Information Services Student IT

Student IT @ 24-hr Lab: Computer Setup

      Standard PC Multimedia PC
  Number of computers available  
90
4
         
SOFTWARE      
Office Applications      
  Microsoft Office Suite
(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Frontpage, Publisher, Proofing Tools 2003)
  tick tick
  Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Office 2007 file formats   tick tick
  OpenOffice Suite   tick tick
  Open Workbench   tick tick
  EndNote   tick tick
  Write n Cite Refworks plugin for Word 2003   tick tick
         
PDFs      
  Adobe Reader   tick tick
  Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.0   - -
  CutePDF   tick tick
  GhostScript   tick tick
  GSView   tick tick
         
Internet & Communication      
  Internet Explorer   tick tick
  Mozilla Firefox   tick tick
  FileZilla   tick tick
  Putty   tick tick
  QVT Terminal   tick tick
  Google Earth   tick tick
  SSH Secure Shell   tick tick
  Xming   tick tick
         
Maths & Statistics      
  Matlab   tick tick
  Minitab   tick tick
  SAS   tick tick
  SPSS   tick tick
  Answer Tree   tick tick
  Amos   tick tick
  SamplePower   tick tick
  GenStat   - -
  Scilab   tick tick
  Maxima   tick tick
  FreeMat   tick tick
  GeoGebra   tick tick
         
Science      
  ISIS/Draw   tick tick
  NCBI   tick tick
       
Research      
  SciFinder   tick tick
  Discovery Gate   tick tick
         
Graphics & Web      
  Adobe Photoshop CS2   - -
  Adobe Photoshop Elements   - -
  Adobe Web Standard CS3 (Bridge, Contribute, Device Central, Dreamweaver, EndScript Toolkit, Extension Manager, Fireworks, Flash, Stock Photos, Video Workshop)   tick tick
  KompoZer   tick tick
  GIMP   tick tick
  IrfanView   tick tick
  XnView   tick tick
  Google SketchUp   tick tick
  Blender   tick tick
  Picasa   tick tick
  Scratch   tick tick
  Microsoft Photostory 3   tick tick
         
Multimedia      
  CyberLink PowerDVD   tick tick
  iTunes   tick tick
  QuickTime   tick tick
  Real Alternative   tick tick
  Windows Media Player   tick tick
  Media Player Classic   tick tick
         
LaTeX      
  TeXnicCenter   tick tick
  WinTeXmacs   tick tick
  MiKTeX   tick tick
         
Utilities & Plugins      
  Citrix   tick tick
  SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)   tick tick
  Chime   tick tick
  Authorware   tick tick
  Shockwave   tick tick
  Flash Player   tick tick
  Zoomifyer   tick tick
  Nero Burning   tick tick
  7-zip   tick tick
  Windows Zip   tick tick
  Dvorak Keyboard   tick tick
         
Anti-Virus      
  McAfee VirusScan   tick tick
         
Miscellaneous      
  Squeak   tick tick
  Twitch   tick tick
  CAJ Viewer   tick tick
  FreeMind   tick tick
  Stellarium   tick tick
         
HARDWARE      
Disk Drives      
  3½ Floppy Disk   tick tick
  DVD-R/RW   tick tick
  ZIP Disk Drive      
         
Multimedia Hardware      
  Audio Jack   tick tick
  Colour Flatbed Scanner & transparancey / slide adapter (XPA)   - tick
         
Ports      
  USB Ports   tick tick
  FireWire   tick tick
         
Printers      
  B+W Laser Printer   4 printers available
  Colour Printer   Release print job in lab 1, collect in lab 2
 

Student IT manages two labs that are available to all currently enrolled University of Melbourne students 24-hours 7-days. Two computer laboratories are located in the building 161: Lab 1 and Lab 2.

All computers have access to printers and the Internet. Printing vending machine for adding printing credit to your UniCard are located in Lab 2. Instructions on how to use the Printing System can be found on the How-to page.

On the list on the left, tick indicates the software is available on each category of computer. If you are on an IE browser, you can place your mouse pointer on the tick entry, and the version number of the installed software will be displayed.

 

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