Imperial student software shop

How to set up the Software Hub The Software Hub allows, where license permits, Students and Colleagues to use applications on personal devices. AppsAnywhere will automatically launch and install the Cloudpaging player, if required. Go back to your web browser and on the Software Hub page click on Done. If prompted, click Allow to let your browser interact with the AppsAnywhere client.

The AppsAnywhere client will open and, once validated, you are ready to launch applications from the Software Hub webpage. Hover over an application and click on Launch, Download or Visit Website. Your application is now installed and the next time you need to run it you can just find it on your Start menu. Request software. Why use the Software Hub? First and most importantly, it gives you access to software license permitting on your own device meaning you can be more flexible in how you work or study.

This is particularly useful when College computing resources are unavailable. The website allows you to easily search for applications you need to use and launch them on-demand. Using the Software Hub allows the College to be more agile and responsive.

ICT will be able to target applications to any device subject to licensing and device capability , making the precious space we have on campus more adaptable. Software Hub can be accessed from your own personal Windows device computers or on campus, including cluster computers and staff computers by remoting into them. The Software Shop allows you to register and receive emailed instructions for software that you are eligible for.

Mac users can download free software to their personal devices using the self-service tool. Visit the free software for personal Macs whilst you work remotely for more information.

Visit the staff and students software A-Z web pages for a full list of available software to access. We are aware some vendors are making exceptions to their license terms to help work continue during these times, so if there are any COVID related software issues you are currently dealing with, please contact the ICT Service Desk where we can hopefully assist or advise on these issues.

Many software packages are available free of charge to Imperial College London staff and students. See our Software for staff and Software for students pages for ordering information and links to license request forms and downloads. Some of the listed software packages must be purchased at cost. The following information tells you how to order them. Before the Tech Store can issue the software you want and process the necessary licences for it, you must get approval from your departmental administrator or finance officer and submit this form containing, among other details, the following information:.

Once this information has been received and processed, you will be sent an email confirming your purchase and batch number followed by another email containing download instructions for your software. If you require paid-for software packages, you can purchase them for use on College machines only. Unlike free software packages, y ou cannot obtain them directly. Your tutor or course leader must approve the purchase, provide their cost code and submit this form on your behalf.

Some software cannot currently be streamed, hence a registration system is necessary to control and monitor downloads and usage of non-streamable software by the student body. Only students need to register for downloads — staff do not need to.

Register for a download in the Software Shop. Your software will continue to work for 30 days after your licence has expired. During this period you can request a licence renewal by following the instructions listed in the How do I order software? In many cases it is possible to purchase software packages in addition to those listed on our website. To find out whether the software you require is available, raise a generic request on ASK. For general information about ordering software, see 'How to order software' at the top of this FAQs page.

Unlike free software packages, y ou cannot purchase them directly. Raise a request on ASK , stating the software programs or packages that you need to reinstall. A member of ICT will contact you shortly after you've submitted your request.

If the software package or program in question can be hosted on our servers, we will deploy it from there. You will receive an email from us with instructions for connecting to and downloading from the servers. The processes of buying software at a discount or registering for free software vary according to the software program or package in question.

You can find out how to get each program by clicking on its name on these webpages:. Imperial College London participates in several schemes that allow you as a member of the College to purchase quality software for academic use at discounted prices. Academic use is defined in different ways by different suppliers and under different discount schemes but may include the following restrictions:.

We strongly advise that you check that your proposed use of the licence is lawful under the terms of the discount agreement. All persons who are provided by the Licensee with copies of Product must have signed a declaration incorporating the Copyright Acknowledgement. The Licensee will provide a single named technical contact and deputy.

All technical enquiries, support and information requests will be made through the single named technical contact or the deputy. Unless advised to the contrary it is to be assumed that Product is subject to Copyright Law and is provided for Educational Use, see Definition of Educational Use above.

The Institution will maintain a record, or require any Department which is in receipt of Product to maintain such a record, of each Product that is available for use in the Institution or, in the case of devolved responsibility, within the Department. In either case the record shall contain details of the licensing arrangements for each Product together with the names of any persons to whom a copy has been issued.

All employees and students of the Institution will be informed of this Code of Conduct and all users of Product will be advised of the conditions under which it may be used and will sign that they have been so advised.

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