The Innovation Lab is located on the main level of Leyburn Library. There are 18 computers--6 Macintosh Computers and 12 PCs. The computers have multimedia software and various research and analytical software on them.

Adobe
     Acrobat
     Dreamweaver
     Flash
     Illustrator
     InDesign
     LiveCycle Designer
     Photshop
Arc GIS
Audacity
Google Earth
Microsoft Office, including Publisher and Photo Story
Python
Roxio Creator
SPSS
StataIC

Applies To: Students

To reserve rooms in Leyburn Library please click this link. 

To reserve the Computer Training Lab Leyburn Room 301 contact Lisa Dunlap ldunlap@wlu.edu in ITS.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

Go to library.wlu.edu
Under Services click Room Reservations
There you can reserve the room, view the weekly reservations, or ask questions.

To reserve Computer Training Lab Leyburn Room 301 contact Lisa Dunlap in ITS. 
Call X 8842 or e-mail ldunlap@wlu.edu

Huntley Hall 322 has 34 Dell computers with Windows 7 operating system.

The following software is installed on the lab computers:

 Updated September 2012

Applies To: Students

There are six Xenith Wyse terminals to access the VDIs in The Stable. The VDIs have Windows 7 operating systems.

Updated September 2012

Applies To: Students

Adobe CS5

Office Suite

Tandberg Software

Acrobat 9

WinTV

Google Earth

Applies To: Students

Updated August 2013

Applies To: Students

Unfortunately, no. It cannot be pre-installed in the lab environment.

That said, you may certainly use Box Edit. Box Edit will prompt you to install it any time you log into a computer, log in to your Box account, and then attempt to edit a file.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

Adobe Creative Suite 4
     Dreamweaver
     Flash
     InDesign
     Illustrator
     Photoshop
Final Cut Express 4
Firefox 3
FlipShare (Flip Video)
Google Earth
iCal
iChat
iLife
     GarageBand
     iDVD
     iMovie
     iPhoto
     iTunes
     iWeb
iWorks '09
     Keynote
     Numbers
     Pages
MacMail
Maple 13
Microsoft Office 2008
     Excel
     Power Point
     Word
Photo Booth
Sarari
Text Edit

Applies To: Students

The conference phone can be checked out by students and staff from the Information desk.  The student check out is 4 hours.  The staff check out is 24 hours.

You can currently use rooms 40, 41, and 47.

A Conference Calls allow up to eight parties in a conversation.

To set up a conference call:

1. Get the first party on the line

2. Press the FLASH button (The FLASH button just puts the first party on a soft hold.On the Soundstation2 conference phone, use the button with the 3 people icon on it)

3. Dial next extension number or key in 9 and dial an outside number

4. Inform the called party that this is a conference call

5. Press the CONF button or Key in FLASH * 4 to connect all parties.

6. If you have more participants, repeat steps 2,3 and 5 until you have reached all parties.

To Reconnect to the conference if a called party refuses the conference, is busy, or does not answer:
Press CONNECT (Phone) button
To Drop Last Party You Added to the Conference
Press FLASH
Press * * 4

A conference call allows up to eight parties in a conversation.

Currently you plug the phone both phone and power cord into the wall.

You plug the phone cord and the power into the center of the table.  Use the adaptor for the power cord.

You plug the phone cord and power into the wall jack located behind the podium.

Journalism Applications include:

Adobe Creative Suite 4 (Design Premium)

Avid Newscutter (Video Editing)

Avid iNews (Newsroom Production System)

Sony Soundforge (Audio Editing)

Applies To: Students

PowerFAIDS is a software product developed by The College Board that provides critical functionality regarding financial aid management.  The Financial Aid Department utilizes the PowerFAIDS product to assign and manage awards for students each term.  

Data collected in PowerFAIDS is fed to Datatel Colleague in order to reflect awards and pending aid on student billing.

Only Financial Aid staff have access to the PowerFAIDS product.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

Students can download Office products and antivirus from the Student Software Download page.

Employees can download Office products and antivirus from the Employee Software Downloads page. 

The University provides site licensing for these products on University-owned equipment:

• Microsoft Windows Upgrades
• Microsoft Office Professional and Enterprise
• Symantec Anti-Virus, Corporate Edition

In addition, these products are licensed for all student-owned computers.

Faculty and staff may install Microsoft Office on their personally-owned computers if its use is primarily for work-related purposes. Employees may purchase installation media at the University Store provided they sign a Work-at-Home Agreement at the Store.

Please contact your ITS Client Services Support Specialist for licensing information on other software products. ITS can often provide licensed installations at no charge to the department or provide significant volume discounts for certain products.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

If you are getting a pop up window that Symantec is out of date either:

1. Click on the upright Yellow Shield in your task bar.

2. When the Symantec Window pops up click Live Update on the Left.

If you can't find the yellow shield

1. Click on Start > All Programs > Symantec Endpoint Protection

2. Click on Live Update on the Left.

Syamtec will now run Live Update, you can safely ignore both windows until it has finished.

1. Plug a USB camera into USB port of computer. Logitech USB webcams are available for checkout at the Information Desk in Leyburn Library.

2. Open Skype and log in.

3. In Skype, go to Tools > Options > Audio Settings and choose the Logitech microphone for the audio.

4. In Skype, go to Tools > Options > Video Settings and choose the Logitech camera for the video. (The resident camera does not work with Skype; Skype requires a USB camera, so it can't get the signal from the Dazzle camera.)

5. Add a contact-enter the Skype name, full name or email address of the party you want to call and click find.

6. Click on Video Call to call the person.

7. If multiple people will be sitting in on the Skype interview/video call, you may want to check out the Polycom Conference phone from the Information Desk for better audio.

• Submissions for printing will be accepted from CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, flash/thumb/USB drive, and Sakai.
  To upload an poster to Sakai: (1) Login (2) Go to "My Workspace" (3) Select "Membership" (3) Select "Poster Printing Drop Box" (4) Go to the folder with your name and click "Add" and "Upload Files."
• The following file formats will be accepted: jpg, tiff, or PDF, as well as, images from the following software programs: Adobe Photoshop, MS Publisher, MS PowerPoint, or Adobe Acrobat.
• Clients are encouraged to speak with University Library and/or ITS Staff prior to printing for training in preparing items. Contact Elizabeth Anne Teaff to schedule an appointment to setup a time to meet with one of our staff members.
• Printing services will be assessed at the rate of $15.00 for standard posters (up to 30” by 42”) and $20.00 for larger items.
• Departments wishing to print posters for advertising purposes, will be assessed at the rate of $30 per poster. A $5 fee will be added to the standard poster price if the due date for the poster is the same day the poster printing request is made.
• Individuals who place jobs to be printed, but fail to claim or pay for this service, will have a fee of $20.00 charged to their University account.
• Jobs that fail to meet client expectations will still be charged, unless University Library or ITS Staff was working with the client and they approved the file for printing.
• Printed items may be picked up at the Information Desk of the Leyburn Library. Cash, check, and/or General Debit will be accepted. Departmental Charges will be billed quarterly to the appropriate University account.

• Printing services will be assessed at the rate of $15.00 for standard posters (up to 30” by 42”) and $20.00 for larger items.
• Departments wishing to print posters for advertising purposes, will be assessed at the rate of $30 per poster. A $5 fee will be added to the standard poster price if the due date for the poster is the same day the poster printing request is made.
• Individuals who place jobs to be printed, but fail to claim or pay for this service, will have a fee of $20.00 charged to their University account.
• Jobs that fail to meet client expectations will still be charged, unless University Library or ITS Staff was working with the client and they approved the file for printing.
• Printed items may be picked up at the Information Desk of the Leyburn Library. Cash, check, and/or General Debit will be accepted. Departmental Charges will be billed quarterly to the appropriate University account.

Stata is a combination of the words statistics and data.

SPSS was originally an acronym for Statistical Package of the Social Sciences.  Later it just became the name of the software. 

• The University Library has two large format scanners: one scanner for delicate and fragile items and one for maps and other large documents.
• To use either scanner, items must be larger than 8½” x 11”. Small items may be scanned using one of the many available campus scanners. The Leyburn Library has several scanning stations on the Main Floor. Campus photocopy machines may also be used for scanning.
• Items to be scanned may be dropped off at the Information Desk of the Leyburn at any time. We will have a turnaround time of 2 business days.
• Scanned images will be saved to CD/DVD, clients’ flash/thumb/USB drive, or the web. The University Library has flash drives that may be checked out for a period of 24 hours and used to transport images.

• In cases of large, on going scanning projects fee may be assessed at a rate of $8.00 per hour. Cash, check, and/or General Debit will be accepted. Departmental Charges will be billed to the appropriate University account.

Yes, there most definitely is. The Information Desk has a wide range of digital equipment and multimedia resources for checkout, from HDD video cameras and projectors to royalty free music. You can find the complete list at the Academic Technologies page:

http://www.wlu.edu/x35655.xml 

Statistical software packages are like Excel on steroids.While Excel is a very powerful tool, you wouldn’t use it to compute your income taxes if you had a complicated return.  You would use specialized tax software.  If you want to perform the types of statistical analysis that can be found in academic journals than software like Stata or SPSS would probably be helpful.  Analyses such as crosstabs, correlations, OLS regressions, logistic regressions, etc. can be done in Excel but are easier in Stata or SPSS.  Other types of analyses just can’t be done in Excel.  Stata and SPSS can also handle much larger data files than Excel.

Stata and SPSS also have excellent data management capabilities that facilitate combining data from different sources.In that sense, they can be thought of as low end database software with extremely strong statistical capabilities.

Web Camera Instructions

For questions please contact ITS: (540) 458-4357.

PC Installation:

1. Log into PC;
2. Plug in camera to USB port;
3. Open "My Computer";
4. Click on "USB Video Device";
   A window will appear showing what the camera sees.
   Notice that when the camera is recording, a red ring lights up on the camera.
5. To stop recording: close video window.

Mac Installation:

1. Log into Mac;
2. Plug in camera to USB port.

Edit Web Camera Files (Mac only):

1. Once the camera has appeared in Finder, locate the folder named DCIM;
2. Under DCIM is the Video folder;
3. Copy the folder or video files that you want onto your H:\ drive;
4. Start up iMovie;
5. Go to File: Import Movies and choose the folder or movies you want to import;
6. Right click on the file and select Play Full Screen.

Log into Atomic Learning and type in the product such as Adobe Illustrator. Check the newer version number and then look for the “What’s New? Training" and it will give you an overview class of the updates.

Additionally when you "Expand all" in you class you will see some topics with red italicized "New to product name"

The IP address of this device will vary based on the location where it is being used. If you need to know the IP address before the time of your conference, the unit will need to be connected to the network in your location prior to the time of your event. An IP address will be automatically assigned and displayed on the screen. You will then need to leave the device hooked to the network to retain that address.

• There will be a 48 hour turnaround for these services. Printing and scanning will take place Monday through Friday during the academic year.

The technology equipment and be checked out by Washington and Lee Students and Employees.

The Fax number for the ITS used in the library is 4462.

1. Open the folder: \\maltiris2\SoftwareDelivery\Microsoft\Management Tools

2. Open the appropriate folder and install the MMC

3. Select the Windows Start button and search for "Turn Windows Features On" and open the application.

4. Expand Remote Server Administration tools

5. Open Role Administration Tools

6. Open AD DS and AD LDS Tools

7. Open AD DS Tools

8. Check Active Directory Administrative Center

9. Select OK

Anti-Virus Software (Windows)

To install anti-virus software on your computer you must first uninstall any other antivirus software you might have before installing ours. Then click on the link Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows 7/Vista/XP and install using Internet Explorer.

Microsoft Office 2010 or 2013 and 2011

Our license agreement with Microsoft provides students with rights to Windows operating system upgrades, Microsoft Office for Windows and MacOS.

• Students are entitled to upgrade to the latest versions until their graduation then you will have a perpetual license(s) for your installed version.
• Students that withdraw from the University without graduating must uninstall the Microsoft products acquired through this license agreement.

To install Office on your computer go to http://wlu.onthehub.com and click the "Sign In" link. If you are prompted, provide your W&L username and password. Click on the product you want and Add to Cart.

• Microsoft downloads are FREE for students.
• You can order backup discs for your products for $13.95 each.
• You can order an Extended Access Guarantee for $4.95 which gives you 24 months of access to your download(s) and license key(s).

Complete and confirm your order. Once your order has been placed, you'll receive an e-mail with a link to your downloads. KEEP TRACK OF YOUR PRODUCT KEY(S)
You will be prompted to do a one time installation of Secure Download Manager. Follow the steps on the web page. Check the Download location at the top of the screen and make sure you have sufficient disk space in the Download Location and "Start Download".

If you have questions, please e-mail helpdesk@wlu.edu

Applies To: Students

ITS expects most computers to last between four and five years.  It is our goal to evaluate the functionality of computers when they turn four years old.  

If your computer is no longer up to the challenge and does not meet your working needs, please contact your Client Services Support person or send an email to help@wlu.edu to seek solutions.

Audacity is a free, open source software for recording and editing sounds available at: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/   The download works on both Macintosh and PCs.

Stata and SPSS are statistical packages that can be found on computers in labs across the W&L campus.  Stata is available in the Williams School and in Leyburn Library.  SPSS is also in the library and on machines in the Science Center. 

You can use the Chat 150 Microphone in the library or in your office. Anywhere you have a connection to a computer.

1. Get  the slide scanning positioning plate and light bar from the Information Desk
2. Place the positioning plate on the scan bed.
3. On the back of the scanner, find the round TMA port and plug the light bar into it (with the indicator arrow on top).
4. Fit the slides/or negatives into the light bar using the built in adapters.  (Note: Make sure that the shiny side of the slide/negative faces the scanner glass not the lightbar).
5. Place the light bar (load with slides/negatives) in the positioning tray.
6. Press the Scan Picture button on the front of the scanner.
7. In the HP Scanning dialog box, select “Scan slides using transparent materials adapter” or “Scan negatives using transparent materials adapter”. Click Scan.
8. When you are finished scanning, click Scan to scan another slide or negative, or Click Done.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

You can download Microsoft Security Essentials at the following site: 

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

Please uninstall any other antivirus software you might have before installing.

• Click on the name of the document library.
• In the ribbon at the top of the page, choose "Library" under "Library Tools"
• Select Library Settings (right side of ribbon)
• Select "Versioning Settings"
• Scroll to the bottom of the page. Under "Require Check Out", select "No"
• Click "OK"

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

You could possibly be missing a CODEC file that did not come with Windows Media Player. Try using another media player like PowerDVD instead.

Applies To: Faculty, Staff, Students

FireFox version 30.0 breaks Windows authentication.  Look for the resource document to the right for the fix.