FAQ: What faculty need to know about student Novell accounts

All Calvin College students are given a Novell account; a location where they can store files on the campus fileserver. If you hold classes in a computer lab or classroom or you want a student to make a presentation in a Smart Classroom your students can login to their personal Novell accounts and access their academic and course-related documents and files.

• A student has access to his or her home directory in Novell by logging into Novell from most college-owned computers, and/or by accessing their Novell account via the internet using NetStorage. (http://netstorage.calvin.edu).
  
• Logging in from a college-owned computer on campus:
  When a student logs into Novell from a college-owned computer on campus they have access to
  • their home directory f:\ drive.
  • to limerick from their g:\ drive.
    
• Logging in from NetStorage:
  When a student logs into Novell from NetStorage they only have access to their home directory f:\ drive.
  
• The home drive (f:\) is a secure location for students to save documents without worry of others accessing their files like they could on Limerick.
  
• Shared space on Limerick: Students have access to the file space on Limerick through their g:\ drive. This access is available only on campus and not available through NetStorage (access through the Internet). Although access to Limerick will continue next year (04-05) the drive mapping may change.
  
• Faculty may still request shared file space on Limerick if they require students to share files. Please call the HelpDesk at x6-8555 to place this request. If you currently have shared file space on Limerick that space will continue to be available.
  
• If your course requirements for your student's network storage will exceed the 300 MB of storage space that each student is provided please contact the HelpDesk.
  
• Printing: Students who login to their Novell accounts from a computer lab or classroom on campus will automatically be able to print to the printer in that room.
  
• Students may not share their username and password with anyone. That means faculty and other students cannot read files stored in a student's Novell account. Please read the Policy on Responsible Use of Technology.
  
• From Office and Macromedia software students can save directly to their f:\ or g:\ drive. However, there are a few software programs that won't allow students access to their f:\ or g:\ drive from within the software application. If you encounter this problem please have the student save the file to the desktop and then move the file to their f:\ drive using My Computer. We are working to resolve this issue.
  
• NOTE: Please remind your students to Log Off the computer before they leave the classroom.

Questions?
If you have questions about how student Novell account affects your classroom please contact the HelpDesk at x6-8555 or helpdesk@calvin.edu.