District Learning Network

The learning network is an organized system for storing and exchanging information.
The heart of the network is a Server, named bsusd.

bsusd

o When you visit the bolinas-stinson.org web site, the pages you are seeing are being transmitted from the bsusd server in the tech lab.
o When you login to use a computer anywhere on campus, the bsusd server checks your password then provides you with access to your own private set of files and folders.

bsusd/Users

o Everyone's files and folders are stored in the bsusd server on a volume called Users.
o Look on the desktop (Macs) or inside My Computer (PCs) now and you will see the Users volume.

bsusd/Users/"Home Folder"

Open up Users and you will see many folders inside. Within Users, each user has a corresponding folder that is named after their username (e.g. kevinp). This folder is called your home folder. On PCs, this is also known as your H drive inside of "My Computer."
Inside your home folder, you will find the following sub-folders:
- Desktop – if you save a file to the desktop of a Mac or PC, it ends up in here. If you log on to another computer, these files will show up on the desktop of the new computer as well.that you needn't ever bother with.
- Documents – you should save most of your documents in here, such as homework assignments. You can create additional sub-folders in here using the File menu on either Mac or PC (File > New > Folder).
- Library – settings are stored in here. DO NOT SAVE FILES IN HERE.
- Movies – you can store small movie clips in here, but this is not a good place to store iMovies, which can get very large.
- Music –store music in here.
- Pictures – store photos, drawings and other pictures in here.
- Public – put things in here that you want other users to be able to see.
  - Drop Box – your Drop Box works like a locked mailbox, which only you can open. Everyone can drag and drop files into everyone else's Drop Box, but can't look inside. Only you can look inside your own Drop Box to find out what others may have delivered to you.
- Sites – this folder is where you may keep a website.