As a student of Northwest, you have a 50 MB file space available to you (“H” drive). This file space is located on a Northwest server and is backed up daily. Saving your data to this drive is much more reliable than using a floppy disk. The “H” drive is available on campus as well as off campus.
Please keep in mind that this drive is deleted at the end of every semester. If there is something you would like to keep, put it on a jump drive or the hard drive of your personal PC.
To Access the drive while on a NWCC computer using Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, click on “File”, “Open”, and click on the down arrow of the “Look In” box and choose your “H” drive (jdoe1234 on student exchange\stuexchange-1). This drive is also accessible by clicking on “My Computer”. The “H” drive will appear under the section entitled “Network Drives”.
To access your “H” drive from your dorm room or off campus, go to the Northwest home page (www.northwestms.edu). Click on the button at the top of the browser labeled “Current Students”. You will be directed to the “current students” page. Look in the gray area on the left of the page you will see a link for “Home Folder (H :)”. Click on that link. You will get a security alert screen. Click on “continue to this website”. You will be directed to a login screen. Your Username is your first initial, last name, last 4 digits of your student ID. Your Password is the password you were given at registration on your white promissory note.
EMAIL. Each student has an email account. Your email address is your first initial, last name, last 4 digits of your student ID @northwestms.edu (ex:doe1234@northwestms.edu). Please note that Email accounts are deleted at the end of every semester. To access your email account, go to the Northwest home page (www.northwestms.edu). Click on the button at the top of the browser labeled “Current Students”. You will be directed to the “current students” page. Look in the gray area on the left of the page and you will see a link for “check webmail”. Click on that link. A login screen will appear. Your Username is your first initial, last name, last 4 digits of your student ID. Your Password is the password you were given at registration on your white promissory note.
BLACKBOARD. Each student has a Blackboard account. Whether using Blackboard for on-campus classes or online courses, the account is the same. To access your Blackboard account, account, go to the Northwest home page (www.northwestms.edu). Click on the button at the top of the browser labeled “Current Students”. You will be directed to the “current students” page. Look in the gray area on the left of the page and you will see a link for “Blackboard”. Click on that link. A login screen will appear. Your Username is your first initial, last name, last 4 digits of your student ID. Your Password is the password you were given at registration on your white promissory note. Note: You may also access Blackboard directly without going through the NWCC homepage. The address is: northwestms.blackboard.com.
ONLINE GRADES. Students may access their grades online. To do so, go to the Northwest home page (www.northwestms.edu). Click on the button at the top of the browser labeled “Current Students”. You will be directed to the “current students” page. Look in the gray area on the left of the page you will see a link for “Student Access”. Click on the link. You will be directed to a login page. Your “Student ID” is your full Student ID number only (not first initial, last name, last 4 digits of your student ID). Your Password is the password you were given at registration on your white promissory note. Once you have logged in successfully, click on Class Schedule. If you would like to look at past semesters, click on the “Course History” link. If you would like to print a copy of your grades, press the “alt” and “print screen” button (at the top of your keyboard, next to the F12 key). Launch Microsoft Word or any other word processing package. Open a blank document and Right Click your mouse and choose “paste”. Then choose print.
Should you have any questions, please call the Help Desk at 662-562-3934. Help Desk hours are M-F 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
