Student Software Access
To better allow for teaching in times of disruption, the Event and Classroom Management (ECM) Public Computing Team has outlined ways to access the software you have access to on our computers in labs and classrooms. Below is information about remotely accessing the computers on campus and information about software that you can install on your own computer.
Additionally, here is further information on Learning During Times of Distuption.
Remote Access to Lab Computers
ECM offers a small pool of computers to provide remote access to lab software via .
Find more information about how to access at .
Software for Personally Owned Machines
Some software requires licensing. To access "See Blackboard for..." links, visit and log in with your Active Directory account. The information is available under the Services tab, then the Software sub-tab.
| Product | Vendor URL or Install Source | Install Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Abaqus/CAE | Use General - Public Computing pool of | |
| Adobe Creative Cloud | Use General - Public Computing pool of | Personal licenses are made available to declared DMS majors, and by instructor request for certain courses. |
| Anaconda 3 | ||
| AnalySeries | ||
| Android Studio | ||
| Antconc | Use General - Public Computing pool of | |
| Arand | ||
| ArcGIS Pro | ||
| Arduino IDE | ||
| aspenONE | Use General - Public Computing pool of | Local installation also available, |
| Audacity | ||
| AutoCAD | ||
| BEAST/Beauti | ||
| Blender | ||
| BlueJ | ||
| BBEdit | ||
| Cambridge Structural Database | Contact Bill Brennessel for remote access options | |
| Chemdraw | ||
| Chemistry Games | ||
| Code::Blocks | ||
| CodeV/LightTools | Available to optics students via | |
| Comic Life | See for License Key | |
| Creo/ProE | See for install media | |
| Cygwin | ||
| DirectRT | Use MPlus Access Only pool of | |
| DIVA-GIS | ||
| Eclipse | ||
| emacs | ||
| ENVI | Use - request access via Greg Heyworth | |
| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| Epic Unreal Engine | ||
| EstimateS | ||
| Flutter | ||
| Game Maker Studio | ||
| gcc | ||
| GhostScript | ||
| GIMP | ||
| Git | ||
| GMT | ||
| Google Earth Pro | ||
| HandBrake | ||
| imageJ | ||
| Irfanview | ||
| Java Development Kit | ||
| Java Runtime Environment | ||
| JES | ||
| JMP | ||
| Jubler | ||
| Kornucopia | ||
| LabVIEW | , | |
| MAMP | ||
| Mathematica | ||
| MATLAB | ||
| MediaLab | Use MPlus Access Only pool of | |
| MeshLab | ||
| Meshmixer | ||
| Meshroom | ||
| Mesquite | , | |
| MiKTeX | ||
| MinGW | ||
| Minitab | ||
| Mnova | ||
| Mplus | Use MPlus Access Only pool of | |
| Nastran/Patran | ||
| NetBeans IDE | ||
| Neuron | ||
| NoMachine | ||
| Northfield Investment Suite | Use General - Public Computing pool of | |
| Notepad++ | ||
| NX | ||
| Office365 | ||
| OptiLayer | Available to optics students via | |
| Optiwave Optispice | Available to optics students via | |
| OrCAD | ||
| OSLO EDU | ||
| puTTY | ||
| PyCharm | ||
| Repetier-Host | ||
| QGIS | ||
| R | ||
| R Studio Desktop | ||
| Racket | ||
| Robocode | Extract .jar to c:\robocode | |
| rsoft | Available to optics students via | |
| SAOImageDS9 | ||
| SAS | ||
| Serial Cloner | ||
| SigFit | instructor will provide download password and license server information | |
| slic3r | ||
| Solidworks | See for License Key | |
| SPSS | Use General - Public Computing pool of | |
| STATA | Use General - Public Computing pool of | |
| Sublime Text | Set the default "Layout" (under the View menu) to single column | |
| SuperCollider | ||
| Tableau | ||
| TeXmaker | ||
| Visual Studio Code | ||
| Visual Studio Community | ||
| VLC | ||
| Windows Subsystem for Linux | Additional component in Windows Features | |
| WinSCP | ||
| Xming | ||
| Zemax OpticStudio | Available to optics students via | Contact instructor for local install intructions |
If you are experiencing an issue with ECM supported software, please call the ECM Help Desk at (585) 275-9014 or submit a ticket directly using the .
For non-ECM supported computers on River Campus, please call the University IT Help Desk at (585) 275-2000 or contact your departmental desktop support staff directly.