To help students who are completing their coursework from off-campus, the IT department has set up a remote lab system through which users can connect to designated lab computers.
IMPORTANT: While you can complete steps 1-3 without being connected to the VPN, you will need a VPN connection to be able to actually connect to a An active VPN connection is required when connecting to a remote lab machine from off campus. Here are instructions for connecting to the VPN.
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2. To initiate a connection to a lab computer remotely click on the connect button for a machine you want to use. To jump to a specific lab, click its building code and number from the list of Computer Labs on the left-hand side of the page.
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3. In the The window that pops up you will see include a Download button. Click on that button to download the RDP connection file.
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Depending on which browser you are using, you may see a dialog box like the one below appear, asking whether you want to open or save the .rdp file. Choose "Save File" and click OK. The left dialog box is an example of a Windows download, while the right exemplifies is how the download appears on a MacOS macOS system.
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In Google Chrome, the download will then house itself at appear in the bottom-left corner of the browser, where you can then click it to run the .rdp file.
4. Launch the RDP file you downloaded, and a remote session into the lab computer will be established. If you see a message like the one below, warning that the remote connection originates from an unknown publisher, click the "Connect" button to continueClick the "Connect" button if presented with the "unknown publisher" warning below.
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5. Next, you will be prompted to enter your credentials to start the connection. By default, this will be a set of local credentials, which will not work for a lab login. For Mac users, once the .rdp file has been run, it should automatically open the Microsoft Remote Desktop app and prompt for your Valpo credentialsusername and password. If not, then open the Microsoft Remote Desktop app and drag the .rdp file from your Downloads folder and drop it into an open space on the app window.
6. Click on the text "More choices" and then on the "Use a different account" option to bring up a new screen where you can enter both your Valpo username and password. Prepend your username with valpo\ to ensure that the connection uses your Valpo account, e.g. valpo\jsmith1. Click "OK" to launch the remote desktop connection.
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Be sure to save your work often to an H: or S: drive folder! Anything you save to the Desktop or the Documents folder will not persist still be there when you initiate a new remote session. |
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