The WLAC Digital Curriculum Storage System

Accessing, Uploading, and Downloading and Sharing a file

The Digital Storage SystemThe Old Way

Before this system was developed, the best method for transferring data from computer to computer with the flash drive

Office Computer Classroom ComputerThe Flash Drive

The Digital Storage SystemHow the system works

DigitalCurriculum

Storage System

Student’s Computer

Classroom Computer

Home Computer

Office Computer

The Digital Storage SystemAccessing the System

Enter your user name. This is your WLAC login ID.Enter your password. This is your employee ID

Go to the Faculty and Staff section of the WLAC website click on ‘Digital Curriculum Storage’

To begin the process of uploading a file click on ‘Download/Upload’

A drop down box will appear You will click on ‘Upload’

The Digital Storage System- Uploading a file

The Digital Storage System- Uploading a file

After clicking on the file that you want to upload it will appear in the ‘File Name’ Box

Click on ‘Open’ to move to the next step

Locate the file that you want to upload from this list of files on your computer and click on the name of that file.

The Digital Storage System- Uploading a file

The file that you selected is now ready to load to the Digital Storage system. Click on ‘Upload to complete the process’

If you want to load additional files click on ‘Browse’ and repeat the steps from the previous slide. Click on ‘Upload’ after you have selected all of your files.

As you can see from this message, your file has been successfully uploadedClose this box by clicking on the X in the upper right corner.

The Digital Storage System- Downloading a file

Click on the name of the file that you want to download. The file name will be highlighted

Click on the words ‘Download/Upload’A drop down box will appear. Click on the word ‘Download’

The Digital Storage System- Downloading a file

After clicking on ‘Download’ this box will appear. Click on ‘Open’ to download the file

Your file is now loaded to your desktop. If you want to save changes to the file, you must upload the file to the digital storage system.If you have downloaded the file to a public or classroom computer, you should delete the file from the desktop

Digital Curriculum StorageLinking to a File

You can provide your students with a direct link to files on your site. The link will consist of the following

http://resources.wlac.edu/userfiles/Your User Name/folder/filename.ext

Here is how this works

The address of the site is the same for all users http://resources.wlac.edu/userfiles/

Your user name is your WLAC user name i.e.. jonesjj

The folder is the name of the folder where the file resides. If you have subfolders, use the folder and the sub folder separated by a forward slash- i.e.. folder3/folder4

The file name is the name of the file that you want the students to access

The extension is the extension name of the file. This might be .doc, .xls, .png etc.

Digital Curriculum StorageLinking to a file- An Example

The Address for the file ‘map.jpg’ is as followshttp://resources.wlac.edu/userfiles/BoltonBC/My Classes/map.jpg

The same for all users Your User ID The folder name

The file name The file

extension

Digital Curriculum StoragePractice

Step # 1 Upload a file to your digital storage folder

Step # 2 Download a file from your digital storage folder to your computer

Step #3 Create a link to a file in your folder. Access that file by clicking on the link

You will start with 1GB of storage space.

Contact I.T. if you need more storage

Don’t load exe. Files to the system they can spread computer virusesAlways compress video files before loading them to the system

Do not load

files or

images that

violate LACCD

policy

The user is responsible for insuring that content complies with applicable copyright law

The Digital Storage SystemFinal Notes