How to access a course folder

Question or Issue:

How do I access a course folder from my computer of the computer I'm working on?

Environment:

• Apple's MacOS or OS X
• Microsoft Windows

Resolution:

MacOS or OS X

• From either a Bowdoin-owned computer or a personal computer, click on Finder in the Dock.
• Click on Go - Connect to Server from the Finder menu
• Enter smb://microwave.bowdoin.edu/courses and click Connect
• When prompted, enter your Bowdoin username and password and click OK
• After a few moments an Explorer window will open with all of the courses available listed.
• Browse into the course folder you would like to access.

Windows

• From either a Bowdoin-owned computer or a personal computer, click on the Start Menu (lower-left corner with the Windows logo)
• In the search field enter \\microwave.bowdoin.edu\courses and press Enter on the keyboard
• If you are on a personal computer, enter your Bowdoin username in the format as follows
  • username@bowdoincollege.edu (it is important that you use your username but that it is followed with the @bowdoincollege.edu).
• Enter your password and click OK
• After a few moments an Explorer window will open with all of the courses available listed.
• Browse into the course folder you would like to access.