This article provides the detailed instructions on how to map an Acadia University network drive (i.e. the S drive)

Overview

• How to: Map a network drive on a Windows computer
• Task: By following these instructions, you’ll be able to connect to a network drive
• Before you begin. Ensure that you have the address (path) of the network drive and that you have the necessary permissions to access it
• Prerequisites: You will need to be on campus and connected to the Acadia or Eduroam networks or be connected via VPN if not on campus.

  Instructions to connecting to VPN can be found by clicking on the following link:

  Windows - Setup VPN

Instructions 

Instructions as to how to map a network drive for Mac Operating System

1. Open the File Explorer on your task bar or from within your start menu.
2. Right Click on the "This PC" heading on the left side and select "Map network drive"
3. In the Map Network Drive window, choose an available drive letter from the drop down list located next to the "Drive:" option:
4. Type the name of the folder to map. Examples include:
   • Departmental (S) drive: \\ad.acadiau.ca\departments
   • Falcon drive: \\falcon.acadiau.ca\username
5. Click the "Reconnect at login" checkbox if this network drive should be mapped permanently. Otherwise, this drive will un-map when the user logs out of this computer.
6. Click Finish
7. Enter acadia\username, substituting "username" with your Acadia username.
8. Enter your password
9. If the Finish operation succeeds, the network drive will be mapped. If the network drive cannot be mapped, ensure the folder name is spelled correctly, also ensure that (if necessary) the correct username and password have been entered, and that the computer network connections are functioning properly

Outcome 

Once completed, you can share files within the directory and sub directories of the resource added