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Getting Software

Software for Your Computer

Available from SILS MSDN:

SILS has teamed up with MSDN-AA and e-academy to provide Microsoft software to SILS students at no cost. To be eligible, you must be enrolled in at least one class at SILS. SILS degree students are automatically enrolled and recieve a welcome email at the beginning of the academic year.  Non-degree students enrolled in a SILS course must contact the SILS Help Desk for MSDN access.

The MSDN site offers the following software for students (note that Microsoft Office Standard is not included, but is availble through the UNC ITRC):

  • Access 2007 & 2010
  • Visio Professional 2007 & 2010
  • OneNote 2007 & 2010
  • Project Professional 2007 & 2010
  • Windows 7
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows XP Professional
  • ...and other MS applications
How to access MSDN/ELMS software

The ELMS site uses a simple shopping-cart checkout system.  You will need to be a SILS student and have a valid UNC email address to access the site. Instructions on how to access, download, and install your software through ELMS can be found at our MSDN / ELMS instructions page.

Available from UNC-CH:

Microsoft Office 2010: For Students, there are two options to have the license/media installed on a personal owned computer .

  1. You may purchase Office 2010 at a discounted price of $25 from the Student Stores Ram Shop by either visiting the RAM Shop or by placing an order through the UNC Student Stores web site.
     
  2. You can have the ITRC Walk-In Service install the software for free at one of their two Walk-In Locations (Undergraudate Library or SASB South). This service will install the software, but you will not receive any installation media (CDs).

See https://help.unc.edu/3736 for more information.
 

UNC shareware offers a number of software packages for free to anyone who has an Onyen. Software includes:

  • Antivirus: Symantec for Windows, Norton for Mac
  • Browsers: Firefox
  • E-mail: Thunderbird
  • File transfer: SSH/SFTP for Windows, Fetch for Mac
  • File archives: WinZip for Windows, StuffIt for Mac
  • Printing: Client software for campus-wide printing
  • VPN: Cisco VPN client
  • ...and other applications and utilities. 

Software on the SILS Lab Computers:

  • Microsoft Office Pro 2010 for Windows/Office 2008 for Mac
  • Microsoft Visio 2010
  • Microsoft Project 2010
  • Camtasia 7.0 (outer lab and 303 only)
  • SnagIT 10.0 (outer lab and 303 only)
  • OpenOffice
  • Adobe Creative Suite 5
  • Firefox, Internet Explorer, Crome
  • Roxio Creator
  • JMP
  • Oxygen XML Editor
  • Video editing tools (Adobe Premier, iMovie)
  • Audacity
  • iTunes, Quicktime
  • DropBox
  • VLC
  • Second Life
  • SFTP and SSH clients
  • Eclipse
  • Kompozer
  • Notepad++
  • RefWorks
  • Winzip
  • ...and a lot more. Let us know if you have questions.

Doctoral Computers (Room 303):

The doctoral study room (303) also offers QSR's NVivo and SPSS.