Home Directory Access On-Campus
On-Campus H Drive
Log on to a Windows computer on any MATC campus or to your virtual desktop, and you will be automatically connected to your Home Directory / H drive. Drive identified as H: with your username.
- Secure - Data stored on a college server
- Free - for students, faculty and staff
- 500 MB storage space for students
- You will have access to your files while you are enrolled in classes at Madison Area Technical College.
Save early and often - Check and Back up!
Do not save to the hard drive or desktop of a campus computer. Your work will not be saved.
Save - to a USB drive, your Home Directory / H Drive, and/or OneDrive - Madison College or personal cloud storage.
On-campus or virtual desktop: To save to your home directory, Use File, “Save as…”, select your home directory (H:) drive and save the file.
Save early- As soon as you start a document, save it.
Save often - Maybe every paragraph or so.
Check where you are saving - Use File-Save As... When you open a document online, it may automatically save to a temporary location and will be deleted when you log off.
Backup - email a copy to yourself or save in a couple locations. Protect your important data.
3rd Floor Health Building / IT Department
Note: IT department computers are on a separate network.
From the 3rd floor of the Truax Health building in the IT department you may need to use FileWay to access your H drive.
Home Directory Access Off-Campus
Off-Campus H Drive
Upload or download files in your home directory.
FileWay = a secure, web-based remote file access application.
To edit a file: download and save the file to your computer, edit and save again, then upload the edited file to FileWay.
Saving your work - MAC
Saving your work - MAC
Most MAC users seem to find other storage media more useful than their H Drive / home directory due to the space limitations. USB drives and portable hard drives are frequently used.
FileWay may be used to access your home directory using a MAC, whether on-campus or off-campus. Firefox is the preferred browser when accessing your home directory using a MAC and FileWay.
OneDrive - Madison College
OneDrive - Madison College
Free cloud storage for current students, faculty and staff.
Office 365 app = OneDrive for Business.
Easy to use and 1 TB of storage.
Access on-campus or off-campus.
