Video Conferencing

Cisco Webex Teams is the application used for video conferencing.

Installation and setup information can be found here

Applications for home use

Free Microsoft Office 365 for staff and students on up to 5 different devices.

Microsoft Project and Visio aren't available with the free Microsoft Office download. If you wish to use these programmes you will have to pay for this yourself or access them through MyUHI

The below products are also available for free to eligible students - please see product pages for eligibility information:

• Microsoft Imagine - if you are a STEM (Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) student you can download various other Microsoft packages for free (e.g. MS Visio or MS Project).
• Autodesk
• Nvivo
• National Instruments (STEM Students)

Much of the software licensed for the University is also available when working at home through MyUHI.

Viewers and plugins

The following software plugins MAY be required for you to view content delivered from your course.

• Adobe Flash Player
• Adobe Shockwave Player
• Adobe Reader
• Java
• QuickTime Player
• RealPlayer
• Windows Media Player
• VLC Player
• Mac OS X users will need to install the Windows Media Components for QuickTime to allow them to view Windows Media content.

Useful mobile apps

App	Apple	Android
Brightspace	iPhone	Android
Adobe Reader	iPhone	Android	Windows
Outlook		Android
Amazon Kindle	iPhone	Android	Windows
Mahara	iPhone	Android
Myday	iPhone	Android	Windows
Lynda.com	iPhone	Android	Windows
BrowZine	iPhone	Android
Naxos Music Library	iPhone	Android
Knovel Tools	iPhone	Android
VLeBooks eBook Reader	iPhone	Android