Web Publishing for Faculty & Staff

MSU's web servers provide a convenient method of disseminating information. For more information on web publishing at MSU, please consider attending a training session offered monthly by Information Technology through Training and Events.

• What is available?
• Using the WWW for course support
• Getting Started
• Support for web publishing

What is available?
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Using NetDrive to Manage Files and Publish to the Web

NetDrive is a network-based file server that provides every student with 100 megabytes and every faculty/staff member 200 megabytes of storage space. Users access their "home directory" to store documents, pictures, and other data. NetDrive is accessible via any web browser, making it an ideal solution for storing important files for use in a dorm, computer lab, or at home. In addition to basic file storage, students, faculty, and staff can use their NetDrive home directory as their personal web page space. Before NetDrive, it was difficult and awkward for users to author their own web pages. However, NetDrive makes it easy: just by putting .html and image files into the public_html folder, anyone can communicate with the world!

Documentation and instructional videos on how to use NetDrive and the public_html folder can be found at these locations:

http://oit.montclair.edu/documentationpdf/NetStorage.pdf
http://oit.montclair.edu/documentationpdf/netdrive_public_html.pdf
http://oit.montclair.edu/documentation/camtasia/netstorage/net_storage.html

Using the WWW for course support
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Some ideas for a faculty website include:

• Course information
  • meeting times, dates and locations
  • important dates (tests, papers etc)
  • suggested reading and research
• Instructor information
  • office hours and contact info
  • background
  • publications
  • speaking events

Getting Started
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1. Attend an informational seminar on Teaching with the World Wide Web . Please check the Training and Event schedule, for these events or contact 973-655-5449 for dates/times and to register. If more than a single individual in an area wants to create a group training session, please let Susan Graham (973-655-5449) know at your earliest convenience.
2. Meet with a representative of OIT to review general documentation and suggestions on getting started.

Support for the WWW
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MSU supports the following:

• Account creation
• Account orientation sessions
• Questions and answers via the Help Desk