Dragging and Dropping files to and from MOSS 2007 from home

A lot of our teachers prepare lesson plans etc at home and want an easy way of adding them to the school portal, rather than having to go through the process of opening up internet explorer, browsing to the school portal, logging on, then browsing to their site, then uploading their documents... PHew! There is an easier way. You can give them folder on their desktop that links directly to whatever site on your portal that you want, they simply drag and drop their files into or out of this folder.

To accomplish this, when the teacher is at home, they need to open up the school portal site in the usual way and log on as they normally would. They then need to navigate to the document store they wish to use, this may be located on their own personal site, or a faculty saite, wherever.

Within the document store, you will see various options along the top (providing your tech people have given you the correct permissions), 'New', 'Upload', 'Actions' and 'Settings'. Click on 'Actions', then 'Open with Windows Explorer'.

Vista Users: Within the window that pops up, in the left pane, right-click on the folder name and select ‘Send To’ desktop.

XP Users: In the folder that opens, click on the little icon that navigates up a level (next to the back and forward buttons), then right click on the folder icon you want to link to and select ‘Create Shortcut’. Say Yes to the prompt asking if you want it to be created on your desktop.

You will then see a folder on the desktop that you're able to add files to, when you then navigate to the portal via a web browser, you'll see all the documents have been added to the relelvant document store without you having to go through the Upload process. Please bear in mind that you will still need to enter your username and password the first time you access your folder.