Learning Environments Student IT Support

Computer Setup in the Student IT Spaces

      ERC   Percy Baxter
      Standard PC Multimedia PC   Standard PC Multimedia PC
  Number of computers available  
20
6
  60 8
               
SOFTWARE          
Office Applications            
  Microsoft Office Suite
(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Frontpage, Publisher, Proofing Tools 2003)
  tick tick   tick tick
  Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Office 2007 file formats   tick tick   tick tick
  OpenOffice Suite   tick tick   tick tick
  Open Workbench   tick tick   tick tick
  EndNote   tick tick   tick tick
  Write n Cite Refworks plugin for Word 2003   tick tick   tick tick
               
PDFs and Readers            
  Adobe Reader   tick tick   tick tick
  Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.0   - tick   4-3, 4-4 tick
  Apabi Reader   tick tick   tick tick
  CutePDF   tick tick   tick tick
  GhostScript   tick tick   tick tick
  GSView   tick tick   tick tick
  PDFCreator   tick tick   tick tick
               
Internet & Communication            
  Internet Explorer   tick tick   tick tick
  Mozilla Firefox   tick tick   tick tick
  FileZilla   tick tick   tick tick
  Putty   tick tick   tick tick
  QVT Terminal   tick tick   tick tick
  Google Earth   tick tick   tick tick
  SSH Secure Shell   tick tick   tick tick
  Xming   tick tick   tick tick
               
Graphics & Web            
  Adobe Photoshop CS4   - tick   4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4 -
  Adobe Photoshop Elements   - -   4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 4-8 tick
  Adobe Web Standard CS4 (Bridge, Contribute, Device Central, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Media Encoder, Pixel Bender Toolkit, Video Workshop)   tick tick   tick tick
  KompoZer   tick tick      
  GIMP   tick tick   tick tick
  IrfanView   tick tick   tick tick
  XnView   tick tick   tick tick
  Google SketchUp   tick tick   tick tick
  Blender   tick tick   tick tick
  Picasa   tick tick   tick tick
  Scratch   tick tick      
  Microsoft Photostory 3   tick tick   tick tick
               
Multimedia            
  iTunes   tick tick   tick tick
  QuickTime   tick tick   tick tick
  Real Media   tick tick   tick tick
  Windows Media Player   tick tick   tick tick
  Windows Movie Maker   tick tick   tick tick
  Sound Recorder   tick tick   tick tick
  XP Codec   tick tick   tick tick
               
Maths & Statistics            
  Matlab   tick tick   tick tick
  Minitab   tick tick   tick tick
  SAS   tick tick   tick tick
  SPSS   tick tick   tick tick
  Answer Tree   tick tick   tick tick
  Amos   tick tick   tick tick
  SamplePower   tick tick   tick tick
  GenStat   - -   4-1, 4-2 -
  Systat   - -   4-1 -
  Scilab   tick tick   tick tick
  Maxima   tick tick   tick tick
  FreeMat   tick tick   tick tick
  GeoGebra   tick tick   tick tick
               
Science            
  ISIS/Draw   tick tick   tick tick
  NCBI   tick tick   tick tick
             
Research            
  SciFinder   tick tick   tick tick
               
LaTeX            
  TeXnicCenter   tick tick   tick tick
  WinTeXmacs   tick tick   tick tick
  MiKTeX   tick tick   tick tick
               
Miscellaneous            
  Squeak   tick tick   tick tick
  Twitch   tick tick   tick tick
  CAJ Viewer   - -   - -
  Rationale 2   tick tick   tick tick
  bCisive   tick tick   tick tick
  FreeMind   tick tick   tick tick
  Stellarium   tick tick   tick tick
  WorldWide Telescope   tick tick   tick tick
               
Utilities & Plugins            
  Citrix   tick tick   tick tick
  SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)   tick tick   tick tick
  Chime   tick tick   tick tick
  Authorware   tick tick   tick tick
  Shockwave   tick tick   tick tick
  Flash Player   tick tick   tick tick
  Zoomifyer   tick tick   tick tick
  Star Burn (CD burning)   tick tick   tick tick
  7-zip   tick tick   tick tick
  Windows Zip   tick tick   tick tick
  Dvorak Keyboard   tick tick   tick tick
               
HARDWARE          
Disk Drives            
  3½ Floppy Disk   - -   - -
  DVD-R/RW   tick tick   tick tick
               
Multimedia Hardware            
  Audio Jack   tick tick   tick tick
  Colour Flatbed Scanner & transparancey   - tick   - tick
               
Ports            
  USB Ports   tick tick   tick tick
               
Printers            
  B+W Laser Printer
(A4 papers only)
  2 printers in ERC level 1 | 2 printers in Frank Tate's   2 printers available
  Colour Printer
(both A3 and A4 papers available)
  1 printer available in ERC level 1   1 printer
  Vending machine for adding printing credit   ERC level 1 in the printers area   Printing shop in the Basement level of Baillieu Library
 

All Windows computers have access to printers and the Internet. Instructions on how to use the Printing System can be found on the How-to: [ ERC | Percy ] 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.

 

ERC

eLearning Studio setup

The studio has the standard setup, plus the teaching software, ie. NetOp School and NVivo.

 

imac

There are 6 iMacs in ERC level 1. Complete with iLife ’08 suite for creating photo projects, making movies, designing DVDs, building websites, and composing music and iWork '08.

 

Percy Baxter

eLearning Studio setup

The studios have the standard setup, plus the teaching software, ie. NetOp School, Photoshop Premiere and SuperTable.

Additional hardware

Scanners are available on all the computers in group 6 of the open area. info how to scan

Speakers on all computers in training rooms (room 1 by request), consultation room and Disabillity Liaison Unit room.

Zip drives and a graphic tablet may be borrowed from the Helpdesk for use with PBLC computers.

tablet  
Wacom tablet (drawing / writing tablet) is available for loan - query at the Helpdesk

 

 

 

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