- Software available at McGill

OVERVIEW

Target audience: Students, faculty and staff

McGill's campus software program includes a wide range of software applications for use by the campus community.

In this article:

Available software - includes who is eligible to use it, how to get it and support information
Additional references - includes related resources for software, and links to help make content accessible for all users.

Notes:

For assistance installing any of the software in this list, please contact the IT Service Desk.
For support using the software, see the vendor's support links provided.
The term "Faculty", used below, includes Professors Emeriti, with an appointment.

Tip for faculty, staff and researchers:

If you would like McGill 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 McGill Approved and Rejected Cloud solutions. If no solution meets your needs, please submit a request via the Software or cloud service acquisition webform.

SOFTWARE	WHO CAN ACCESS & HOW	SUPPORT & OTHER INFO
Endpoint protection for work computers	Faculty & Staff Endpoint protection software is installed on McGill-managed work computers and computers in public areas on campus.	We recommend that all McGill students, faculty and staff members install an antivirus software on their personal devices, or use the antivirus protection that comes with their device.
ArcGIS (ESRI)	Students Can access at many computer labs on campus Faculty & Staff Can Download	See Installation Instructions for ArcGIS. For software-related issues, contact ESRI.
Camtasia Studio (Techsmith)	Students Can access at many computer labs on campus Faculty & Staff Download and install from the Software Licensing site. Requires you to log in with your McGill credentials.	For software-related issues, contact TechSmith. View Camtasia tutorials on the TechSmith website. See also Recording lectures with screen recording software (Camtasia).
ChemOffice Professional suite	Students, Faculty & Staff Register with ChemOffice. You MUST use your McGill email address.	For software-related issues, contact PerkinElmer.
EndNote (citation management) (Thomson Reuters)	Students, Faculty & Staff Download and install versions for Mac and Windows from the Software Licensing site.	For software-related issues, contact the library or EndNote directly. Check the library for software update information. Note: Safari has known issues with EndNote; Mozilla Firefox is the recommended browser.
Gaussian software	Students, Faculty & Staff Download Gaussian for Windows, Mac and Linux Requires serial number provided in download file.	For software-related issues, contact Gaussian.
JMP (SAS Institute)	Students, Faculty & Staff Download and install versions for Mac and Windows from the Software Licensing site.	For software-related issues, contact JMP.
LimeSurvey	Faculty & Staff, Student in a limited fashion for thesis and special projects LimeSurvey is limited to McGill faculty and staff for research or administrative purposes. Students working on a thesis or special project may use the tool if sponsored by a professor or a McGill 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.	Service Description, including alternative survey tools, instructions to request access, training material and documentation is available in this article: LimeSurvey service description
Mathematica (Wolfram Research)	Students, Faculty & Staff 1. Create a Wolfram ID. You MUST use your McGill email address. Confirm your ID via email. 2. Request the download and activation key: Student (personally owned computer) Faculty / Staff (McGill-owned computer) Faculty/staff (home use) - This option requires a no-charge order and may take a couple of days for the order to process. 3. Click the "Product Summary page" to access your license. 4. Click "Get Downloads" and select "Download" next to your operating system. Once an activation key has been created, the license will show up in your Wolfram User Portal page.	For software-related issues, contact Wolfram.
MATLAB and Tools (MathWorks)	Students, Faculty & Staff Create a Mathworks account. You MUST use your McGill email address.	For software-related issues, contact Mathworks support.
Office 365 ProPlus (Microsoft)	Students, Faculty & Staff (for use on personal computers/devices) See the service description for access.	See notes on accessibility, below.
Respondus (Respondus, Inc.)	Faculty & Staff Download and install versions for Mac and Windows from the Software Licensing site.	Find documentation for Respondus in the Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base. For software-related issues, contact Respondus.
SAS (SAS, Inc.)	Students, Faculty & Staff Download from the Software Licensing site. Requires the provided license to install.	For software-related issues, contact SAS Support (may require additional information from IT Services). License renewal steps: A) Download the SAS license again from the software site: Sign into the software site Click on the arrow at the top-right, beside your name. Click Your Accounts/Orders Find your SAS order and click View Details. Click Download Download the license file. B) Install the SAS license again: Close SAS. From the Windows search box > type in Renew SAS Right-click Renew SAS Software and select Run As Administrator. If a User Access Control dialog box appears, click Allow. Browse to the location of the file you downloaded in step A, select it and click Open.
SigmaPlot (Systat)	Faculty & Staff Download from the Software Licensing site. Requires the provided license to install.	For software-related issues, contact SigmaPlot.
Slido	Faculty & Students Slido is a web-based polling application via Webex.	See About: Polling @ McGill for support and documentation.
SMART Notebook Software	Faculty & Staff This software is installed in classrooms that contain SMART interactive displays. Instructors who wish to use their own laptop in these classrooms may install the drivers and ink from the SMART Tech website.	See Classrooms equipped with interactive displays.
SnagIt (TechSmith)	Students Access at many public computers on campus Faculty & Staff Download from the Software Licensing site. Requires the provided activation code to install.	For software-related issues, contact TechSmith.
SPSS Statistical Software	Students, Faculty & Staff Download from the Software Licensing site. SPSS can be installed on systems owned by faculty, staff, and students for the purpose of teaching and non-commercial academic research.	For software-related issues, contact IBM - SPSS (may require additional information from IT Services).
Toad for Oracle (Quest Software)	Faculty & Staff Access to the software is subject to approval. Please contact the service owner and provide department, description of need and usage details. Tool for Oracle Application Developers, more widely known as Toad for Oracle is part of a database management toolset used to manage relational and non-relational databases using SQL. It is aimed at database developers, database administrators and data analysts.	For software-related issues, please contact Quest The software license agreement between McGill and Quest is valid until June 27, 2026 and does not extend to any installation on personal devices. This license agreement covers the use of the Base Edition and Database Admin Module.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES:

All McGill users can visit the McGill Computer Store, which offers educational discounts for many software products.
About Software Licensing (service description)

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

Microsoft videos on making your Office content more accessible