[Academic] FW: Software in centrally-managed teaching spaces, 2020-21

[Timothy Briggs]

Hello,

If you need particular software in centrally managed IT labs, for teaching next academic year, can you reply to this email from IT Services?

The default install for lab PCs is shown below.

Many thanks,

Timothy

From: Bruce Rodger <bruce.rodger at strath.ac.uk>
Sent: 21 April 2020 10:01
To: IT-SPOTLIGHT <IT-SPOTLIGHT at ds.strath.ac.uk>
Subject: Software in centrally-managed teaching spaces, 2020-21


Colleagues,

I hope you are well, and adapting to the very different ways that we are currently doing business.

The team that supports the software on the 1500 student PCs in the centrally-managed computer labs around the campus, and in the library, is currently preparing the software catalogue for the next academic year. They are also investigating alternative ways in which these software packages can be delivered to the student community.

I appreciate that it seems strange to be thinking about teaching lab software in the current "lockdown" climate, but we need to finalise the software manifest, (and licensing etc) very soon to enable it to be delivered by the start of teaching. If you need software which is not listed below, you need to request it now, otherwise it will not be installed. (even if it was installed last year!)

The text below is from our End User Computing team; if you use the computer labs for teaching, please take note of this, and pass any requests to the lab-software at strath.ac.uk<mailto:lab-software at strath.ac.uk> team no later than 14 May.

Thank you,
Bruce.



For the last academic year 2019/20 we asked you to explicitly request the software required in the labs even if site licensed. One of the reasons for this is that we have to justify the software we install in the labs to achieve CyberEssentials+ certification. Thanks to your co-operation the centrally managed desktop was awarded CyberEssentials+ in November last year.

To maintain this certification we continue to need to justify the software we install every year. For the academic year 2020/21 the standard build will contain the following core software:

Core software:
Microsoft Office 365 Pro Plus
Adobe Reader
Google Chrome
7-Zip

We will also be deploying the latest version of the following site licensed software:

Site Licensed software:
EndNote
Maple
Mathcad Prime
Matlab
Mindgenius
Minitab
SPSS

All other software products - even if site-licensed - must be explicitly requested each academic year. To do so, you should email lab-software at strath.ac.uk<mailto:lab-software at strath.ac.uk> no later than 14th May 2020 with the requirements, including details on where to obtain the media and license keys.

Before submitting your request, please ensure that the license agreement permits the usage you require. Trial software does not normally permit deployment for teaching. If you are unsure, please contact the vendor of the software for clarification. If the software you are requesting is licensed, can you please ensure that the license key covers the full duration of the academic year.

All software requested will have the default installation unless requested otherwise.

It is anticipated that a pre-production system will be available within the University Library before the start of the academic year to allow academic and support staff to verify that the software image meets their teaching requirements. Due to the current situation this may be subject to change.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the team via the above email address.





Bruce Rodger Bruce.Rodger at strath.ac.uk<mailto:Bruce.Rodger at strath.ac.uk>
Head of Infrastructure Services, Information Services,
The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0LN, Scotland

+44 (0)141 548 3300

The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263.


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