Standard Operating Environment
General Access Teaching Computing facilities (GATCF) are available on all main campuses of the University, including the Libraries in Townsville and Cairns.
Only current staff and enrolled students have permission to use the computers located in the GATCF Labs. Students and staff are presented with a login box on the computers where they must enter their JCU username and password.
Details on the location, availability and opening hours of GATCF Labs can be found on the General Access Labs page.
Standard Hardware & Software
There is a range of Software applications and utilities installed on all GATCF workstations forming what is commonly referred to as the GATCF Standard Operating Environment (SOE). Students and staff have access to all of these packages after successfully logging in on a GATCF computer.
ICT staff are responsible for the installation, maintenance, and availability of software installed as part of the SOE.
PCs
HARDWARE | STANDARD SOFTWARE |
Standard GATCF PC Labs Dell OptiPlex 9030 Processor: Intel core i5 Graphics: HD4600 Graphics HDD: 256GB SSD Memory: 8GB DVD: 8x DVD+/-RW Drive Precision GATCF PC Labs Dell Precision Tower 5810 Processor: Xeon Processor E5-1620 v3 Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro K620 HDD: 256GB SATA SSD Memory: 8GB DDR4 RAM DVD: 8x DVD+/-RW Drive | Microsoft Windows 10 operating system Microsoft Office 2016 Suite - Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher SPSS Matlab R2017b Adobe Master Collection CC Firefox Internet Explorer Adobe Flash Player Sun JRE QuickTime Lite PuTTY Terminal 7-Zip/Archive Utility Endnote X8 Adobe Acrobat DC VLC Player Defender (SCEP) Anti-virus |
MACs
HARDWARE | STANDARD SOFTWARE |
Standard GATCF Mac Labs iMac Processor: Intel core i5, 2.7GHz Memory: 8 GB Creative Arts GATCF Labs iMac 27” Processor: 3.5Ghz Core i7 Graphics: NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780M HDD: 1TB Fusion Drive Memory: 32GB DDR3 SDRAM | Mac OSX 10.12.6 Adobe Acrobat Adobe After Effects CC Adobe Audition CC Adobe Bridge CC Adobe Dreamweaver CC Adobe Edge Animate CC Adobe Fireworks Adobe InCopy CC Adobe InDesign CC Adobe InDesign CC Adobe Media Encoder CC Adobe Muse CC Adobe Photoshop CC Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Adobe Prelude CC Adobe Premiere Pro CC Blackboard Collaborate FileZilla Firefox Microsoft Office EndNote |
Teaching Software
Academic Staff who require specialist teaching software in the GATCF Labs (PC or Mac) should submit a request through the IT Help Desk a minimum of 2 weeks prior to when the software will be required in the Labs for teaching purposes.
