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Software available at 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ


OVERVIEW

Target audience: Students, faculty, and staff

91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ's campus software program includes a wide range of software applications for use by the community.Ìý

In this article:

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Notes:

  • For assistance installing software on this list, please contact the IT Service Desk.
  • For support using the software, see the vendor's supportÌýlinks provided.
  • The term "Faculty," used below, includes Professors Emeriti with an appointment.
  • Important: To free up storage space, please delete any older, unused software versions. New software installations do not always remove older versions automatically, so you may need to uninstall them yourself.
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Tip for faculty, staff, and researchers:

If you would like 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ to provide a specific software or cloud service, first verify that we don't already have an approved cloud solution that meets your needs. See 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ Approved and Rejected Cloud solutions. If no solution meets your needs, please submit a request via the webform.

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SOFTWARE

WHO CAN ACCESS & HOW

SUPPORT & OTHER INFO

ArcGIS Enterprise (Esri)Students, Faculty, Staff
Access through SSO from your web browser.

See

For software-related issues, contact gicsupport@mcgill.ca

ÌýArcGIS Pro (Esri)ÌýStudents, Faculty, Staff
Access at many computer labs on campus, or download and install from the Software Download site on your own computer. Log in with your 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ credentials.Ìý

See

For software-related issues, contact gicsupport@mcgill.ca

Camtasia Studio (Techsmith)

Students
Access at many computer labs on campus.

Faculty, Staff
Download and install from the Software Licensing site. Log in with your 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ credentials.

For software-related issues, contact .

View on the TechSmith website.

See also Recording lectures with screen recording software (Camtasia).

ChemDrawÌý

Students, Faculty, Staff

After you have been granted access to the ChemDraw portal:

  • Select ChemDraw as the desired software from the homepage
  • Click Get ChemDraw
  • Follow the instructions given on Revvity's site

91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ's Chemdraw license includes the free use of Revvity's SignalsNotebook, standard edition, a cloud based subscription service of an intuitive electronic notebook.

For software-related issues, contact

Ìý(citation management)
(Clarivate)

Student, Faculty, Staff

Windows and macOS 10.14 or higher: Download EndNote 2025 from the Software LicensingÌýsite.

- EndNoteÌý2025 is recommended for all current operating systems versions.
- EndNoteÌý21 is still available for older MacOS versions (10.14 (Mojave) and earlier.

Please consult the following article for installation instructions:

For software-related issues, contact the or directly.

Check the for software update information.

Note: Safari has known issues with EndNote; Mozilla Firefox is the recommended browser.

Endpoint protection for work computersFaculty, Staff
Endpoint protection software is installed on 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ-managed work computers and computers in public areas on campus.
We recommend that all 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ students, faculty, and staff members install antivirus software on their personal devices or use the antivirus protection that comes with their devices.
Gaussian softwareStudents, Faculty, Staff
Download for Windows, Mac, and Linux (91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ login required). Requires serial number provided in download file.

For software-related issues, contact .

JMP (SAS Institute)Students, Faculty, Staff
Download and install versions for Mac and Windows from the site. (Install and usage instructions are on the site.)
For software-related issues, contact .
LimeSurvey

Faculty, Staff
Limited to 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ faculty and staff for research or administrative purposes.

Students

Limited to students working on a thesis or special project. Must be sponsored by a professor or a 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ staff member. Any other use of the survey tool will be denied.

See the LimeSurvey Service description in the next column to request access to the tool.

This includes alternative survey tools, instructions to request access, training material, and documentation.

Mathematica (Wolfram Research)ÌýStudents, Faculty, Staff

For Faculty and staff's home use, follow this link to request a home use license: - This option requires a no-charge order and may take a couple of days for the order to process.

For staff and students's: download from Wolfram website by following these steps:

  1. You must first using your 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ email address.
  2. Then request the download and activation key by .

Once an activation key has been created, the license will appear on your .

For software-related issues, contact .
MATLAB and Tools (MathWorks)

ÌýStudents, Faculty, Staff

using your 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ email address.

Follow the instructions in to create an account and install the software.

For software-related issues, contact support.
Office 365 for enterpriseÌý(Microsoft)Students, Faculty, Staff (for use on personal computers/devices)

See the service description for access.

See notes on accessibilityÌýbelow.
Qualtrics (e-elections)

Faculty and staff (Exceptionally students who are also staff.)

This service can be used to hold elections using electronic ballots instead of a paper-based voting process.

REDCap

Students, Faculty, Staff
This online survey and database tool is intended for research data collection by 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ researchers.

Limited for research purposes.

Access to the software is subject to approval.Ìý


For questions pertaining to research software, contact Digital Research Services at drs@mcgill.ca.

SAS (SAS, Inc.)Students, Faculty, Staff
Download from the site.
Requires the provided license to install.
For software-related issues, contact (may require additional information from IT Services).

If you need to renew the license:

  1. Download the SAS license again from the software site:
    1. Sign into the software site
    2. Click on the arrow at the top-right beside your name.
    3. Click Your Accounts/Orders
    4. Find your SAS order and click View Details.
    5. Click Download
  2. Install the SAS license again:
    1. Close SAS.
    2. From the Windows search box > type in Renew SAS
    3. Right-click Renew SAS Software and select Run As Administrator. If a User Access Control dialog box appears, click Allow.
    4. Browse to the location of the file you downloaded in Step 1, select it, and click Open.
SigmaPlot (Systat)Faculty, Staff
Download from the site.
Requires the provided license to install.
For software-related issues, contact .
Slido

Faculty, Students
Slido is a web-based polling application via Webex.

See *About: Polling @ 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ for support and documentation.
SMART Notebook SoftwareFaculty, Staff
This software is installed in classrooms that contain SMART interactive displays. Instructors wishing to use their own laptops in these classrooms may install the drivers and ink from the .
See Classrooms equipped with interactive displays.
SnagIt (TechSmith)

Students
Access at many public computers on campus

Faculty, Staff
Download from the site.

Requires the provided activation code to install.

For software-related issues, contact
SPSS Statistical SoftwareStudents, Faculty, Staff
Download from theÌý site.Ìý

SPSS can be installed on systems owned by faculty, staff, and students for teaching and non-commercial academic research.

For software-related issues, contact (may require additional information from IT Services).

Toad for OracleÌý(Quest Software)
Faculty, Staff
Access to the software is subject to approval. Please contact theÌýservice owner and provide the department, description of need, and usage details.Ìý

Tool for Oracle Application Developers, more widely known asÌýToad for Oracle, is part of a toolset for managing relational and non-relational databases using SQL.Ìý It is aimed at database developers, database administrators, and data analysts.

For software-related issues, please contactÌý

The software license agreement between 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ and Quest is valid until June 27, 2026, and does not extend to any installation on personal devices.

This license agreement covers using the Base Edition and Database Admin Module.

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references

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES:

  • All 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ users can visit the , which offers educational discounts for many software products.
  • About Software Licensing (service description)

For guidance on accessibility with Microsoft Office and Adobe products, see: