1-Page Eden | Full Eden | 1-Page Eden | Full Eden

Introduction
The following materials repeat the previous information, but with students in mind. If you would like a simple handout for your students to use, you may print one out in Word or PDF or FlashPaper formats.

I have Eden space?
Every student at Rutgers can sign up for an account with Eden. Your Eden account allows you to receive e-mail with a Rutgers address (username@eden.rutgers.edu), as well as use a variety of computing services at Rutgers University (such as the various computer labs).

When you sign up for an Eden account, you're also given storage space on the Eden server for school-related web pages, mail, etc. Twenty megs (20MB) are allowed for mail, and sixty megs (60MB) are allowed for web storage space.

Setting Up Your Eden Account
If you have not yet established a student account on a server at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, called "Eden", you will need to do so first. Just click on the URL below (which will open in a new window), read the "Acceptable Use Policy" guidelines, then go to the bottom and click on the "Accept" button. A form will appear on your screen. Fill in the form, press "Create Account," and in 15 minutes you will have a new Eden account.

Start here to establish your Eden account: < https://www.eden.rutgers.edu/rats/rats.cgi >

Setting up your WebDrive: Basic
Click on the "Connect to Eden" link on the desktop in the computer classrooms to start WebDrive. You will be asked for your Eden username (without the "@eden.rutgers.edu") and password (remember it's case sensitive!). Then you'll be connected to your server space and a window will open showing that it has been "mapped" as a drive. That means you'll be able to access it from any program, just as you would the floppy disk or hard disk drives.

If you open your drive in Windows Explorer, you may notice several folders already exist. Do not alter or delete any of these folders. These are set up for your Eden account to run properly.

Setting up your WebDrive: Advanced
Alternatively, you can open up the WebDrive program by clicking through: Start >> Programs >> WebDrive. Your "Site Name" box should read "Eden." The "Site Address/URL" should have the following entered: ftp.eden.rutgers.edu (this sets an FTP connection to your Eden space). Server type should read "FTP" (for above reasons), and the "Drive" should read "X" (for the aptly named "X-Drive"). Enter in your username at the bottom of the window. Go ahead and click "Connect"; the program will ask you for your Eden password. Once you enter in your password and hit "OK," you have successfully set up a "virtual" drive to save to.

You'll notice that in all applications, now (such as Windows Explorer), a new drive appears in the list of available drives to save to. This drive is your Eden space.

If you open your drive in Windows Explorer, you may notice several folders already exist. Do not alter or delete any of these folders. These are set up for your Eden account to run properly.

What WebDrive has essentially done is set up a connection to your Eden space, and has tricked the computer into thinking that your Eden space is just another hard drive that can be saved to! This makes the transferring of larger files much easier for you. Floppy disks only hold 1.4 MB, and not all computers on campus have CD burning devices. With your Eden space holding 60 MB, you now have this 60 MB to save and download files to and from. If you are connected to the Rutgers network through an office or computer lab, you will be able to access your Eden space at extremely fast speeds, which also helps the transferring of these large files. Of course, you can always access your Eden space through traditional dial-up modem efforts, as well.

Effectively Using Your WebDrive
Your best option for saving is to save files into the "public_html" directory of your Eden space with the X-Drive. If you save a file in here, any computer with a web browser and an internet connection can access files you save in here, making it much easier for you to obtain your files on computers that may not have all of the software you are used to using. Just go to http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~your_user_name. Assuming you don't have a file called "index.html," you will see a listing of all files in your "public_html" folder.

>> next