Accessing Faculty & Staff Network Drives While on Campus

• When you log into the UFV network on campus, your system map certain drives automatically.
• You can access these mapped network drives by opening Windows Explorer.

The following drives, which are backed up nightly, will be mapped on your computer:

• F: drive personal storage
• G: drive department storage
• H: drive UFV campus-wide storage

Additional Instructor Drive

• Q: drive instructor network storage (student read-only access)

Instructor Account

• The instructor account provides general internet browsing and access to UFV network drives.
• Contact the IT Services Help Desk for the current semester's instructor username and password
• Instructors are asked to report lab problems as soon as possible to the IT Services Help Desk.
• Phone local 4610, email to helpdesk.its@ufv.ca or submit at ehelpdesk.ufv.ca.
• Please note the room number and the computer number.

UFV instructors have on campus access to the following network drive areas:

• R: drive instructor area for class demos; students do not see; other instructors do see when they log into the network
• P: drive student public storage space
• Q: drive instructor network storage (student read-only access)

UFV students have on campus access to the following network drive areas:

• R: drive: Student's own personal 1 GB storage space
• P: drive: Student public storage space where all students can add, modify and delete files
• Q: drive: Used by instructors to distribute course files to students. Faculty can add, modify or delete files on Q: drive. Students can only read and save the data that is stored on the Q: drive.
  
  

Remote File Access

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Accessing your files

myFILES enables you to securely access and manage the UFV network folders and drives which you have been given remote access.  While not on campus, you have access to your UFV network drives at these locations:

• gateway.ufv.ca
• my.ufv.ca, choose Online Services page tab and UFV Network Files
• my.ufv.ca, choose My Courses page tab, My Courses channel, and the link for UFV Network Files

Employee Network Drives

UFV employees have access to the following network drive areas:

• Departments gives access to G: drive (employees own department storage)
• HomeDIR gives access to F: drive (employees own personal storage)
• Public gives access to H: drive (employee campus-wide storage)
• Groups optional (additional network drive access for some employees)

Instructor Network Drives

UFV instructors will have additional access to the following network drive areas:

• Instructor_Files gives access to Q: drive (instructor network drive for teaching files – student read-only access)
• Public gives access to H: drive (UFV campus-wide storage)

Student Network Drives

UFV students have access to the following network drive areas:

HomeDir gives access to R: drive (students own personal storage 1 GB)
Instructor_Files gives access to Q: drive (students have read and copy access to instructor files)
Public gives access to P: drive (student public storage space where all students have read and write access to student files)

Note: Previous File Storage for Students
Student personal files saved on their personal student UFV network drive before September 2012

• In September 2012, UFV’s network file storage system for students was changed.
• UFV students from Summer 2012 and earlier semesters will need to copy or move any personal files they want saved from NetStorage at gw.ufv.ca/NetStorage at Home@UCFV (also known as R:Drive).
• After May 31, 2013, students will no longer have access to their personal files on the old file NetStorage file system.
• The logical place students can move their files is to their new HomeDir at gateway.ufv.ca