Students, staff, and faculty can access the network shares on IUP’s network through mapping the appropriate drive.
Students, staff, and faculty have access to certain shares on the IUP network. In order to access these shares, you must map the network share on your computer. This process is called drive mapping. When you map a drive, you assign the network share a letter. If you want to go to that network share, you simply click on the drive letter from your computer file system.
The “H Drive,” “O Drive,” and “P Drive” are some of the most common mappings. When you use the P Drive, for example, you are taken to the Project share. This is a storage space that some professors use for disseminating information and materials for a course. It can also be used for turning in assignments, if the professor chooses to do that.
Be sure to get the network path from the list of options for the drive mapping that you wish to connect to. If you are following the instructions for mapping the network drive, you will need to know the network path.
The instructions for mapping the drives are below the list of drive mappings. Note: Your username will need to be in the format iupmsd\username.
It is important to remember, when you are off campus, you must use VPN to connect to the IUP network before you try to map any IUP drive, or access a drive you have already mapped.
Home Directory (H Drive)
Each student receives 2 GB of network storage space known as their “student home directory” or H: drive. The H: drive is commonly used to store projects, documents, portfolios, etc. This individual storage space is only accessible by the owner (student) and is backed up on a regular basis. The H: drive is automatically mapped for students who log in to any of the public computing labs on campus.
Personal Web Pages
Personal web pages are stored in the “wwwiup” folder located on your H: drive. Content placed in this folder will be accessible via the web at http://www.people.iup.edu/username/ (where “username” is your four-letter student username).
The H Drive is a folder that is located on the IUP network that you, and only you, have access to.
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Windows |
MAC |
Students |
\\iuph.iupmsd.iup.edu\yourusername$ |
smb://iuph.iupmsd.iup.edu/yourusername$ |
Employee |
\\its.iup.edu\user\yourusername
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smb://its.iup.edu/user/yourusername |
yourusername = Replace this with your IUP Computing Username
Office Directory (O Drive) for Employees
The Office Directory or “O Drive,” is a folder located on the IUP network which is only available to members of the same office.
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Windows |
MAC |
Staff |
\\its.iup.edu\office\officeshare |
smb://its.iup.edu/office/officeshare |
Faculty |
For college specific share name, please log an
ihelp ticket |
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officeshare = Name of the shared directory folder for your particular office. Each office will have a different folder name.
Project Directory (P Drive)
You can also access the Project Directory by navigating to www.project.iup.edu in a web browser. The Project Directory, or “P Drive,” is a folder located on the IUP network which is only available to instructors and students of individual classes. After the P drive is mapped, you will still have to navigate to your particular class.
If you would like more information on the Project Directory, please view the following webpage.
Project Directory Service
Windows |
MAC |
\\iupmsd.iup.edu\msddfs\project
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smb://iupmsd.iup.edu/msddfs/project |
X Drive
The X Drive is a folder located on the IUP network which is only available to individuals who have been granted access.
Windows |
MAC |
\\its.iup.edu\share\global |
smb://its.iup.edu/share/global |
FTP
Windows |
MAC |
\\its.iup.edu\share\ftp |
smb://its.iup.edu/share/ftp |
Dispatch
The dispatch share contains files created when a user utilizes one of many services. More information can be found on the
dispatch share page.
Windows |
MAC |
\\its.iup.edu\share\dispatch\username |
smb://its.iup.edu/share/dispatch/username |
Academic Portfolios
The following are course portfolios used by certain majors here at IUP.
The History Portfolio is shared space on the IUP network for history majors to store their portfolio data.
Windows |
MAC |
\\gfs11a.iupmsd.iup.edu\histport$ |
smb://gfs11a.iupmsd.iup.edu/histport$ |
The Nursing Portfolio is shared space on the IUP network for Nursing majors to store their portfolio data.
Windows |
MAC |
\\hhsnt2.hhs.iup.edu\e-portfolio$ |
smb://hhsnt2.hhs.iup.edu/e-portfolio$ |