Computer Workstations and Labs

Computer workstations

Public workstations in the Doucette Library are available at all hours the library is open. They are for the use of Faculty of Education students, faculty, support staff and library researchers.

Computer Labs for Teaching

Faculty of Education instructors can book computer labs for Education teaching purposes by contacting the Technology Help Desk at

Email: educhelp [at] ucalgary [dot] ca
Phone: 403-220-6052.

Students wishing to book a computer lab for class purposes must ask their instructor to arrange the booking.

There are both PC and Mac teaching labs (portable) available.

Standard Software

MS Office 2007 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
SPSS (Windows Only)
FireFox, Internet Explorer
Mozilla Seamonkey (with composer)
WebDisk
Inspiration/Kidspiration
Audacity
Acrobat Reader
RefWorks
SSH Secure File Transfer
eXe

Specialized Hardware / Software

Flat bed Scanners
PhotoStory
Adobe Photoshop
CD-R writers
DVD-ROM (select computers)
Digital Video Capture (select Windows)
Macromedia Dreamweaver
SMARTBoard Software Suite
iLife: iMovie, iWeb, iDVD,iPhoto (mac)

After Hours access for ED Tower 806 is available for Graduate student in APSY and GDER. 

To obtain the combination for this computer lab please go to the GDER Office located in Ed Tower room 940.  Please have your picture ID with you.

GDER office hours:
Monday – Friday 8:00am – 4:30pm

Computer labs

Doucette technology staff also maintain the following computer labs:

• Ed Block 374 (often used as public workstations during open hours)
• Ed Block 252 (teaching lab)
• Ed Block 260 (teaching lab)
• Ed Block 268 (priority for EAP classes)
• Ed Tower 806 (drop-in lab for grad students)
• Portable Macintosh computer labs (teaching lab)