Software at the U of M

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In the labs

As you probably already know, there are a number of computer labs all around campus. These facilities are intended to give you all the tools you may need to make it through university with a big smile on your face.  If you need a program for an assignment or class, you will find it in the lab. Here are just a few of the applications available to you on-campus:

• Microsoft Office 2007
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Matlab
• ...

To use them all you have to do is to log-in with your UMnetID. If you don’t have one, just follow the simple ClaimID procedure.

Web-based

The university provides some web based applications which you can use to access your U of M account on your PC or laptop while connected to the free WiFi on-campus or from home.

1. U of M e-mail account

While taking classes at U of M you need your university e-mail account. You automatically get an address of the type: umSomething@cc.umanitoba.ca when you claim your UMnetID. Some professors may send e-mails to their students’ U of M accounts and may accept e-mails only from such accounts. That’s why you should always check your U of M e-mail. You can do so by following 3 simple steps:

• go to: http://mail.cc.umanitoba.ca/
• click on Web Mail
• log-in using your UMnetID and password

Make sure you log-out from your e-mail when you are done using it.

1. Your H: drive

Your H: drive is your “on-line USB stick”. Although USB memory sticks are very accessible nowadays and you probably already own one, there is always a risk that you may forget it or lose it. To avoid the feeling of losing an assignment you have been writing for a week, you can simply store it on your H: drive and access it from everywhere. While in a lab, simply save or copy the file you are working with on drive H: instead of on the desktop. To access this file from your laptop or home computer simply open this address in your browser: http://ins.umanitoba.ca/netstorage/ You will be prompted for your UMnetID and password (the same ones you use to log-in in the computer lab). After submitting this information you will gain access to all your files and folders. Do not forget to Log-out after you finish using the system.

1. Print on-campus from your laptop

Sometimes you may forget your printed assignment at home on the due date. As you can imagine that certainly would not be a pleasant moment, especially if you can’t open it on the campus computers. Nevertheless, if you have it on your laptop you can easily print it on-campus by using the following web tool: https://iprint.cc.umanitoba.ca/ipp You will be prompted to install the iPrint client software for Microsoft Windows and after that you can print on any printer on-campus from your laptop. You can also print from home; however you carry the risk that someone may “recycle” your assignment before you get to campus. 