Servers & Network |
The notes below provide details of how students and teachers can save their work
to a central storage area, access shared printers, and publish to a school intranet,
even
without a specialised file server.
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| These notes detail the use of the "built-in" file and print sharing options on both Windows and Macintosh computers, in situations where you may not have access to a more specialised file server..... |
- Macintosh
OSX File Sharing (pdf
- 544k)
- Setup a standard OSX computer as a simple file server. Includes information about how to access the shared files from Macintosh or Windows computers.
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- Windows
XP File Sharing (pdf
- 900k)
- Sharing files between between
computers, using Win XP on a "peer to peer" network.
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| Once your computers are networked,
you can share one printer between multiple computers..... |
- Sharing
Printers - Mac OSX (pdf - 125k)
- Sharing and accessing
shared USB printers on a network, using OS X.
Printing to a Win Printer
from 10.3- Apple notes on how
to setup OSX 10.3 to access a printer being shared by a Windows computer.
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- Sharing
Printers - Win XP (pdf - 725k)
- Sharing printers, and
accessing shared printers, on a network using Windows XP.
Bonjour for Windows- Access Bonjour/Rendevous compatible printers
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| Once you have established a physical network, students can publish e-portfolios, and teachers can publish class resources on a school intranet. You just need a web server..... |
- Setting
up Mac OS X Personal Web Sharing
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A standard Mac OS X computer
can be used as an efficient school web server. Includes info about getting your content started using a templete created using iWeb.
Somewhere PS- An example of a typical school Intranet. Download a template for your school.
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- Check out Wazza's Intranet Server Page for info about 3rd Party Windows web servers suitable for a school intranet.
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