Software access for courses delivered remotely
For many students, access to program or course-specific software is critical for student success. Thus, the following resources are available for students who need access to software remotely.
Remote Computer Lab Access
The Remote Computer Lab Access Tool allow students to connect remotely to a workstation in a university computer lab from their own personal computer for the purpose of accessing specialized software and resources.
You can connect to a lab computer using a Windows PC or Mac.
- If you are using a Mac to connect, you must first download the Microsoft Remote Desktop app from the App Store.
To learn more, click here. To use the Remote Computer Lab Access Tool, and view available workstations, visit https://labs.ship.edu.
Software available on your device
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many software vendors are allowing open access to software that would typically only be available on campus workstations. Please see the list of available software packages below, along with link and instructions on how to obtain and install.
Adobe ended its free access to Creative Cloud program on July 6, 2020.
To access Adobe Creative Cloud applications, please visit https://labs.ship.edu and use the Remote Computer Lab Access Tool to remotely connect to a campus computer lab workstation.
Mathematica software is used by many courses in Math, Computer Science and Physics.
MATLAB (including all available toolboxes) is available to faculty, staff, and students for installation on personal computers.
Office is provided to all Ship Students for free via the Office 365 program. Available for PC, Mac, iPad and other mobile devices!
Minitab is available for student use on a personal device. Follow the instructions below to download and install Minitab 19.
Download Minitab 19 from the links below. When prompted for a username and password, type your Ship e-mail address and password.
Minitab 19 (Windows 64-bit)
.zip - 204 MB
Minitab 19 (Mac)
.zip - 211 MB
Windows Installation Instructions
- When the download completes, open the zip file and extract the files. Save the license file included in the ZIP file (minitab.lic) to the desktop.
- Begin the installation from the Minitab setup file.
- When prompted, select Activate with a license and click Next.
- From the “Select a licensing method” window, select File.
- Click Browse and browse to the license file that was included in the ZIP file that you downloaded. Click Next.
- Click Install and complete the installation.
Mac Installation Instructions
- Save the license file included in the ZIP file (minitab.lic) to the desktop.
- Begin the installation by opening the setup PKG file.
- When prompted “How do you want to activate the software”, select Activate with a license and click Continue.
- From the “Select a licensing method” window, select License File.
- Click Browse and browse to the license file that was saved in step #1 and click Continue.
- Click Install and complete the installation.
The NVivo qualitative data analysis software is available for faculty, staff and students to install on personal PCs and Macs.
IBM has made SPSS Statistics available for students on personal devices through the end of the spring semester. Please follow the instructions below to download and install SPSS.
- Download the appropriate version of SPSS Statistics 26 from the links below. When prompted for a username and password, type your Ship e-mail address and password.
SPSS Statistics for Windows (x64)
.exe - 580 MB
SPSS Statistics for Mac
.zip - 647 MB - After the download completes, double-click the file to run the setup program. Continue through setup as appropriate.
- After setup is complete, the Authorization Wizard will run. Choose the option to use Concurrent user license and click Next.
- Enter LM.ship.edu as the License Manager name. Click Next.
- Click Finish at the Licensing Completed page.
- You can launch SPSS by clicking on the IBM SPSS Statistics 26 shortcut in the Start Menu (Windows) or Applications folder (Mac)..
