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AV Equipment

The Commons contains an A/V presentation system that accommodates the installed room computer. This system has

• a connection point for guest laptops;
• a VHS deck;
• a DVD player;
• auxiliary video connections (for cameras, etc.).

The Peabody Technology Support Center (phone: 322-6600) can instruct users on the use of the AV equipment, if necessary.

 

Computer Hardware and Software

There are nineteen computers in the Learning Commons; one is an instruction station. Each is a 3.2 GHz Dell OptiPlex GX280 with 512 MB of RAM. All are equipped with CDRW/DVD drives. An HP printer services the workstations. Scanners are attached to three workstations in the last row.

Software installed on the computers in the Learning Commons includes the following (on all workstations unless otherwise noted):

• 3ivx
• Adobe Acrobat 9.0*
• Acrobat Reader
• AOL Instant Messenger
• ArcView 3.3
• Contribute **
• Divx
• Dreamweaver MX 2004
• Dreamweaver 8**
• EndNote X
• Fireworks **
• Flash Player
• Flash Professional **
• Intercooled STATA 9 †
• Internet Explorer
• iTunes
• JAWS 8 **
• Mozilla Firefox
• Mulberry
• Office XP 2003
• Photoshop Elements 5.0*
• QuickTime
• R (stats program)
• RealOne Player
• SAS
• Sea Monkey
• SecureOASIS
• Shockwave Player
• SPSS
• Stat/Transfer 8 †
• Stuffit Expander
• Virtual U 2.11
• VirusScan
• Windows Live Messenger
• Windows Media Player
• Windows XP (SP2)
• Yahoo! Instant Messenger
• ZoomText 9 **

 

* On workstations with attached scanners [Back]

** On one of the workstations with an attached scanner (workstation closest to the printer) [Back]

† Educational Lab license: for student use or use by faculty for teaching [Back]

 

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