OIT provides access to the following applications:
If you would like to purchase software for your personal computer, please click here to take advantage of academically discounted offers.
| Software Title | Description | Availability |
| Microsoft Office | Includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook | Staff/Faculty computers and computer labs |
| Adobe CS5 | Includes Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Soundbooth | Computer labs: on specific computers only |
| Adobe Acrobat Pro | For editing and creating PDFs; please contact helpdesk@cgu.edu about purchasing it for staff/faculty computers | Staff/Faculty computers and computer labs (on specific computers only) |
| Atlasti | Qualitative analysis software. Please visit the website at atlasti.com and create an account. You MUST use your CGU email address. Once your account has been created, please use this web page to get a license and download the software: https://my.atlasti.com/licenses/redeem/activate/I-361-FF4-B95-110 | Students/Staff/Faculty home use and in computer labs |
| Director’s Desk | Communication and information management system for boards and committees | Restricted access to faculty and staff |
| IBM SPSS | Statistics analysis software; includes the Missing Values module and AMOS | Office computers and computer labs |
| SPSS is available through the Apporto platform. Please visit cgu.apporto.com and log in with your CGU email. | Faculty/staff home use and laptops |
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| SPSS is available through the Apporto platform. Please visit cgu.apporto.com and log in with your CGU email. | Students | |
| MATLAB | A high-level programming language and interactive environment for technical computing, and includes functions for algorithm development, data analysis, numeric computation, and visualization. | Office computers and computer labs |
| Faculty can install MATLAB on their personal computer by following these instructions. A CGU email address is required to complete the steps. | Faculty/staff home use and laptops |
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| Students can install MATLAB on their personal computer by following these instructions. A CGU email address is required to complete the steps. | Student home use | |
| Everyone who has created a Mathworks account associated with CGU’s Matlab license, using the steps above, can also use Matlab online, via a web page. You can access Matlab online | Online use via web page | |
| SAS | Statistics analysis software | Office computers and computer labs |
| Students can access SAS from their personal laptop through the Apporto platform. Please visit cgu.apporto.com and log in with your CGU email. Please click here for more information, including links to tutorials. |
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| STATA | Statistics analysis software | Networked office computers and computer labs |
| Students can purchase STATA at a discounted price by visiting the STATA online ordering web page. | Students | |
| TABLEAU | Data analysis and visualization software. | Self install |
| Faculty can download a free copy of Tableau by visiting the web page at www.tableau.com/academic/teaching | Faculty | |
| Students can download a free copy of Tableau by visiting the web page at www.tableau.com/academic/students | Students | |
| Qualtrics | An online service that allows users to easily collect, analyze, and act on large amounts of unstructured data with little or no programming. One can easily create surveys, have people take the surveys, and then analyze the results | Via the portal at my.cgu.edu |
| Canvas | CGU’s learning management system; every course has a Canvas course site automatically created for it; allows for the sharing of resources, collaboration, discussions, etc | Via the web; please contact helpdesk@cgu.edu for access |
| TurnItIn | Check documents for plagiarism | Via the web; instructors: please contact helpdesk@cgu.edu for access |
| Students: please send an email to helpdesk@cgu.edu, requesting access to the Turnitin class called Paper Check to self check your paper | ||
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | Used to view PDF files; download the software here | Via the web |
| Apple QuickTime Player | Used to view QuickTime movies; download the software here | Via the web |
| VLC Media Player | Multimedia player; download the softwre here | Via the web |
| Diigo | Store bookmarks, notes and images; access them from anywhere with an internet connection; www.diigo.com | Cloud based software |
| DropBox | Store files to Dropbox and access them from anywhere with an internet connection; www.dropbox.com | Cloud based software |
| Evernote | Store and organize notes, images, screen shots, web page clippings, etc.; access them from anywhere with an internet connection; www.evernote.com | Cloud based software |
| Audacity | Sound recorder and editor | Open source software |
| GIMP | Image editor, similar to Adobe Photoshop; www.gimp.org | Open source software |
| G*Power | Performs high-precision statistical power analyses for the most common statistical tests in behavioral research | Open source software |
| InfraRecorder | Software for making CDs & DVDs; infrarecorder.org | Open source software |
| R | A language and an environment for statistical computing and graphics; www.r-project.org | Open source software |
| Zotero | A free application to collect, manage, and cite research sources; www.zotero.org (TCCS Library support provided at https://library.claremont.edu/zotero/) |
Open source software |