Available software

Available Software

The Arts Computing Office welcomes students, staff and faculty to approach us with any software issues. We provide support for software on Nexus and Arts faculty computers. Available software can be found below by operating system, department or computer lab.

Visit the IST Service Desk in either the Dana Porter or Davis Centre Libraries to obtain a podium key.

Adobe CC is avalible to purchase at the W Store. Please look at Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) License Updates for information regarding cost savings.

Note: Please review Using Adobe CC in labs, if you plan to use Adobe CC in East Campus Hall (ECH) 1205 or PAS 1098.

Windows

Arts Lecture Hall (AL)
Modern Languages (ML) 109 and 113
Psychology-Anthropology-Sociology (PAS) 1080, 1098, 1099, and 1237

ACCOUNTING

Title	Year last updated
T1 Personal TaxPrep 2018	2018
IDEA	2017
Interactive Trader	2016
Kramer 1.8.1215.642	2016
PyCharm 5.0.4	2016
S&P Capital IQ 9.43.15.402	2019
Tableau 2018-1-12018	2018

This software can be found on any Windows lab computer in Psychology-Anthropology-Sociology (PAS) 1237, 1080, and 1098.

ECONOMICS

Title	Year last updated
Shazam 10.1 Pro	2011
R 3.6.2	2019
RStudio 1.2.5019	2019
Stata 15 IC	2019
MikTek 2.9.7386	2020
TexMaker 5.0.3	2018
Gretl 2019b-64	2019
GTAPAgg7	2018
Rungtapp370	2018
GAMS 25.1.2	2018
GTAPgg7	2018
Rungtap370	2018

This software can be found on any Windows lab computer in Psychology-Anthropology-Sociology (PAS) 1237, 1080, and 1098.

PSYCHOLOGY

Title	Year last updated
E-Prime 3.0.3.80 (Only on the computers in PAS 1237 and PAS 1099)	2019
Psychopy 1.90.3 (Only on the computers in PAS 1237)	2020
MediaLab 2012 (Only on the computers in PAS 1237)	2012
DirectRT 2012 (Only on the computers in PAS 1237)	2012
Hayes Macro Process v3.4 (Only in PAS 1237)	2020
PsychoPy 3.2.4	2020

This software can be found on any Windows lab computer in Psychology-Anthropology-Sociology (PAS) 1237, 1080, and 1098.

GENERAL ARTS

Title	Year last updated
Microsoft Office 2019	2020
MatLab 2019b	2020
iTunes	2019
SPSS 26 (in all public computer labs)	2020

This software can be found on any Windows lab computer in Psychology-Anthropology-Sociology (PAS) 1237, 1080, and 1098.

COMMON NEXUS APPLICATIONS

The following applications are provided and kept up to date on a regular basis:

7-Zip
Adobe Reader 2017
Active Perl
Ebrary Reader
FileZilla
Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR)
Flash Player/Browser plugin
Ghostscript
GhostView
Google Chrome
Java 8 update 251

KLite Codec Pack
Notepad++
Python 2.7.17
Python 3.8
Tera Term Pro
Thunderbird ESR
VideoLAN Client (VLC) Player plugin
Watsafe Desktop Notification
WinSCP
Write-N-Cite 4

Mac

PAS 1098

This software can also be found in the Stratford campus Mac lab.

Adobe CC
Audacity
Compressor
FileZilla Client
Final Cut Pro
Firefox (ESR)

Google Chrome
HandBrake
Microsoft Office 2016
UW Emerge Client
VLC Media Player

EAST CAMPUS HALL (ECH) 1205

Adobe CC
Audacity
Compressor
FileZilla Client
Final Cut Pro
Firefox (ESR)
Google Chrome

HandBrake
Microsoft Office 2016
Processing
Twine
Unity
UW Emerge Client
VLC Media Player

COMMON APPLICATIONS FOR FACULTY AND STAFF MANAGED MACS

Firefox
Google Chrome
Microsoft Office for Mac 2016
UW Emerge Client
VLC Media Player

MANAGED LICENSED APPLICATIONS

The following software are managed licensed applications that require a software license for faculty and staff managed Macs:

Adobe Acrobat
AdobeCC
Final Cut Pro

Requesting Additional Software

If you are an Arts faculty member and wish to request additional software to be installed in Arts computer labs:

Obtain a legal license to publish a copy of the software on the Waterloo Nexus network from the software’s vendor.
Please fill in the Software Request form to request a service for software installation