Lab Operations
The Lab Operations Manager is responsible
for the management and support of Spelman College
academic computing labs which include electronic
classrooms, general computing laboratories,
and student research computers. The lab staff
which provides most lab related services includes
the operations manager, weekend/evening supervisors,
lab monitors, and is also serviced by a number
of MIT technical staff members. The labs are
open to all registered students, regardless
of discipline, who desire to work on class
assignments, check email or surf the Web.
Spelman College electronic classrooms and
computer Laboratories may include the following
hardware :
- PC workstations (General Computer Laboratory, Social Science, Biology, Mathematics, Chemistry, Foreign Language, and Environmental Science departments)
- Macintosh workstations (General Computer Laboratory, Writing Center, Foreign Language, and Art departments)
- Sun Solaris workstations (Computer Science
and Physics departments)
Computer Laboratory Operating Hours Fall/Spring
Semesters
The General Computer Laboratory is open twenty-four
hours daily during the academic year (except
holidays and official college closings). Additional
open access computer labs are located in Giles
201& 316 and Cosby Writing Center 332.
Individual hours of operation are posted in
each lab.
Students are required to use the electronic
attendance tracker by swiping their ID cards
when entering and leaving the lab. Laboratory
monitors/coordinators are on duty to provide
informed, patient and equal assistance to computer
users during the day, evening, and on weekends.
All the computers in the electronic classrooms
and computer labs have standardized software
packages (i.e. Microsoft Office, anti-virus,
Internet Explorer, and Deep Freeze), installed
campus wide. Additional software is installed
at the request of departments overseeing the
labs and is specific to the department's discipline.
View our Academic Computing Electronic
Classrooms/Labs listing.
Software
Software for computers in the labs first
consist of MIT campus wide standardized software
packages, i.e. Microsoft Office. Additional
software is installed by the request of Departments
using the labs and the Academic Computing Committee.
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