Open Technology Area

Description

Space is available to allow students to work on projects involving general software and web access including browsers with popular plug-ins, word processing/spreadsheet/presentation software, web based presentation software, web authoring tools, ftp, software to support conversion of data from one format to another (e.g. Adobe Acrobat), and headphone jacks. Storage/access options include network access, and the ability to save and retrieve data from multiple storage formats—CDRW, DVD, Zip drives, floppies, network accounts, and print. Access to general purpose scanners is provided from some machines. Support for viewing library video resources with headphones is provided through use of TVs and VCRs.

This area cannot be reserved for instructional use.

Hardware List

24 Windows computers with CD-RW/DVD-ROM drives and support for USB flash drives; 3 with HP ScanJet 4850 scanners, 3 with HP ScanJet 4570c scanners, and 2 with HP ScanJet 3970 scanners
2 TV/VCR combos
2 Ricoh black and white laser printers

Software List

Microsoft Windows XP
Adobe Design Premium Suite CS3 (Acrobat 8 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Flash CS3 Video Encoder, Illustrator CS3, InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3)
Adobe Flash Player 9
Google Desktop
Internet Explorer 7
MathCad
MatLab 7
Mozilla 2.0
Office 2007 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Groove, Infopath, OneNote)
QuickTime Player 7
RealPlayer
Roxio Creator Plus (CD burning software)
SSH Secure Shell Client
Windows Media Player 11
Windows Movie Maker