bar
Type or select smb://cougar.wou.edu/public_html
Click on Connect
The Workgroup/Domain box should read MASH; type
it if necessary
The Usename box should display your username, such
as jsmith; type if necessary
In the Password box, type your WOU email password
Click on OK; note an icon with your username appears
on the desktop and in the left side of your Finder window your username
appears
To logout
Click on the Apple menu (far upper left corner)
and select Logout from the dropdown menu Note: be certain to log off properly of other students can print
on your account and access your documents
Note also: everything you saved on the desktop or on the hard drive
on this computer will be discarded as soon as you log out—forever!
To login into your public folder (called public_html
or p:drive on a PC) Repeat the process
above steps except in the Server Address box, select or type smb://cougar.wou.edu/public_html
To login in to our class folder Repeat the process
above steps except in the Server Address box, select or type smb://cougar/class
After the icon is on the desktop, double-click on the Class folder
icon
Then double-click on the Education folder and finally double-click
on the ED421 (only if you are a student in ED421)
Using the Desktop To open a program
Click on the icon for the desired program
in the Dock at the bottom of the page
or
If the desired program does not appear in the Dock, double-click
on the Macintosh HD icon on the Desktop
Click on Applications
Scroll down the list to find the desired program
Double-click on the program's icon
(You can drag the program icon into the Dock, but it will disappear
as soon as your logout)
About the Dock The row of icons
on the bottom of the screen called the Dock may or may not appear
automatically. If it doesn't, drag your mouse to the bottom of the
screen and the Dock will appear. As you drag you mouse over the icons,
the name of the programs will appear. If you minimize a program or
document, an icon will appear for that document in the Dock. A small
dark triangle appears beneath each active program. The appearance
of the Dock may be changed by selecting Dock in the "Blue Apple"
icon menu.
To save to your network folders
Select Save or Save As from the File menu
in the program you're using
In the Save As box, type the name of your
document, including the 3-letter extension, such as .doc for Word
documents.
In the Where box, select the appropriate network
folder; such as your user folder, JSMITH$, or the PUBLIC_HTML folder,
and if necessary click on a folder within one of that folder
Click Save
To rename a document
Click once on the name of the document to
highlight it
After a pause a box will appear around the
name Note: Sometimes you may need to click a 2nd time time. This
is not a double-click, but two separate clicks.
Type the new name to replace the old one.
To open a document you have saved (option
1)
Double-click on the network folder on the
Desktop where you saved the document (hopefully you remembered)
When other folders and documents appear, double-click
either on the desired document or single-click on the folder where
you saved the document
Once you double-click on the icon of the desired
document, the document and the appropriate application will open
To open a document you have saved (option
2)
Open in the Dock the appropriate program for
the desired document
Select Open from File in the menu bar of that
program
Click on the appropriate network folder where
you save the document
(Drag the blue bar, horizontal scroll to the left if necessary.)
In the next column, double-click either on
the desired document or single-click on the folder where you saved
the document
Once you double-click on the icon of the desired
document, the document will open
To use multiple programs simultaneously
From the Dock, open the first desired program
From the Dock again, open the next desired
program
To move between the programs, you may
click on the desired program icon in the dock
place the documents on the screen so that you can see both and click
on the one you wish to use
minimize the top document by clicking on the yellow circle in the
upper left corner of the document
To print
Open the desired document
Choose Print under File in the menu bar
To print to the classroom computer, set the
printer to ITC001 (black and white only)
For color set the printer toITC001 Color
You may have to change the Paper Handling to print
on US Letter sized paper
Check the number of copies and click Print
Using other Computers Using documents on computers not connected
to the WOU server, either PC or Mac
Save your file or document to your USB Flash
drive Note: you must have the same programs on both computers.
Always save your document in the format of
the oldest version of your program. When saving use Save
As and change the Format (sometimes called
File Type) to the older version.
When opening documents on the other platform,
it is best to open the program first and then choose File/Open to
open the document
Using documents on any computer connected to the WOU server, either
PC or Mac
To open, save or modify documents on Macs
use the above guidelines
To open, save or modify on a PC select the
k:drive on a PC to open or save documents in your user folder on
the Mac
For documents in the PULBIC_HTML folder on
the Mac, select the p:drive on the PC
Accessing documents on the network from
home
Save your documents in the PUBLIC_HTML folder
or the p:drive
At home, open a web browser, e.g. Internet
Explorer, Safari, Firefox or Netscape
In the address box, type www.wou.edu/~yourusername,
e.g. http://www.wou.edu/~jsmith
Remember you must have the appropriate program
on your home computer to read the document
Accessing programs on the network from home
(from a PC)
Click on All Programs, then Accessories, then
Communication and then Remore Desktop Connection (This is a standard
program in most newer PCs.)
Type is ts.wou.edu in the space for the server
The computer screen will appear as it does on campus
asking for your Username, Password and in the third space select
or type MASH
After the new computer screen appear, select
All Programs and the program, such as DreamWeaver, that you wish
to run
This virtual computer is very different from
the physical computer in that you cannot transfer data from one,
the virtual computer, to the physical computer. You cannot save
to your memory stick from the virtual computer. You will have to
save in either your p:drive or your k:drive which can be accessed
from a campus PC or from a campus Mac using the Go; Connect to Server
routine (see above).
Accessing programs on the network from home
(from a Mac)
To access the WOU network from a Mac at your
home you will need to download a free program named CoRD from the
Internet and then follow essentially the same directions as with
the PC
Type is ts.wou.edu in the space for the server
The computer screen will appear as it does on campus
asking for your Username, Password and in the third space select
or type MASH
After the new computer screen appear, select
All Programs and the program, such as DreamWeaver, that you wish
to run
This virtual computer is very different from
the physical computer in that you cannot transfer data from one,
the virtual computer, to the physical computer. You cannot save
to your memory stick from the virtual computer. You will have to
save in either your p:drive or your k:drive which can be accessed
from a campus PC or from a campus Mac using the Go; Connect to Server
routine (see above).
Remember To logout
On the desktop, double-click on the red Log
Off and Restart icon Note: be certain to log off properly of other students can print
on your account and access your documents
Office hours: Tuesday - noon-4:00PM
Wednesday - 8:00AM-noon
Thursday - noon-4:00PM
Also by appointment and drop-ins
