Accessing your files as a folder on your computer

You have two folders that are remotely accessible.
For the purpose of remote access they are labeled as follows:

1) My Documents = firstinitiallastname
2) Your individual teacher folder that is in Teacher Shared Docs = lastname

For example: Jane Doe's My Documents folder will be named "jdoe".
Her teacher folder will be named "doe". In both cases they are all lower case.

There is an exception to this for Moneta and Jeanne Mack.
These two teacher docs folders will be labeled mackm and mackj.

To access Remote folders using Windows XP:
(Click here for Vista instructions)(Click here for Mac instructions)

If you have this icon on your desktop, proceed to step 2, if not continue at step 1

Step1)
Right click any empty space on your desktop and click on Properties.
A window like the image below will open.
Follow the sequence as indicated by the red numbers.

2: Click on the desktop tab

3: Click on Customize Desktop

4: Place a check mark in My Network Places

5: Click OK

6: Click OK

Step 2)
You should now have a "My Network Places icon  on your desktop.
Open "My Network Places"
This will open a window that may or may not be empty.

Step 3)
Click on Add a network place under network tasks.

Step 4)
Click next

Step 5)
Highlight Choose another network location by clicking on it, then click next.

Step 6)
To add your Documents folder  Type the following in the box: https://burkebasic.com/yourfirstinitalandlast_name, substitute your first inital and last name, all lower case and no spaces, for yourfirstinitialandlast_name.

Step 6a)
To add Teacher Folder Type the following in the box: https://burkebasic.com/yourlastname, substitute your actual last name, all lower case, for yourlastname.
Click Next. Exceptions: Jeanne and Moneta Mack use mackj and mackm.

Notice at the beginning of the address it says https rather than http. This indicates your are connecting to a secure site and any data sent or received from this site will be encrypted.

Step 7)
Enter your User name and password.
This will be the same user name and password that you use to logon to the computer in your classroom.
Click OK

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Note: The user name field should contain ONLY your user name. Sometimes you will need to enter your user name and password again to access your remote folder. When this happens it may pre-fill the user name field with something like burkebasic.com\username. If this happens you must replace this with just your username.

Step 8)
Call it anything you want.
Click Next.

Step 9)
Click finish

Step 10)
Your remote folder will now open and you will have access to all the files contained in it.
If you are prompted for you user name and password again enter the same ones that you did previously.
Be patient, it is retrieving your documents across the internet and this could take several minutes depending on the speed of your internet connection.

Step 11)
Read the note at the bottom of this document.

Step 12)
To access these files again after closing the folder, open "My Network Places" and you will see your new shortcut.

In Windows Vista the shortcut will be in Computer, not Network Places.

You can drag folders or files from your computer or other storage media attached to your computer and drop them onto the Web Folder. You can also drag folders or files from the Web Folder onto your computer.

Note: You will always be prompted for your user name and password when opening files directly from your remote folder. This isn't a big deal if you are only working on one or two documents, but it can quickly become inconvenient if you are frequently opening and closing many documents. To work around this you can copy files from your remote folder to your computer, work on them, make any changes you need, and copy them back to your remote folder.

To access Remote folders from home using Windows Vista:

Windows Vista may require an update for remote folders to function properly. Please download and install this update before proceeding. Click here to download

Step 1)
Open Computer

Step 2)
Click on File then Add a Network Location.
If the File menu doesn't appear when you open Computer, pressing the Alt. key will make it available.

Step 3)
Follow the instructions for Windows XP above starting with step 4. Click Here

1. Establish a connection to the Internet.
2. From the Finder, select Go, then Connect to Server.
3. To add your Documents folder Type the following in the box: https://burkebasic.com/your_first_inital_and_last_name, substitute your first inital and last name, all lower case and no spaces, for your_first_initial_and_last_name. Then click Connect.
   
    
4. The system will connect.
   
5. Enter your Burke User Name and Password in the Name and Password fields, respectively. Click OK
   
6. Your remote folder will now open and you will have access to all the files contained in it. If it asks for you user name and password again enter the same ones that you did previously. Be patient, it is retrieving your documents across the internet and this could take several minutes depending on the speed of your internet connection. There should also have been a shortcut to the remote folder created on your desktop.
   

Adding and Removing Files

You can drag folders or files from your computer or other storage media attached to your computer and drop them onto the Web Folder. You can also drag folders or files from the Web Folder onto your computer.

Note: You will always be prompted for your user name and password when opening files directly from your remote folder. This isn't a big deal if you are only working on one or two documents, but it can quickly become inconvenient if you are frequently opening and closing many documents. To work around this you can copy files from your remote folder to your computer, work on them, make any changes you need, and copy them back to your remote folder.