Desktop Services Support at Discovery Park

To request accommodations for any of the classrooms below, please fill out a Technical Accommodations Request.

NOTE: Instructors are strongly recommended to contact the UIT Desktop Services office prior to the beginning of each semester to request software, configuration changes and/or test applications.  Click here to set an appointment time with the Desktop Services technical manager.

Room
Stations
Platform
DP-B140
48
Microsoft Windows
DP-B142
48
Microsoft Windows
DP-D212
24
Microsoft Windows
DP-D215
35
Apple OS X

We have configured the Windows desktops with the following configuration:

  • Dell OptiPlex 3030 All-In-One (Intel Core i5 3GHz, 8GB RAM)
  • Windows 10 64-bit OS
  • iCheckin self-service login client
  • Blackboard support web browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox & Google Chrome)
  • Adobe Acrobat XI Professional
  • SSH & SCP clients
  • VLC video player
  • 7-Zip archive tool
  • Microsoft Office 2016

We have configured the Apple desktops in DP-D215 with the following configuration:

  • Apple iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013, Intel Core i5 2.9GHz, 8GB RAM)
  • OS X 10.11
  • Microsoft Office 2016
  • Blackboard support web browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox & Google Chrome)

Please note: Instructors and students can expect updated software that meet CLEAR's specifications for BlackBoard Learn.

If further technical requirements are required, professors and/or their representive staff member should determine carefully what technologies, applications and features will be needed for their environment and convey that information to the UIT Desktop Services manager. It is the instructor's responsibility to verify that the computer setup is as required for class.