List of Software Available

Adobe Products

Name Price Description Requirements How to order
Acrobat Reader Free Open, read and print PDFs, and fill out PDF forms Available for UBC staff and faculty Available on UBC-managed devices
Acrobat Pro DC Cost-recovery Create, edit, and sign PDF documents Available for UBC staff and faculty Getting Started
Adobe Creative Cloud Cost-recovery The collection of 20+ apps including Acrobat Pro DC, Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, and InDesign. Available for UBC faculty and staff Getting Started

*For more information about Adobe Software Licensing, including FAQ and ordering information, visit the Adobe Products software licensing page.

 

Anti-Virus Software

* For more information about antivirus software available from UBC IT, please visit the antivirus webpage for support details, FAQ, and download instructions.

 

Course Software

Name Price Description Requirements How to order
iClicker Free Clickers are wireless handheld devices that allow students to respond individually to in-class polls and quizzes, sending instant responses from the whole class to the instructor's computer. Clickers are known as a type of Classroom Response System (CRS) Available for all faculty, staff, and researchers Getting Started
Respondus StudyMate Free Respondus StudyMate is a desktop software instructors can download and use to create simple animation-based activities and games using custom course content. Available for all faculty, staff, and students Getting Started
Respondus Quiz Free Respondus Quiz is an assessment software for quickly creating and managing exams or quizzes that can either be printed and distributed as paper copies or imported to a Canvas course. Available for all faculty, staff, and researchers Getting Started

 

Data Analysis Software

Name Price Description Requirements How to install
NVivo Software
Free Used for qualitative data analysis by researchers, evaluators, educators, and students. Enables users to collect, organize and analyze content from qualitative data sources. Available for all students, staff, and faculty Further Information
Tableau
Free A modern, easy-to-use data analysis and reporting tool that allows effective data visualization from departmental data sets. Available for students and instructors Further Information

 

Mathematical, Statistical Software, and Scientific Software

Name Price Description Requirements How to order
MATLAB Free A language for technical computing that combines numeric computation, advanced graphics and visualization, and a high-level programming language Available for all faculty, staff, and researchers for non-commercial Teaching & Research Purposes Full details for MATLAB
SAS Free A software suite of products for business intelligence, business analytics, data warehousing, and data mining used to gather, manage, and analyze large amounts of information. SAS must only be used by UBC staff, faculty, employees, and students and only for non-commercial Teaching and Research and/or Administrative purposes for UBC. Full details for SAS
SPSS Free An advanced statistical package for the Social Sciences Available for all students, staff, and faculty Full details for SPSS
Maple Free A powerful mathematical problem-solving and visualization system used worldwide in education, research, and industry. UBC owned computers: computer labs, computers purchased under grants, departmental laptops, etc. Faculty owned computers: personal or office computers. Full details for Maple
SOLIDWORKS Free A 3D CAD Design and analysis software, and a solid modeler that utilizes a parametric feature based approach to create models and assemblies. The software is available in most engineering computer labs and Student Engineering Kits (SEK) are available via our license agreement for your personal device. SOLIDWORKS Student Engineering Kit (SEK) is available to all Vancouver campus' Faculty of Applied Science students.

SOLIDWORKS Education edition is available to Faculty of Applied Science staff and faculty.
SOLIDWORKS SEK for students

SOLIDWORKS Education Edition for faculty and staff

* Other software licenses are available not offered directly by UBC IT. Click here to view the other software.

Microsoft Products

UBC has a campus agreement for commonly used Microsoft products, including: Windows OS Upgrade Version, Microsoft Office, Visio, and Project.

For full details on Microsoft Products, please visit the Microsoft Products and Price Listing page.

 

Oracle

The software and full Oracle support is available at no charge to UBC administrative and academic departments for administrative, research, and community service use. 

For full details on Oracle Software, please visit the Oracle Software licensing page.

For more information or to purchase software for the Vancouver campus, please contact IT Software Licensing. Okanagan campus staff and faculty should contact the Instructional Computing Centre in the Okanagan.

 

Screen Capture Software

Name Price Description Requirements How to order
Snagit Free Snagit allows you to capture, modify, and share screenshots and basic desktop video captures.
  • Must have an active CWL account
  • Must be an active UBC staff, faculty or student
  • Windows 7 or greater, or OSX 10.8 or greater
Getting Started
Camtasia Free Camtasia complements the functionality of Snagit to include comprehensive video and audio recording of your screen, along with a powerful but simple timeline-based editor.
  • Must have an active CWL account
  • Must be an active UBC staff, faculty or student
  • Windows 7 or greater, or OSX 10.8 or greater
Getting Started
VideoScribe Free

VideoScribe is an animation software that allows instructors to create animation videos on a virtual whiteboard. Instructors can choose from an extensive library of shapes, images and text fonts, customize the animations, and add voiceovers and soundtracks.

Note: if your computer only meets the minimum system requirements you may experience some slow performance. For a smoother experience please ensure your system meets or exceeds the recommended requirements.

Microsoft Windows (PC)

To run VideoScribe on a PC you need at least:

  • Microsoft Windows 7 or higher
  • 4GB of available RAM
  • An X86-compatible processor or Intel Atom 1.6GHz (Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Phenom II processor recommended)
  • A screen that can handle 1024x768 resolution (1280x720 resolution recommended)
Getting Started

Mac OSX/macOS

To run VideoScribe on a Mac you need at least:

  • OSX 10.7 or higher / macOS 10.12 or higher (must be using at least VideoScribe v3.5.2-18 or higher if you are using MacOS 10.15 or higher)
  • 4GB of available RAM
  • An intel 1.83GHz processor (Multicore Intel Processor recommended)
  • A screen that can handle 1024x768 resolution (1280x720 resolution recommended)

Notes for all operating systems

  • An internet connection is required to login to the application for the first time and also to access the online resources in the image and music library
  • Voiceover recording requires an internal or external microphone
  • VideoScribe is compatible on 32-bit and 64-bit systems

*For more information, including FAQ and ordering information, visit the Screen Capture software licensing page