Media Services

• Overview
  • Scheduled Hours
  • Staff
• Classrooms & Labs
  • Legacy MRS
  • Satellite TV Signals Available
• Borrowing Equipment
  • Audience Response Systems: Overview
  • Equipment Available
  • Laptops & Projectors
  • Fine Policy
• Media Viewing
  • Faculty & Staff FAQ
  • Student FAQ
• Training & Support
• Event Services
  • Policies, Procedures, and Necessary Information
  • Technology Built Into Event Spaces
  • Event Booking Process
  • Equipment Rental Rates
  • Legacy MRS
  • Advertise Your Events on the MDS
• Request Forms
  • Media Equipment for Classrooms
  • Event Request Forms
  • Simmons Cable TV Request
  • Software Installation Request
  • Message Display Request
  • Performance Release

Laptop Specifications

For information about software support provided by Technology, please see our Software Standards.

Windows Laptops Available for Loan to Faculty and Staff

Hardware

• Processor:  Intel Pentium M 1.6Ghz
• RAM:  1GB
• Hard drive:  75GB
• Wireless:  Yes
• USB ports: 4
• Firewire: No
• Video out:  VGA, Composite
• Monitor: 14" display

Software

• Operating System: Windows XP Professional SP2
• Office suite: database, presentation, spreadsheet, word processing: Microsoft Office Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word 2003
• Web browsing: Firefox, Internet Explorer
• Antivirus: Sophos
• Calendar: Meeting Maker
• CD creation: Roxio Easy CD Creator
• Library: Write-N-cite/ebrary plug-ins
• Multimedia viewers: Apple Quicktime 6.52, DVD Player, Flash Player, Windows MediaPlayer 10, RealPlayer Enterprise, Shockwave Player
• PDF viewer: Adobe Acrobat Reader 7
• DVD player: Win DVD
• Utilities: Smartboard, Canon Digital Camera Viewer
• Additional software available only when the laptop is connected to the Simmons network through a network jack on-campus:
  • Create PDF Files : Acrobat Professional 7
  • Image creation, manipulation Adobe Photoshop CS2
  • Statistical analysis: Minitab, SAS, SPSS
  • Web page/site authoring Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004

Access to the Simmons file server

• Through remote.simmons.edu

Macintosh Laptops Available for Loan to Faculty and Staff

Hardware

• Processor:  1.5 Ghz PowerPC G4
• RAM:  512 MB DDR SDRAM
• HD
• Wireless:  Yes
• USB Port: 2
• Firewire: 1
• Video out:  DVI, Composite
• Monitor: 15" cinema display

Software

• Operating System: Macintosh OS 10.3.8
• Office suite: presentation, spreadsheet, word processing: Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, and Word 2004
• Web browsing: Firefox, Safari
• Antivirus: Sophos
• Calendar: Meeting Maker
• CD creation: OX X Burn
• Library: Write-N-cite/ebrary plug-ins
• Multimedia editing: GarageBand, iDVD, iMovie, iPhoto
• Multimedia viewers: Apple Quicktime 6.52, DVD Player, Flash Player, Windows Media Player, Real Player v. 10.0.0, Shockwave Player
• PDF viewer: Adobe Acrobat Reader 7
• DVD player: Apple DVD
• Utilities: Smartboard, iSync
• Additional software available only when the laptop is connected to the Simmons network through a network jack on-campus:
  • Create PDF Files : Acrobat Professional 7
  • Image creation, manipulation Adobe Photoshop CS2
  • Web page/site authoring Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004

Access to the Simmons file server

• Through remote.simmons.edu