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Computer Lab Facilities

Our department facilities consist of three PC computer labs. Our primary lab houses 25 Pentium IV workstations using Windows XP and networked to a Novell NetWare server. All computers have rewriteable CD-ROMS and multiple USB ports. Zip drives are also available. Among the software packages available, almost all in the latest versions, are the following:

• Cross-Platforming
  • Adobe Acrobat, Adobe FrameMaker
• Desktop Publishing
  • Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe PageMaker, Microsoft Publisher
• Graphics Software
  • Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Freehand
• Help Authoring
  • RoboHELP Office
• Multimedia
  • Macromedia Flash
• Presentation Program
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
• Scanning Software
  • OmniPage Pro
• Spreadsheet
  • Microsoft Excel
• Web Authoring
  • Arachnophilia, Dreamweaver, Microsoft FrontPage, NoteTab Light, Quadralay WebWorks Publisher
• Word Processing
  • Adobe FrameMaker, Microsoft Word
• XML Development
  • Adobe FrameMaker, XMetal, XML Spy

Also available is a Hewlett Packard 4P color scanner with Paperport and Omni Page Pro software.

A second lab containing 25 computers (Pentium III and IV workstations)is available for Program classes. A third lab containing 25 computers (mostly Pentium III workstations) is available for both introductory undergraduate Program classes and the service course ENGL 202.

All labs are networked to Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printers, resident in each lab. All computers have full access to the Internet.

The university provides students with their own e-mail accounts.

Revised 30 November 2005.