The cost of academic software should be included in your department’s technology budget. This request
should be made through your department chair.
If approved in the technology budget, a request for
the software to be installed in student labs/classrooms should be made
by completing a Software Request Form (see below). The completed Software
Request Form and the software should be given to CIT by the following due dates listed below: (Software received after this date, may not be ready
for the necessary semester.)
New Purchases and Upgrades
Upgrades and new purchase requests for your academic software should be included in the technology budget request process. If your academic software is used in a campus lab or Smart Classroom, please indicate which lab(s) or classroom and how many licenses are required. Please indicate which annual software license contracts must be renewed.
Older Applications
CIT supports more than 200 course-specific academic applications on campus. Many of these applications are old and have not been updated with current versions for many years.
Faculty who use these older course-specific academic applications are warned that they may no longer be compatible with current computer systems. CIT does not guarantee that they will continue to function properly and CIT may discontinue support altogether in some situations.
Faculty are strongly encouraged to seek updated applications that are compatible with current operating system standards. Windows applications should be designed to operate on Windows XP (preferably) or Windows 2000 (minimally). Mac applications should be designed to operate on OS 10.4 (preferably) or OS 10.2.8 (minimally). Those who use OS 9 applications should be aware that CIT will no longer support operation of these applications.
Standard Desktop Software in Computer Labs and Smart Classrooms
The following applications will already be installed on all computer labs and Smart Classroom computers. Therefore, a request does not need to be submitted for the following software:
- MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access)
- Mozilla
- Internet Explorer
- Acrobat Reader
- SSH2
- GroupWise
Due Dates
Due Dates for Computer Labs
Request academic software for computer labs |
| Fall: |
August 1 |
Interim/ Spring:
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December 1 |
Summer:
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April 15 |
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Due Dates for Smart
Classrooms
Request academic software for Smart Classrooms |
| Fall: |
August 1 |
| Interim/Spring: |
December 1 |
| Summer: |
April 15 |
NOTE:
- We cannot guarantee installation of software
that is requested after the deadline.
- Because of the nature of software, we cannot
guarantee that every product will work on our systems; however,
if the software request is received by the deadline, we will
make every effort towards successful software installation.
- The number of licenses required for software
products depends on where you wish to have them installed. This
cost must be taken into consideration when requesting software
and be included in your department’s budget.
- Please plan ahead. The lab environment is
considerably different from your individual office desktop computer.
- Software that works in your office might
not work in a computer lab. In order to provide a stable computer
environment, shared by multiple users, CIT has systems in place
that may cause complications with some software products.
- Software that runs using a CD-ROM may not
run in our lab despite publisher’s claims of self-running
products.
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