Ithaca College

Digital Instruction and Information Services is currently planning for software upgrades in DIIS-managed computer labs for the 2016-17 academic year. If you need software installed or upgraded to support instruction, please notify our Service Desk (servicedesk@ithaca.edu) by Wednesday, June 1, 2016.

Please provide the following:

• Software name and version
• What computer lab(s) you need the software installed
• Installation media (URL, CD’s etc.)
• Licensing information as appropriate

If you need to purchase software after June 1, please provide us with the installation materials by Wednesday, June 15, 2016.

Please note that by semester startup lab computers will come with the following:

Windows:

• Windows computers being replaced through the Technology Renewal Program will be replaced with a Dell OptiPlex 5040 Small Form Factor computer and will come with Windows 7 64-bit Operating System
• Windows computers not being replaced will also remain at Windows 7 64-bit Operating System
• Computers will continue to auto login
• Computers will shut down after 60 minutes of inactivity (no keyboard or mouse movement)
• MS Office will be upgraded to Office 2016 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher, and Access)
• SPSS 23 will be upgraded to SPSS 24
• Adobe Acrobat DC
• Adobe Photoshop CC 2015
• Adobe Illustrator CC 2015
• Adobe InDesign CC 2015
• Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015
• Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015

Macs:

• Mac computers being replaced through the Technology Renewal Program will be replaced with an Apple 21.5" iMac computer and will come with OS X El Capitan 10.11
• Mac computers not being replaced will remain at OS X Yosemite 10.10
• Computers will continue to auto login
• MS Office will be upgraded to Office 2016 (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• SPSS 23 will be upgraded to SPSS 24
• iBooks Author
• Adobe Acrobat DC
• Adobe Photoshop CC 2015
• Adobe Illustrator CC 2015
• Adobe InDesign CC 2015
• Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015
• Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015

If you are requesting new specialty software, we would like to arrange a time for testing to ensure the software functions as expected with other software programs. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the DIIS Service Desk at 607-274-1000 or servicedesk@ithaca.edu. For more information about labs and specialty software requests, please visit the labs website.