SETUP GUIDE:

This setup guide was created for Albany Creek State High school to be used only

for the purpose of assisting school staff and students in setting up and configuring

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Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1

Installing FileBrowser or FileBrowser Business ............................................................................. 1 Setting up / Configuring the FileBrowser App ............................................................................... 2 Add School Home Drive (H Drive) ................................................................................................ 6

Add School Submissions Drive (X Drive) ..................................................................................... 11 Adding more Shares .................................................................................................................. 12 Cloud / Drop Box ....................................................................................................................... 12 Incorrectly Named Remote Connections .................................................................................... 12

Version 3.0

Written by Nic Moseley

Edited by Allen Williams

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Introduction

File Browser is a MANDATORY school application.

FileBrowser can view, copy, move, upload, download, stream, and manage files between

computers, servers, NAS drives and cloud storage in any direction. You don’t need to install

any other software - FileBrowser will scan and locate computers on your network and

connect in seconds and will connect to cloud storage quickly too.

FileBrowser is the equivalent of Microsoft’s ‘Windows Explorer’ or Apple’s ‘Finder’.

The challenge we as ‘Education Queensland Staff’ face is that we are restricted in what

software we can use. This stems from the policy that blocks almost all cloud solutions. This

being said we have found a solution to allow staff and students to use their existing data in

the school network shares (G Drive & H Drive) with the coming BYOX project.

Please follow the following steps to guide you in setting up and using this new solution. Installing FileBrowser or FileBrowser Business You will require the app called ‘FileBrowser’. You can search on iTunes or the App Store or alternatively you can click the link below if you have iTunes installed on your computer the iPad is linked to.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/id364738545

1) Download and Install the File Browser app from the ‘App Store’ on the iPad or alternatively from ‘iTunes’ on your linked computer.

FileBrowser GO DO NOT GET THIS VERSION

FREE TRIAL ONLY (Subscription based)

FileBrowser

Not Recommended No Support for OneDrive No Automatic folder sync

$9.99

FileBrowser for Education

Not Recommended No Support for OneDrive No Automatic folder sync

$13.99

FileBrowser for Business

Recommended Full Support for OneDrive Automatic folder sync

$16.99

Note: A linked computer refers to the computer your iPad has been syncing to for backups and installing applications and music.

Note: There are four versions of the FileBrowser app. Only the Business version of FileBrowser is recommended. If you download any of the other version you will not have access to everything available at the school.

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2) Once you have clicked on ‘Install’ in the App Store it will have a small progress bar showing how long it has left. (Have Patience here.)

3) Press the Home button on the bottom of the iPad to return to the ‘Home Screen’.

4) You should see the progress of the App on your ‘Home Screen’ as well.

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Setting up / configuring the FileBrowser App 1) Once FileBrowser has been installed on the iPad, open the ‘FileBrowser’ app.

2) If you only have the menu items Under the Local Heading then you will need to add the school network drives.

3) Click on the ‘ + ‘ shown in the image above.

4) It will bring up a window that has multiple fields to fill out. First Select PC then enter the remaining fields.

[ Local Files

[ Network Drives

1) Click on the

‘Display Name’ Field and enter in your Full Name.

2) Click on the ‘ i ’ to

the right hand side of the ‘Advanced Settings’ field. This will drop down a list of extra settings. The settings should display as follows:

Fig 1.0. FileBrowser Main Window

Fig 1.2. Device & Service Selection Window

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5) Click on Address and enter (only the \\ address under staff or Student listed below).

Core Data (G Drive) Staff

\\10.56.12.1\Data Student

\\10.56.12.1\Data\Curriculum

6) Click on the > to the right hand side of the ‘Advanced Settings’ field. This will drop

down a list of extra settings.

7) You should ‘Turn off’ the setting ‘Auto List Shares’. The reason for this is to help reduce the amount of folders (Network Shares) you see when you connect. A whole lot less confusing.

8) You should check the ‘SMB Version’ and set it to ‘Version 3’ or the highest available.

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Fig 1.3. Connection Settings

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8) This will take you back to the main screen but now you should see a new icon with your name. Click this icon and you will be presented with an Authentication dialog box asking for your Username and Password.

9) Type in your school Username and your school Password.

School Username

School Password

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9) The rest of the settings should display as follows (Image shown below).

10) Scroll to the top of the page and click on the ‘Save’ button in the top right hand side of the screen. (Note: if the option is ‘Done’, Click on Done first then ‘Save’)

Image Shown below.

11) This will take you back to the main ‘FileBrowser’ screen but now you should see a

new icon with your name next to it.

12) Click the icon and you will now be connected to the school ‘G Drive’ or otherwise known as the ‘CoreData’ network share. You can now browse to School Resources.

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Fig 1.4 Advanced Settings

Fig 1.4. Save Settings

33) Click on the ‘Display Name’ Field

and enter in your Full Name.

34) Click on the ‘ i ’ to the right hand

side of the ‘Advanced Settings’ field. This will drop down a list of extra settings. The settings should display as follows:

35) Click on the ‘Save’ button in the top right hand side of the screen.

26) Click on the ‘Display Name’ Field

and enter in your Full Name.

27) Click on the ‘ i ’ to the right hand

side of the ‘Advanced Settings’ field. This will drop down a list of extra settings. The settings should display as follows:

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Add School Home Drive (H Drive) This is an easy process now we have connected to the G Drive. The process will differ for a student and a staff member so please refer to the correct heading. Follow the steps shown below.

1) Click on the ‘ + ‘ shown in the image above highlighted by the Red circle.

2) You will be presented with a new screen on the right hand side of the window showing many options to choose from.

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Note: This is not the same for both Staff & Students adding their User Home Directory. Please follow the steps below.

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3) It will bring up a new form window that has multiple fields to fill out. First Select PC

then enter the remaining fields.

4) Click on Address and enter (only the \\ address under staff or Student listed below).

54) Click on the ‘Display

Name’ Field and enter in your Full Name.

55) Click on the ‘ i ’ to the

right hand side of the ‘Advanced Settings’ field. This will drop down a list of extra settings. The settings should display as follows:

56) Click on the ‘Save’ button in the top right hand side of the screen.

61) Click on the ‘Display Name’ Field and

enter in your Full Name.

62) Click on the ‘ i ’ to the right hand

side of the ‘Advanced Settings’ field. This will drop down a list of extra settings. The settings should display as follows:

School Username

School Password

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Student (H Drive) Note [[USERNAME]] is school Username and the [[ ]] are not included, refer to the example below: Staff

\\10.56.12.1\[[USERNAME]]

Example: \\10.56.12.1\jshep16$ Student

\\10.56.12.3\[[USERNAME]]

Example: \\10.56.12.3\jshep16$

5) Click on the > to the right hand side of the ‘Advanced Settings’ field. This will drop down a list of extra settings.

6) You should ‘Turn off’ the setting ‘Auto List Shares’. The reason for this is to help

reduce the amount of folders (Network Shares) you see when you connect. A whole lot less confusing.

7) The rest of the settings should display as follows (Image shown below).

68) Click on the ‘Display Name’ Field

and enter in your Full Name.

69) Click on the ‘ i ’ to the right hand

side of the ‘Advanced Settings’

field. This will drop down a list of

extra settings. The settings should

display as follows:

82) Click on the ‘Display Name’ Field

and enter in your Full Name.

83) Click on the ‘ i ’ to the right hand

side of the ‘Advanced Settings’ field. This will drop down a list of extra settings. The settings should display as follows:

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8) Scroll to the top of the page and click on the ‘Save’ button in the top right hand side

of the screen. (Note: if the option is ‘Done’, Click on Done first then ‘Save’) Image Shown below.

9) This will take you back to the main ‘FileBrowser’ screen but now you should see a new icon with your H Drive next to it.

10) You will now have 2 icons showing under the heading “Remote Files”.

11) Click on H Drive and you will now have access to your Home Drive

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Add School Submissions Drive (X Drive) This is an easy process now we have connected to the G Drive and H Drive. The process will be the same for students and staff members. Follow the steps shown below.

1. Click on the ‘ + ‘ shown in the image above highlighted by the Red circle.

2. You will be presented with a new screen on the right hand side of the window showing many options to choose from.

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Note: If you are already connected and have browsed to a folder the top left-hand side will show the option ‘Select’, you will need to click on the ‘<Your Name’ to get back to the start.

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3. It will bring up a new form window that has multiple fields to fill out. First Select PC

then enter the remaining fields.

Fill it out as follows: Address: \\10.56.12.1\SUBMISSIONS Username: Your School Username. ( Example: jshep16 ) Password: Your School Password. Display Name: Submissions Drive Advanced Settings: Click on the > to the right. Turn off the ‘Auto list Shares’

1. Click on the button to the top right called ‘Save’ and / or click on the button called

‘Done’. 2. You have now successfully added your Submissions Drive.

103) Click

on the ‘Display Name’ Field and enter in your Full Name.

104) Click

on the ‘ i ’ to

the right hand side of the ‘Advanced Settings’ field. This will drop down a list of extra settings. The settings should display as follows:

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lick on the ‘Display Name’ Field and enter in y

110) Click on the ‘Display

Name’ Field and enter in your Full Name.

111) Click on the ‘ i ’ to the

right hand side of the ‘Advanced Settings’ field. This will drop down a list of extra settings. The settings should display as follows:

112) Click on the ‘Save’ button in the top right hand side of the screen.

138) Click on the ‘Display Name’ Field

and enter in your Full Name.

139) Click on the ‘ i ’ to the right hand

side of the ‘Advanced Settings’ field. This will drop down a list of extra settings. The settings should display as follows:

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Adding more Shares You are able to add more shares to this application, Home, Friends, etc. Follow the steps laid out in the document for adding a share and find new and innovative ways to use this application. Cloud / Drop Box The Education Queensland policy is clear about using ‘Cloud’ services on the school network and during school time. That is it is NOT to be done. However there is certainly no reason you can’t use these services while you’re not at school. Incorrectly Named Remote Connections If you didn’t read the part that said you should use your name as the Remote connection name and now have something else completely different from the documentation. Then you can remove the Remote connection and start again. Follow the steps below:

1. Swipe from right to left on the Remote Connection name. It will now show a ‘Delete’ button. Click delete and you are back to the start of this documentation.

Feedback We invite feedback if something was confusing, or if you feel we left anything out. You can contact us at: technicians@albanycreekshs.eq.edu.au