Service Description:
The Pitzer College Office of Information Technology has several software packages available for Pitzer-owned computers including the classrooms and computer labs on campus. There are currently many packages available for person computers as well.
Available to:
Everyone
How to access the service:
For Maple, SPSS, and Stata, please complete: Software Request form
Please contact Pitzer IT Help Desk for requests by other 5C students or for software not listed.
The following is a list of software solutions offered:
| Solution |
Supported Software |
Available for |
| Faculty |
Staff |
Students |
| Document Creation – Word processing, document mark-up and annotation, making PDFs |
Acrobat Pro DC (Adobe CC) |
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| Google Docs |
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| Microsoft Word (Office 365) |
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| Presentations – Create lectures, slideshows, draw on-screen, virtual whiteboards |
Acrobat Pro DC (Adobe CC) |
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| Google Slides |
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| Microsoft PowerPoint (Office 365) |
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| Windows Ink (PC ONLY) |
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| Zoom Whiteboard |
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| Screen Recording – Recording your screen/presentations along with voiceover capabilities |
QuickTime (MAC ONLY) |
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| Loom Pro |
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| Microsoft Teams (Office 365) |
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| OBS |
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| Windows 10 Built-in (Hold down Win+G) |
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| Video/Films – Watch, share, distribute films and recorded lectures securely |
Box |
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| Google Drive |
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| Sakai / Video47 (PitStream) |
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| Vimeo Basic |
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| Youtube |
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| Zoom |
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| Chat/Conversation – Converse via text, messaging, or video in specified groups (e.g. by course, class) |
Google Meet |
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| Microsoft Outlook (Office365) |
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| Microsoft Teams (Office365) |
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| Sakai |
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| Zoom |
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| Time Scheduling Applications – Assisting with setting up times for meetings and appointments |
Microsoft FindTime |
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| Calendly |
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| Doodle |
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| Sakai |
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| Clould File Storage – Store and share files securely |
Box |
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| Google Drive |
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| Surveys / Polls – Quickly and accurately collect data, input, and feedback from people |
Qualtrics |
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| Google Forms |
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| Microsoft Forms (Office365) |
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| Academic Software |
Description |
Available For |
| Computer Labs, On-Campus Computers |
Personal Devices |
| Adobe Creative Cloud Suite |
Acrobat Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, etc. |
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| ArcGIS Desktop |
Windows-Only desktop version of the geographic information system for working with maps; used in XYZ courses |
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| ArcGIS Online |
Browser-based version of the geographic information system for working with maps; used in XYZ courses |
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| HeartMath / Freezeframer |
Device and software for measuring heart rhythms and patterns, used in XYZ course. |
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Class Enrollment |
| HyperResearch |
Qualitative analysis; used in XYZ courses |
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Class Enrollment |
| Kurzweil3000 |
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| Maple |
Symbolic and numeric computing environment as well as a multi-paradigm programming language; used in XYZ courses |
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| Mathematica |
Modern technical computing system for neural networks, machine learning, image processing, geometry, data science, visualizations, etc; used in XYZ courses |
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| Matlab |
Multi-paradigm numerical computing environment that allows for matric manipulations, plotting of functions and fata, implementation of algorithms, etc; used in XYZ courses |
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| Microsoft Office 365 |
Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc. |
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| SPSS |
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| Stata |
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Peer-Recommended Tools
Software that, though not fully supported by Pitzer IT, our community has found useful |
| Audacity |
Audacity is a free and open-source digital audio editor and recording application for Windows and MacOS |
| Mango |
Mango is a non-commercial software for viewing, editing and analyzing volumetric medical images |
| Praat |
Praat is a free computer software package for speech analysis in phonetics |
| R |
R is a programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics supported by the R Foundation for Statistical Computing |
| Skype |
Skype is a telecommunications application that specializes in providing video chat and voice calls between computers, tablets, and mobile devices |
| Slack |
Slack is a proprietary business communication platform that offers many IRC-style features |
| Survey Monkey |
Online survey tool that allows you to launch any kind of online survey project |
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