Creating WebDAV Connections on Mac® Operating System

Drag and drop of files from your computer (or other location) into course web folders, this is what WebDAV (World Wide Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning) is all about. Web Folders on your computer allow you to access and manage online course files and folders from your computer without logging in to the course system.

To do this, you set up WebDAV folders on your computer that mirror your folders in the course File Manager. You can also create a WebDAV folder in File Manager and for an area in Content Manager, such as My Files. When you add, edit, copy, move, or delete files and sub-folders using the WebDAV folders, these changes are made in the Content/File Manager. Conversely, when you add, edit, copy, move, or delete files and sub-folders in Content/File Manager, these changes are made in the WebDAV folders.

You can set up WebDAV folders on Mac® operating system software.

For more information about the WebDAV protocol, see http://www.webdav.org.

1. Navigate to Content Manager or File Manager folder for which you want to create a web folder and, next to its title, click the ActionLinks icon.
    
2. Click View WebDAV Info. A pop-up window appears, displaying the server path to the folder in the Folder path text box.
    
3. Ensure that the text is selected in the Folder path text box and, on your keyboard, press COMMAND+C. The text is copied.
    
4. From your Mac desktop, from the Finder, click Go.
    
5. Click Connect to Server.
    
6. Ensure that your cursor is in the Address text box and, on your keyboard, press COMMAND+V. The text that you copied is pasted into the Address text box.
    
7. Click OK.
    
8. In the User Name and Password text boxes, enter your online course system user name and password and click OK.

Your user name and password are authenticated, and the online course folder is added to the Mac Finder.