Learning Commons:Chapman Learning Commons/Facilities

Computers & Software

Chapman Learning Commons (located on level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre) has computers available for you! We have 10 PC and 30 Mac workstations located in our main space. 8 quick scanners are also available for use.

Students, faculty and staff can access our computers with a CWL login. Community members can access our computers using an OpenAthens guest login.

If you are experiencing technical issues, please contact the Learning Commons Information Desk during operating hours or submit a ticket to UBC IT. (Please include your name, email address, CWL and the specifics of the issue, including workstation number)

The software available at our computer workstations is outlined below:

The 10 PC Workstations have the following software installed:

Adobe CC
Microsoft Office 2016 (includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
Refworks
Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox
Adobe Reader with Chinese/Japanese/Korean fonts
Adobe Flash

All PC workstations have sound cards, USB ports, and a DVD-RW drive.

Mac Workstations

30 Mac workstations are available on level 3 of the Chapman Learning Commons. More Macs are available on level 3 of the Music, Art & Architecture Library, on level 3 of Koerner Library and on level 2 of the Law Library.

All Mac Workstations have the following software installed:

Microsoft Office for Mac 2016 (includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
Apple Pages, Numbers and Keynote
Apple Photos, iMovie and Garage Band
Audacity
Camtasia
LibreOffice 6
Sketchup
Skype
Google Earth Wikitext
CyberDuck (for FTP)
Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox
Xcode (in Applications) and BBedit
Filezilla
VLC

Mac workstations in the Chapman Learning Commons also have:

Adobe CC These programs include: Acrobat DC; After Effects CC 2017; Animate CC 2017; Audition CC 2017; Bridge CC 2017; Character Animator CC (Beta); Dreamweaver CC 2017; Extension Manager CC 2017; Fireworks CS6; Flash Builder 4.7; Illustrator CC 2017; InCopy CC 2017; InDesign CC 2017; Lightroom; Media Encoder CC 2017; Muse CC 2017; Photoshop CC 2017; Prelude CC 2017; Premier Pro CC 2017; Scout CC; SpeedGrade CC 2015; Adobe XD - Coming soon!
Final Cut Pro X
Redcine-x Professional

Mac workstations in the Music, Art & Architecture Library also have:

In the Chapman Learning Commons, there are 8 scanners available at the Mac workstations, including an express scanning station with a ten minute time limit. All Mac workstations come with an SD card reader on the back right side of the monitor.

Multimedia Mac Workstations

The Chapman Learning Commons and Music, Art & Architecture Library offer Multimedia Mac Workstations with additional software, including: