Operating System
- The CTL workshop room contains 12 PC computers running Windows 2000. All of the machines have the below software installed on them unless otherwise noted.
- The CTL has a pod area containing 10 Macintosh computers running Windows 2000 or Macintosh OSX. The software on the pod area computers may vary slightly from the below list.
- The CTL has multimedia machines that contain specialized software and hardware capabilities that can be used to edit and create audio / video / multimedia of all types. These computers are located within the multimedia room in the CTL.
Productivity Software
Microsoft Products
- Office 2003 - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage.
- Office 2007 - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Frontpage.
Note: The Microsoft Office software is available for MCC faculty and staff computers under a campus licensing agreement, contact the helpdesk (480-461-7217) for current licensing information. It is only available on campus owned computers. Microsoft software can be purchased at a discount through the Employeee Purchase Program: https://doforms.riosalado.edu/
Web Software
- Flash MX 2004 - create animations and interactive projects for the web
- Fireworks MX 2004 - create and edit images for the web
- Dreamweaver MX 2004 - create and manage your web pages
- Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Firebox - browse the internet
- Real Player, Windows Media Player, QuickTime Player - use these free plug-ins to view audio/video on the internet
- Breeze - PowerPoint plug-in used to add audio to a PowerPoint presentation, then convert and compress the presentation for the internet (PC only)
- Respondus 3.5 Campuswide - create tests and quizzes to print or to use and have automatically graded within WebCT (PC only)
- StudyMate 2.0 Campuswide - create games and exercises that can be used by students to self-test and study online (PC only)
- Adobe Acrobat 6.0 - create PDF files from any document (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) for easy viewing on the internet
Multimedia Software & Plug-ins
- FireworksMX 2004 - edit photos and images
- Real Player, Windows Media Player, QuickTime Player - use these free plug-ins to view audio/video on the internet
- Audacity - free audio recording software, record your voice and save it as a .wav or .mp3 file
- PureVoice - free audio recording software, record your voice and save it as a PureVoice file (PC only)
- CD and DVD creation software
- Adobe Premiere - edit digital videos - only available in the multimedia room
- Adobe CS - the latest version of the Adobe Suite containing Photoshop
- Ulead VideoStudio 9 - available in the multimedia room
- Camtasia - create movie 'demonstrations' from recordings of onscreen activities - only available on the Multimedia PC - available in the multimedia room
- Macromedia Captivate - create movie 'demonstrations' from recordings of onscreen activities, add interactivity if desired
- Sorensen Squeeze - compress videos and movies for efficient internet viewing - available in the multimedia room
- Sony Vegas - edit digital videos - available in the multimedia room