Computer pools hardware and software
The information on this web page is for all UniSA Program Directors, Course Coordinators and other staff involved in the delivery of courses using the University's General Purpose Computing Pools.
- Background
- Standard pool/barn PC hardware
- Standard pool/barn software
- Pool software installation requests
- Walkup PC standard software
- Lecture/tutorial room additional software
- Adaptive Technology Suite PC additional software
Background
- General Purpose Computing Pools and Library Training Rooms (available as pools outside booked training sessions)
- Computer Barns (including casual computing areas in campus Libraries)
- WalkUp PCs (for short-term email/web use only)
- a common set of 'core' software installed in all pools/barns
- a
range of approximately 100 additional (mostly) school-purchased software applications
(different set in each pool as requested for different courses)
Information Strategy and Technology Services manages the on-campus shared student IT facilities on the University’s 5 main campuses. These facilities include
Information on the locations of pools plus current software, hardware, opening hours, etc is available via the pools page UniSA Student Computer Pools
Standard pool/barn PC hardware
ISTS has a 3 year replacement cycle to keep student computer pool and computer barn equipment up to date and under warranty. The standard configuration of all new PCs purchased for general purpose pool and barn machines include the following:
- Intel Quad Core CPU
- LCD monitor (minimum 19")
- Sound cards and headphone sockets
- USB ports on the front of the PC for use with USB "flash drive" or "thumb drive" file storage devices (faster and more convenient than CD-RW)
- DVD-RW drive
Standard pool/barn PC software
The standard operating environment in all the general purpose pools and barns include:
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus (including Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Access 2010 and Outlook 2010)
- Microsoft Publisher 2010
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Symantec Endpoint Protection (antivirus)
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Ultimate Zip (WinZip-compatible file compression)
- Roxio Direct CD or Roxio Drag-to-Disk to read/write data files on CD+/-RW or DVD+/-RW drives
- EndNote
- SSH Secure Shell (more secure alternative to Telnet)
Pool software installation requests
- Please ensure that a software installation request is completed, signed and sent via the IT Help Desk, Mawson Lakes for any software application your school needs installed in an ISTS computer pool. We need requests at least 4 weeks ahead to allow time to schedule installation and testing of the software.
- You will need to attach documentation of current licences or documentation of why we don’t need a licence (e.g. for freeware, software publishers permission to use etc).
- Note that licences for course-related software are normally purchased by the requesting school(s).
- Send the installation software on CD or DVD (or network download location where appropriate)
- Draw attention to any study period 1, study period 7 or summer school requirements affected by this process (including which applications are needed, in which pools, on which dates)
- Please send a software removal request (the same form provides for that) for any software you know to be no longer required
Walkup PC standard software
The standard operating environment on all the general purpose Walkup class machines is:
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Microsoft Outlook 2010
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Antivirus
- Adobe Acrobat
- Ultimate Zip (WinZip-compatible file compression)
Lecture/Tutorial Room PC additional software
- Turning Point
Adaptive Technology Suite PC additional software
Adaptive Technoogy Suite PCs, located in the Library on each metropolitan campus, also have the following software
- Dragon Naturally Speaking
- Zoom Text
- Jaws
- Read and Write Gold
- Scanning software