Resources
Staff
Our friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you using the software and hardware we provide in the facilities. We do not provide general software tutorials but will redirect you to other resources to learn new software. Staff are also not able to help you with your assignments and will instead redirect you to your instructor or TA.
Software
The University of Victoria's student computing facilities are equipped with modern Windows and Macintosh computers loaded with a wide variety of business, research, Internet, statistics and math, design, and multimedia production applications.
- Office packages: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), LibraOffice
- Web browsing: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari,
- Web content creation: Dreamweaver, Flash
- CD/DVD burning: Windows, Mac OSX,
- Scanning: VueScan
- Multimedia editing: iLife (iPhoto, iMovie), Adobe Creative Suite (Acrobat, Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator, InDesign)
- Multimedia players: VLC, iTunes
- File transfer packages: FileZilla, Fetch
- Statistics and mathematics: Matlab, Minitab, SAS, SPlus, SPSS, Systat, Stata
Printing and copying
For a small fee, self-serve laser printing and photocopying, including colour printing, is available at all computing facilities.
Wireless networking
Secure wireless Internet is available across the UVic campus. Visitors from participating universities have free access through the eduroam network.
Video projectors
Each classroom is equipped with a projector system that is connected to a workstation and can be connected to your notebook computer.
Multimedia capabilities
Using integrated room speakers or a portable PA system and wireless mic, our classrooms are suitable for multimedia presentations.
A/V rentals
Additional A/V equipment may be rented from UVic Audio Visual Services should you require it.
Questions may be directed to one of the facility contacts.
Self-help resources
The following web links to resources&# (such as tutorials, training videos, reference guides, and software tools) may be useful in learning and using software available at our facilities and other academic software.
Microsoft Outlook 2010
- Microsoft Outlook 2010 training videos (University Systems help centre; video tutorials)
- Microsoft Outlook 2010 quick reference card (Customguide; PDF reference)
Microsoft Word 2010
- Microsoft Word 2010 training videos (University Systems help centre; video tutorials)
- Microsoft Word 2010 quick reference card (Customguide; PDF reference)
- ETDs MS Word template (UVic Libraries; Microsoft Word template for grad theses)
Microsoft Excel 2010
- Microsoft Excel 2010 training videos (University Systems help centre; video tutorials)
- Microsoft Excel 2010 quick reference card (Customguide; PDF reference)
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 training videos (University Systems help centre; video tutorials)
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 quick reference card (Customguide; PDF reference)
Microsoft Publisher 2010
- Microsoft Publisher 2010 training videos (University Systems help centre; video tutorials)
Microsoft OneNote 2010
- Microsoft OneNote 2010 training videos (University Systems help centre; video tutorials)
Microsoft SharePoint 2007
- SharePoint (University Systems help centre; text tutorials)
- SharePoint Server 2007 training courses (Microsoft; self-paced courses on document and slide libraries, workflows, and Excel integration)
Software tools
- Online converter (online-convert; Free web-based tool for converting media between formats)
- EndNote at UVic (UVic Libraries; free trial of commercial biblliographic management software)
- RefWorks (UVic Libraries; log in to campus licensed web-based biblliographic management software)
Training resources
- lynda.com (Extensive online video tutorials for software including office applications; offers free 7-day trial)
- Safari Books Online (Electronic library thousands of books on science and technology, including office applications; free to the UVic community)
Adobe CS6
Resources
- Learn Fireworks CS6 (AdobeTV; video tutorials)
- Learn Photoshop CS6 (AdobeTV; video tutorials)
- Learn Illustrator CS6 (AdobeTV; video tutorials)
- Learn InDesign CS6 (AdobeTV; video tutorials)
- Learn Dreamweaver CS6 (AdobeTV; video tutorials)
- Learn Flash Professional CS6 (AdobeTV; video tutorials)
Apple iLife suite
Resources
- Apple - Support - Manuals (Apple; search browse for PDF manuals by product)
- Apple - Support - Videos: Productivity software (Apple; video tutorials for iWork productivity suite)
- iMovie Help: Get started with iMovie (Apple; text and video tutorials)
- iMovie FAQ (YouTube; video tutorials)
- GarageBand Help: Get started with GarageBand (Apple; text and video tutorials)
Video editing
Resources
- UVic Studios for Integrated Media: Tutorials and documents > Final Cut Tutorials (UVic Fine Arts; tutorials on capturing, exporting, and managing video media in Final Cut)
Audacity
Resources
- Audacity wiki - Tutorials (Audacity community; text and video tutorials)
Software tools
Resources
- Online converter (Free web-based tool for converting media between formats)
Web design
Resources
- W3Schools Online Web Tutorials (W3C; extensive tutorials, references, and sandbox environment for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other web standards)
- HTML Reference (W3C; current and complete reference for HTML tags)
Equipment
Resources
- UVic Studios for Integrated Media (UVic Fine Arts; classrooms, studios, and equipment loans)
- Gear 2 Go (UVic Libraries; digital media equipment loans)
- UVic Audio Visual Services (UVic Audio Visual Services; equipment rental rates and bookings)
Training resources
Resources
- W3Schools Online Web Tutorials (W3C; extensive tutorials, references, and sandbox environment for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other web standards)
- lynda.com (Extensive online video tutorials for software including Adobe CS offering free 7-day trial)
- Safari Books Online (Electronic library thousands of books on science and technology, including digital media; free to the UVic community)
Categories
Math and stats packages training resources
- Maplesoft training (Maplesoft; text and video tutorials, manuals, webinars)
- MATLAB Tutorials and Learning Resources (MathWorks; text and video tutorials, manuals)
- NVivo 8 Tutorials (QSR International; video tutorials)
- Getting Started with SAS (SAS Institute; quick start guide)
- Resources for learning Stata (StataCorp; text and video tutorials)
Programming and scripting
- API Reference: OS X Manual Pages (Apple; manual pages for terminal commands)
Software tools
- Stat/transfer (Circle Systems; a commercial software tool for transferring between different stats packages)
- Athena viral map (Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center: free viral genomic databases and analysis tools)
Citations
- EndNote at UVic (UVic Libraries; free trial of commercial biblliographic management software)
- RefWorks (UVic Libraries; log in to campus licensed web-based biblliographic management software)
- Style Guides (MLA, APA, etc.) (UVic Libraries; quick reference guides to a number of academic citation formats)
Style guides and dictionaries
- University of victoria Editorial Style Guide (UVic Communications; UVic's official style guide for non-academic communications)
- The Chicago Manual of Style Online (University of Chicago; complete searchable and browsable academic style guide)
- The Canadian Oxford Dictionary (Oxford University Press; UVic's official spelling authority for non-academic communications)