Software and Applications

Chico State supports many campus-licensed software options.

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Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe Creative Cloud is a group of applications used for design, productivity, and development. Adobe Creative Cloud is available on Windows and Mac desktops, as well as some mobile devices.
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Ally

Ally is a software solution designed to support faculty members in creating accessible course content within Canvas.
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Box

Box is the approved cloud-based content storage and collaboration service for university staff and faculty.
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Canvas

Canvas is Chico State's student learning management system.
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Cascade

Tutorials on how to use Cascade (Campus Web).
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CSU Learn

CSU Learn assigns, tracks, and leverages content ranging from mandatory professional development to compliance.
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Google Workspace Applications

Google Workspace Applications include Google Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, and more. Your Chico State account allows you access to these applications with 20GB of storage.
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Kaltura

Kaltura is Chico State's video platform that allows students, faculty, and staff to upload, manage, and publish video content. The Kaltura platform allows the campus community to host videos and audio files in a centralized location and share that content to a variety of other platforms including Canvas, the university website, or through email.
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Poll Everywhere

Poll Everywhere is a web-based polling software that allows participants to respond to polls or surveys synchronously or asynchronously from their cell phones, tablets, or laptops. Results are tabulated and can be displayed in real time on-screen.
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Proctorio

Proctorio is an online proctoring software product purchased by the campus that integrates with Canvas.
Proctorio is being used for some courses, mostly fully online courses, to provide a measure of academic integrity while taking exams online.
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Teams

Microsoft Teams is a comprehensive communication and collaboration platform developed by Microsoft. It integrates chat, video meetings, file storage, and collaboration on documents, enabling teams and organizations to stay connected and work together seamlessly from any location. Teams is designed to integrate closely with Microsoft Office 365 products, facilitating efficient workflow and project management among users.
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VMWare

VMware software allows you to run a virtual computer on your physical computer. It has virtualization, networking, and security management tools.
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Web Accessibility

Online content and multimedia best practices for accessibility.
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Zoom Virtual Conferencing

Zoom is Chico State’s video conferencing solution available to all students, faculty, and staff.
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Articles (19)

Pinned Article Campus Software Licensing & Purchasing Agreements

List of campus-provided software for Staff, Faculty, and Students for both campus and personal devices.

Pinned Article Microsoft 365 for Students & Personal Devices

Guide for students to acquire Microsoft 365 apps, which includes programs like Word, Excel, and Powerpoint.

Accessing PowerBI (free) via the Web

A free version of PowerBI is offered to all students and can be requested by Staff or Faculty.

Adding An Outlook Room Calendar

Instructions on how to add an Outlook room calendar via PC and MAC.

ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Pro is available for all GEOP Students to download via campus licensing.

Compromised Account Settings

If your Chico State account gets compromised, follow these steps to secure your account.

Connecting Data to Power BI via the Cloud

How and where to store data for the Power BI dashboards.

How to Clear Web Browser Cache and Cookies

This document details how to clear web browser cache and cookies on a PC and a MAC using Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari.

IBM SPSS

IBM SPSS Statistics is a statistical software suite developed by IBM for data management, advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, business intelligence, and criminal investigation.

Installing SolidWorks on a Loaner Laptop

Instructions for students on installing SolidWorks on a Chico State loaner laptop

Kurzweil 3000

Kurzweil 3000 is an inclusive technology, text-to-speech, learning tool that supports the concept of Universal Design for Learning with a collection of powerful reading, writing, test-taking, and study skill tools that makes content accessible and efficient to all students, staff, and faculty.

MATLAB

MATLAB is a proprietary programming language and software client developed by MathWorks. It is available to both campus and personal devices.

Mendeley Cite

How to guide for setting up Mendeley Cite on a campus-licensed version of Microsoft 365.

Microsoft Bookings

Microsoft Bookings makes scheduling and managing appointments a breeze. Bookings include a web-based booking calendar that integrates with Outlook to optimize your staff’s calendar and give your customers the flexibility to book a time that works best for them.

Otter.ai

Otter.ai is a free web application and mobile application that converts live speaking into a written transcription. You can get real-time streaming transcripts and, within minutes, rich, searchable notes with text, audio, images, speaker ID, and key phrases.

Sagemath

SageMath is free, open-source math software that supports research and teaching in algebra, geometry, number theory, cryptography, numerical computation, and related areas. The overall goal of Sage is to create a viable, free, open-source alternative to Maple, Mathematica, Magma, and MATLAB.

uBlock Origin

uBlock Origin is a free and open-source, cross-platform browser extension for content filtering, including ad-blocking. uBlock Origin's stated purpose is to give users the means to enforce their own (content-filtering) choices.

Updating Browser Bookmarks

Quick guide for deleting and updating browser bookmarks in a variety of browsers

WinSCP Configuration for YourWeb

This document details how to configure your FTP Account information for the YourWeb in WinSPC.