Annual Celebration of Excellence by Students (ACES)

How to upload your Powerpoint to MavSpace

Step Zero: Why do it this way

MavSpace is available 24 hours a day. It will also allow you to upload a revision, if you follow the instructions below. The folder functions as a drop-folder. This means that you can upload it into the directory but will not be able to see it afterwards. MavSpace will tell you that it was uploaded. The drop-folder protects your presentation from others. For your presentation to be preloaded on the laptops, you must submit it before 12:00 pm on Thursday, March 27, 2008.

Step One: Rename your Powerpoint file

Please change the name of your file to have your name and the date in the format yyyy-mm-dd. For example, Sam Maverick - 2008-02-28.ppt. Please use this date format to make it easier to upload a revision, if needed, and it will prevent generic filenames because you cannot overwrite an existing file. If your presentation has external files (video or audio files), compress them using in the Zip format into a single archive file and then rename it.

Step Two: Log in to MavSpace

Go to the MavSpace web site (http://mavspace.uta.edu/) and log in using your UT Arlington computer username and password. When you do this, you will be in your own personal space.

Step Three: Navigate to the correct place

In the address field of of your browser, change the address to https://mavspace.uta.edu/xythoswfs/webui/perry. All that you are actually doing is replacing your username on the end of the address with perry. Go to this new address. When the page loads, you should see a folder named ACES 2008 and right above it should read Directory: /_perry. If you do not see these, then you are not it the correct folder. If you have diffculty with this, please contact Joslyn Krismer (aces@uta.edu) for assistance. Click on the ACES 2008 folder to move into it.

Step Four: Upload your file

Click the Upload button. The interface to select a file and upload it will appear. Click the Browse button, select your file, and click OK on the web page to upload your file. When the upload is finished, you will not see your file in our browser.
• If the upload is successful, Mavspace will tell you so. Your file will not be visible.
• If your file has the same name as another, it will tell you that you do not have permission to upload in that location. Rename it and try again.

You are done.