Procedures for Academic Software Installation in Computer Labs and Smart Classrooms

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.)

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 for Computer Labs
Request academic software for computer labs
Fall: August 1
Interim/ Spring:
December 1
Summer:
April 15
   
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.