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Software Support for the Student        specs    faq    glossary

Microsoft Student Deals for Office

You have a few options for accessing software at Algonquin college:

  • Use a desktop computer in a computer lab.
  • Install myDestop on your own computer.
  • Get great student software deals at the New technology store: New Technology Store
  • Check back later. Algonquin occasionally negotiates new software licence agreements.

More related topics in the global support area below (ie free software. software in labs, updates.)

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Software Support for Staff               specs    faq    glossary

Licensing

When you purchase a computer program you are purchasing one or more licenses to use it. Algonquin College and ITS are committed to ensuring that we are as legal as possible in this regard. We can not install software on a computer without being certain that it is a legal copy. We may ask you to verify that the software license is not installed or has enough extra copies to proceed

Borrowing Software

The Algonquin Learning Resource Center will lend licensed software to staff for working at home. It is not recommended that you install this software on your office computer due to potential problems. ITS will happily install it for you and ensure that it functions properly on our network. At this time we can not lend software to students.

Installation Request

Contact ITS if you need software installed on your computer. We can help you decide if your computer is capable of running the software and what else might be needed. Your department may have to purchase the software or hardware. We will need the computer barcode and the room number when you phone us. Getting Help

Images

Software is copied onto a computer in the form of an "image". This is a fully loaded and configured copy of everything needed and takes very little time to install. If your College computer is having trouble ITS may decide to reimage it to put a fresh installation of everything. You should be aware that it involves wiping out everything on the computer so make sure you do your backups first.

Standards

Some of the standard software at Algonquin includes MS Office Suite 2007, Windows XP and Internet Explorer v8.0. You may choose to use different packages but it limits the support ITS can offer. For example, some College systems will not operate properly unless you use the IE browser to access them. You may also find that different packages do not open files you are sent by College students and staff.

More related topics in the global support area below  (ie free software. software in labs, updates.)

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Software Support Global Support                specs    faq    glossary

MyDesktop - Free Software

The Virtual Desktop allows users to have a portable desktop with Algonquin software while at the college or at home. Get the details.

Updates

- All software has updates which must be added to add features, increases stability or improve security. Some are automatically updated, some have a small routine that you must run, others require that you visit the publisher's web page. Read your documentation, contact the publisher and contact ITS if needed.

Software in Labs

Proposed for fall 2011 - (See below for Winter 2012)
(Updated Oct 19,2011)

This is the proposed list of software for Fall 2011. If there is software that you require but not yet shown in the list, please discuss the requirement with your Coordinator and Chair. The Chair can than communicate the requirements to Ram Sabotic, ITS Operations Manager.

The software proposed were requested by ITS and the Academic Community to facilitate course delivery. The schedule for the review is as follows:

Critical Dates For Changes
Publish proposed list
Any request to change the software in the labs must be submitted through the Chair of the School.
April 12th, 2011
Last Submissions - Last day to submit software requests. May 14th 2011
Prepare software - ITS will build the software images for the labs that need to be changed. If a lab software image does not require a change, it will not be modified. May 17th to June 1st, 2011
Install software in the labs. August, 2011
Final List published Aug 31, 2011
Software changes submitted after June 17, 2011 will be at an additional cost for your department.
Current Software List - Fall 2011
Lab list with SW sorted alphabetically - List of Rooms, sorted alphabetically, and the software they contain.
Software List sorted alphabetically with location - List all software, sorted alphabetically, with a list of the locations where it is installed.
Software List sorted alphabetically - List all software, sorted alphabetically, showing the software group it belongs to and the number of labs where it is installed.
Linux Lab WT127 - Fall 2011 software
Linux Hybrid Labs – Fall 2011 software
MyDesktop - Fall 2011 - Also See MyDesktop

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Proposed for fall 2012
(Updated Oct 25,2011)

Software in the computer labs for Winter 2012 will remain the same as for Fall 2011 semester. If there is software that you require but not yet shown in the list, please discuss the requirement with your Coordinator and Chair. The Chair can than communicate the requirements to Ram Sabotic, ITS Operations Manager or ITS Service Desk at 5555@algonquincollege.com .

Critical Dates For Changes
Last submissions - Last day to submit software requests.  Dec. 01st  2011
Prepare software - ITS will build the software images for the labs that need to be changed. If a lab software image does not require a change, it will not be modified. Dec. 01st  to Dec. 15th  2011
Install software in the labs. Dec. 15th to Dec 31st 2011
Final List published Dec. 31st 2011

 

 

 

 

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