Software Updates
Microsoft Office 2007 and Microsoft Office 2008 are now available for no charge for all university-owned computers. Email to request installation instructions. Upgrades to general university labs include Adobe CS4 Design Premium and SPSS 17. For more information, go to www.wwu.edu/computersoftware or call Susan Brown, 650-7388.

Classroom and Computer Lab News

Issue 44, Fall 2009

by Nancy Grayum

Academic Spaces

Four general university classrooms were upgraded during summer quarter and intersession, providing improved lighting, acoustical treatment and sound systems in addition to updated Level 4 teaching stations meeting the current WWU standard for multimedia equipment to support classroom presentations. The project included the two largest auditoriums ~ Fraser 4 with 310 seats and AH 100 with 445 seats. Two small classrooms ~ AH 12 and ES 345 were also updated.

General university computer lab upgrades included the Macintosh labs at Fine Arts 101 and Communications Facility (CF) 161, Windows labs at CF 21, 24, 26, and a dual platform (Windows and Mac) lab at Haggard Hall 245.

In addition, new computers have arrived for CF 165 and 167 but the timing of equipment delivery, combined with a smaller ATUS staff working around events scheduled in many labs this August created a need for continuing some of the work into the first weeks of fall quarter. Eight lab upgrades in one season is an enormous feat, but we hope to have CF 165 and 167 completed by mid-October.

View Computer Lab Schedules Online

The WWU Reservations page at www.wwu.edu/reservations now provides a way to view which computer labs are reserved and which are available at any time. To view computer lab schedules at the WWU Reservations page (www.wwu.edu/reservations):

• At the top left of screen, click Browse.
• Select Browse for Space.
• At the top right of the screen click Filter.
• Enter the date you wish to view.
• Under Facilities, scroll down to Views and select Computer Labs - General Use.
• Click Apply.

And here’s a tip: If your most frequent “Browse for Space” view (at your own computer) is Computer Labs, just log in to the reservation system first with your WWU user name. At the Filter page, check the Save box. Future “Browse for Space” commands will take you directly to this Computer Lab view.

Computer Lab Software Updates Effective Fall Quarter

Software updates in general university labs include Adobe CS4 Design Premium and SPSS 17. For more information, go to www.wwu.edu/computersoftware or call Susan Brown, 650-7388.

Plan Ahead for Lab Reservations

As a courtesy to students who plan work sessions in computer labs, class reservations are not booked into labs without being posted in advance. Reservations need to be booked the week before they will occur. Computer lab reservations are posted at lab doors on Friday afternoons for each upcoming week.

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