Software Downloads

Here you'll find downloads for various software provided to staff and students

VC Software

 

Cisco Webex Teams is the standard 'Personal VC' software used by The University of the Highlands and Islands. This software can be used by internal and external participants wishing to join our conferences from their PC/Laptop.

Note: Cisco made a decision to re-brand 'Cisco Spark' and as such they have renamed it to 'Cisco Webex Teams'.  Cisco Spark is the application that is used on most college machines at the moment with a view to have this updated to Cisco Webex Teams.  For now the functionality of Cisco Webex Teams remains the same as Cisco Spark.

Install

To download Cisco Webex Teams, visit their website

NOTE: to attend a conference you need to enter '@uhi.ac.uk' to the end of the dial in code (e.g. 79799@uhi.ac.uk)

Please watch the below instructional tutorial on the setup and basic use of the application:

Supported Devices

  • Android Smartphones: KitKat 4.4 and later
  • iPhone and iPad: iOS 10.0 and later
  • Mac: OS X Yosemite 10.12 and later
  • Windows: Windows 7 and later
  • Web: Google Chrome (latest), Mozilla Firefox (latest), Safari (latest), and Internet Explorer 11 or later on computers running Windows, Mac, or Linux.

Password Reset

You can change it at any time by following the instructions on Cisco's reset page

Staff/Student Home Use

Microsoft Office 365 - 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 want these they can be purchased through the Home Use Programme (£9.95) using your @uhi.ac.uk email as the registry account.

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These products are available for free to eligible students (please see product pages for eligibility information)

Microsoft Imagine - Get Windows 10 for FREE, if you are a S.T.E.M (Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathmatics) student you can also download viarious other Microsoft packages for free (MS Visio, MS Project)

Autodesk

MatLab

Nvivo

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

Remote Support

Windows:

Client for staff or students at home: Windows Remote Support.exe

Mac:

Client for staff or students at home: os-remote-support.zip

Viewers & Plugins

The following software plugins may be required for you to view all 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 Apps

Below is a list of useful mobile apps.

App                           
Blackboard Mobile Learn iPhone Android Windows
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