The cost of academic software should be included in your department’s technology budget. This request
should be made through your department chair.
After your department chair approves it, you will need to complete a Software Request Form for computer labs or for Smart Classrooms. Take both the form and the software to CIT by the deadline. Software received after this date may not be ready
for the necessary semester.
Deadlines
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August 1 |
Interim/ Spring:
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December 1 |
Summer:
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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.
- 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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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 for many years.
We warn any faculty who use older course-specific academic applications that, as they may not be compatible with the current computer systems, we cannot guarantee that they will continue to function properly and we may discontinue support altogether.
We strongly recommend all faculty 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). We will no longer support OS 9 applications.
Standard Desktop Software in Computer Labs and Smart Classrooms
As the following applications are installed on all computers in the labs and Smart Classrooms, they do not need to be requested:
- MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access)
- Mozilla
- Internet Explorer
- Acrobat Reader
- SSH2
- GroupWise
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