Our Software

The following applications are available on Commons computers in the QEII Library. Currently-registered students have access to a variety of free programs for at-home use, including Microsoft Office. More information is found on the OCIO website.

Note: If you require a piece of software not listed below, please consider submitting a Software Request Form. Software must be for academic use, only. Software updates happen approximately one month before the start of a semester and one month after the start of a semester.

These following software applications are available on all The Commons computers.

Audio & Video
Audacity
Finale 2012
Garritan ARIA Player
Leawo Blu-ray Player
VLC Media Player
Windows Media Player
Text Viewer & Editors
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Adobe Digital Editions
LibreOffice
MikTex TeXworks
Notepad
Notepad++
Sigil
Texmaker
TeXstudio
Image Viewers
FastStone Image Viewer
paint.net
Windows Paint
Web Browsers
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox ESR
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019
Access
Excel
OneNote
Outlook
PowerPoint
Project 
Publisher
Skype for Business
Word
Reference Manager
Mendeley Reference Manager
Zotero
Statistical Software
Beyond 2020 Professional Browser
IBM SPSS Statistics
Jamovi
R GUI
Geographic Information Software
ArcGIS - ArcMap
ArcGIS Pro
QGIS Desktop
Software for Engineering
MATLAB 2022b
Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
BlueJ
IDLE
RStudio
VS Code
Other Software
7 - ZIP
Logic 2010
Putty
WinSCP

The following software applications are specific to computers available in the Digital Media Centre.

Adobe Creative Cloud Suite
Acrobat Pro
After Effects
Audition
Illustrator
InDesign
Lightroom Classic
Media Encoder
Photoshop
Premiere Pro
Scanning
NAPS2
EPSON Scan (Negative Film)
CAD (Computer Aided Design)
Autodesk Fusion 360
Blender
Meshmixer
Graphic Design
GIMP
Inkscape
Krita
Audio & Video Editing
DaVinci Resolve
Meshmixer

 

The following software applications are available on all The Commons computers.

Assistive Tech
LiveScribe Echo Desktop
Kurzweil 3000
NVDA Screen Reader

 

The following software applications are specific to The Commons Assistive Technology stations. For more information on how to access these stations, please visit our Assistive Technology page.

Assistive Tech
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Inspiration