Multimedia for the Internet, Spring 2002:

Using Your Crow Account

Accounts and Web addresses

You have an account on the student server, crow.ubalt.edu. The login is your last name (no caps). If you have a common surname such as Smith or Jones, your login may be your first initial followed by an underscore character and your last name: for instance, a_jones. Your initial password is the number sequence or string you provided on the signup form. You may change your password if you like.

You will have access both to your personal folder and the special folder called MMShare. Everyone in the class can read or copy from this folder; only the instructors can upload to it.

When you connect to Crow you will see several folders in addition to MMShare. You have full privileges only on the folder that corresponds to your login. You must open this folder before you can upload.

The World-Wide Web address for pages stored in your Crow directory will be:

http://crow.ubalt.edu/mm/[yourlastname]/[pagename].htm

FTP programs

Many people use specialized programs such as WS-FTP (Windows) or Fetch (Macintosh) to handle file transfer. Such programs have enhanced displays and let you do useful things such as automating the login process.

However, it is also possible to use versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later in place of an FTP client. Both Windows and Macintosh versions work.

In the address bar at the top of the browser window, where you would normally type a Web address starting with http://, type instead ftp://crow.ubalt.edu. This will begin an FTP session on Crow. You'll see a simple login dialog box where you'll enter your login and password. To upload and download using the browser, simply drag and drop the files you want to move to or from local folders or the desktop.


	Using Your Crow Account Accounts and Web addresses You have an account on the student server, crow.ubalt.edu. The login is your last name (no caps). If you have a common surname such as Smith or Jones, your login may be your first initial followed by an underscore character and your last name: for instance, a_jones. Your initial password is the number sequence or string you provided on the signup form. You may change your password if you like. You will have access both to your personal folder and the special folder called MMShare. Everyone in the class can read or copy from this folder; only the instructors can upload to it. When you connect to Crow you will see several folders in addition to MMShare. You have full privileges only on the folder that corresponds to your login. You must open this folder before you can upload. The World-Wide Web address for pages stored in your Crow directory will be: `http://crow.ubalt.edu/mm/[yourlastname]/[pagename].htm` FTP programs Many people use specialized programs such as WS-FTP (Windows) or Fetch (Macintosh) to handle file transfer. Such programs have enhanced displays and let you do useful things such as automating the login process. However, it is also possible to use versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later in place of an FTP client. Both Windows and Macintosh versions work. In the address bar at the top of the browser window, where you would normally type a Web address starting with http://, type instead ftp://crow.ubalt.edu. This will begin an FTP session on Crow. You'll see a simple login dialog box where you'll enter your login and password. To upload and download using the browser, simply drag and drop the files you want to move to or from local folders or the desktop.