Clark University offers an array of software titles for free to current students, faculty and staff. See the sections below for details.
- If you are looking for software to use in an instructional or lab space, see the Software on Campus page for information about software available to the Clark community across campus.
- If you’re looking to install software on a Clark-provided device, most software is available via Software Center. Please click here for more information.
Free Software
Microsoft Office
Clark offers Office 365 for free to current Clarkies. With this license, you can install the most common Office applications (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.) on up to five personal Windows or Mac devices.
Visit http://portal.office.com/OLS/MySoftware.aspx to install.
Adobe Creative Cloud
Clark University offers a full Adobe Creative Cloud license to active Faculty and Staff.
Students can use Adobe products on Clark public computers on campus, starting in Fall 2023.
Antivirus: Sophos
Clark offers a free license for Sophos Home to protect your devices both on campus and off. Click here for more information about Sophos.
Cloud Storage: Microsoft OneDrive
Clark offers all Clarkies 5TB of cloud storage via Microsoft OneDrive. Click here from more information on OneDrive.
GIS: ArcGIS Pro, ArcMap, Terrset
Clark has a limited license for ESRI (ArcGIS Pro and ArcMaps) and ClarkLabs (Terrset) products.
- Students: Please contact your professor if you need access to ESRI products.
- Faculty: Please contact the Help Desk for more information on installing this software.
LinkedIn Learning
All active members of the Clark community have access to LinkedIn Learning – an on-demand learning platform designed to help you gain new skills. Click here for more information on LinkedIn Learning.
LMS: Canvas and Other Academic Tools
Clark uses Instructure Canvas as our Learning Management System. This is enhanced with Turnitin, Panopto, Zoom and other academic software. Click here for more information on Canvas.
Math Software: MatLab and Simulink
Clarkies can install MatLab and/or Simulink on personal devices by registering here with your Clark email address.
Online Meetings: Zoom and Microsoft Teams
All Clarkies have fully-licensed accounts (previously called Pro accounts), which allow meetings for up to 24 hours, with up to 300 participants. Click here for more information on Zoom.
All Clarkies have access to a Teams account with their Clark account. Microsoft Teams not only allows online meetings, but is a powerful communication and teamwork tool that allows Clarkies to keep working and learning regardless of where they are on campus or around the world. Teams is the perfect tool for regular, small team or person-to-person collaboration and meetings. Click here for more information on Teams.
Qualitative Analysis: NVIVO
NVIVO is available for installation on personal devices on a very limited basis for faculty, staff and students with an academic need for this software.
- Students: Click here to install the software (Clark login required).
- Faculty/Staff: Please contact the Help Desk for more information on installing this software.
NVIVO is available across campus on Clark-provided devices.
Reference Management: EndNote
EndNote is a reference manager that helps you save time formatting citations, so you can focus on your research.
- All Clarkies: Click here to install the software (Clark login required).
EndNote is available across campus on Clark-provided devices.
Statistical Software: SPSS
SPSS is available for installation on personal devices on a very limited basis for faculty, staff and students with an academic need for this software.
- Students: Click here to Install this software (Clark login in required).
- Faculty/Staff: Please contact the Help Desk for more information on installing this software.
SPSS is available across campus on Clark-provided devices.
Survey Software: Qualtrics and Microsoft Forms
Clark University is happy to provide its community members with two different tools to create online surveys and forms: Qualtrics and Microsoft Forms. Click here for more information on these two powerful software.
Video Streaming: Panopto
Panopto is Clark’s online streaming service that allows community members to create, share and view streaming video content. Click here to learn more about Panopto.
VPN: GlobalProtect
Clark University uses GlobalProtect as our Virtual Private Network client. Global Protect is available for Windows, Mac, Linux and mobile devices and is required to connect to protected Clark resources when off-campus.
Click here for more information on Global Protect.
Please note that GlobalProtect is not a consumer-grade VPN and only Clark resources are served across this private network. This VPN will not allow you to bypass country-based restrictions.
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