Laptop Loaners Available for Instructional Activities

Do you need laptops for courses, departmental training workshops, or other university-related instructional events? ITCS can help! We can now loan as many as 22 Dell laptops and 10 Mac laptops for these types of instructional events.

Additional information:

• A 24-hour minimum advance reservation is required
• Laptop loaners are for short-term requests (approximately 1-5 days)
• Laptops should be picked up from and returned to the Walk-in IT Help Desk (Austin 103); a mobile cart is available for transportation
• Special software installation requests should be made at the time the laptops are reserved; we will try to accomodate your needs whenever possible
• Mice are available for checkout with the laptops

To reserve laptops, contact Gloria Schwartz (schwartzg@ecu.edu; 328-9129).

How do I view output files in previous versions of SPSS?

The SPSS 16.0 for Windows CD (full version only) contains an application called "Legacy Viewer" which is formerly known as "SPSS 15.0 SmartViewer". If you wish to view and edit output created in previous versions of SPSS, please install the Legacy Viewer and open the older output using that application. Legacy Viewer is also available for download from the SPSS Support website at http://support.spss.com.

You will need a Technical Support login and password. To get a Technical Support login and password, choose "Login Help" from the menu, and then choose the "Request a Login" link. Once you are logged-in, choose "SPSS" under "My Product View". Next, select "Utilities", then "SPSS for Windows", and finally "Legacy Viewer".

There is no Legacy Viewer for old output (.spo) files for SPSS 16.0 for Macintosh and no plans for one to be created. We recommend either printing old output so you have a hard copy or regenerating old output in the upgraded version. If you feel strongly about having this for SPSS for Macintosh, please contact product marketing at suggest@spss.com.  

Smart Classrooms

If you have questions about video conferencing, recording, streaming media resources or any other questions pertaining to the Smart Classrooms. Contact Tony Cooke (cooketo@ecu.edu; 328-9181), Smart Classrooms Coordinator, for one-on-one consulting and training appointments.

For emergency support, contact the IT Help Desk (328-9866) and a technology consultant will be dispatched quickly to assist you.

Helpful Software at ECU

Need to send out a survey or develop training materials then contact us for access to two great tools.

Perseus - Survey Software
Perseus is used to developed Web-based surveys for deploying to users. Check out our web site for more details at http://www.ecu.edu/itcs/perseus.

Camtasia

Need to capture screen shots or create a tutorial then Camtasia is for you. This tool is used to create video tutorials so users can be trained to use different applications.

For both of these tools visit the Help Desk at http://help.ecu.edu > Submit Online Request > Online Forms are located on the left side.

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ITCS will be upgrading to CommonSpot 5.0 this summer. We will be letting you know more details about this upgrade soon. Along with this update, we will also be upgrading ColdFusion to version 8.

Check out some of the new features from the PaperThin site at http://www1.paperthin.com/products/Whats-New-in-CommonSpot-50.cfm.

ECU Faculty/Staff request the current password from http://provision.ecu.edu/requestpass.asp
Notes: Login with PirateID and password 
(Access restricted to Full time Faculty/Staff)

For more information go to our guest login page at http://www.ecu.edu/cs-itcs/guestlogin.cfm

Want to Join the Virtual Computing Lab (VCL)?

On-campus and distance education students can now access software they need for their courses without having to purchase it themselves or worry that a program won't run properly on their personal computer or even come on campus to use a computer lab. Students can log into the Virtual Computing Lab from home or their residence hall 24x7 and choose software from an “image” designed for their course(s) by their professor.

Faculty interested in adding their courses to the VCL should contact Susan Thornton (thorntons@ecu.edu) with software requests. If your software requires licenses, the number of licenses available will be the maximum number of student connections allowed at one time.

More information: http://www.ecu.edu/vcl