Blue Drive Help
What is the Blue Drive?
The Blue Drive is a new way to store, share and publish data to a secure backed up server. To access the Blue Drive login with your email Username and Password to: https://bluedrive.uwstout.edu/help/
To Save Documents as .htm or .html Files:
In order for your files to be interactive and hyperlinked though a Web browser, all of your files must first be saved as a Web page in Word, and then hyperlinked to the main e-Portfolio file. Any individual pictures should be saved within a Word document, and then also saved as Web Page.
Instructions for PC users:
- Open the file you wish to save as an HTML file.
- Choose File > Save As from the Office Button of your Word document, and choose Other Formats.
- In the dialog box ‘Save as type’ select Web Page.
- Save to your e-Portfolio folder.
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Instructions for Mac users:
- Choose Save As > Web Page.
- Save to your e-Portfolio folder.
To Link HTML Files:
Make certain all the files you are hyperlinking are in the e-Portfolio folder. These you’ll upload to the Blue Drive later.
- Open the htm / html file by right clicking the mouse button and choosing Open With Microsoft Office Word.
- With the document open, highlight a word or series of words that you want to hyperlink, and right click to create a hyperlink.
- If the option isn’t available, choose Document in the Dialog Box.
- Browse to the htm / html file you wish to hyperlink TO, and select it.
To Upload Files:
After you have created all of the hyperlinks in your html files, you must upload the files you have stored in the e-Portfolio folder on your computer to the Blue Drive.
In the Blue Drive:
- Open the e-Portfolio folder and create a new folder for all of your linked documents.
- Click Upload.
- Choose Browse and select the file you want to upload to Blue Drive.
- If you have more than one file, click Add File and browse to find the next file.
- When you have chosen all of your files, click Start Upload.