Webhost Support

Webhost is the name of the server used to host personal web pages for BSU Faculty, Staff, and Students. Every person with a BSU User Account is assigned a folder on this server which can contain up to 40 megabytes of data.

Aside from hosting personal web pages, Faculty, Staff, and Students can also use Webhost as a storage place for small files such as Word documents or PowerPoint presentations. Just remember that any file placed on Webhost is immediately accessible to everyone on the Internet. If your data needs to remain confidential, then you should store your data in the Private folder that is located within your Webhost folder. Access to data stored in a Private folder is restricted to the owner of that Webhost folder. You also have access to a private network folder called the Home Drive, as well as your Department G: drive. To learn more about saving documents to the BSU network, click here.

For Faculty personal web page and course website page support, please contact the Teaching and Technology Center at 508.531.2634

For Student web page support, please have your students contact IT Support Services at 508.531.2555

Obtaining a Webhost Folder

To claim your Webhost account, fill out the Information Technology New Account Request Form. Check off the option for Webhost.

Accessing Webhost On-Campus

  1. From your desktop, using your right mouse button, click the My Computer icon once
  2. A drop-down menu should appear. From this menu select Map Network Drive
  3. In the Map Network Drive window, select W: from the Drive: drop-down menu
  4. In the Folder: field, type: \\webhost\your_username
  5. Select the Reconnect at logon box (do not select this if you are using a public computer)
  6. Click the Finish button

There is also an online video tutorial available demonstrating the steps above.

Accessing Webhost Off-Campus

Directions for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Mac OS X are located here: http://it.bridgew.edu/Support/webdav.cfm

The Faculty Web Pages Listing

The Faculty Web Pages site is a listing of BSU Faculty Webhost web sites. Faculty may add or remove their Webhost listing from this page as well.

This listing can be viewed by Bridgewater State University Faculty, Staff, and Students, as well as anyone with an Internet connection.