Instructional Computer Labs | Fort Lauderdale Campus
The Instructional Computer Lab is available to all faculty and staff wishing to teach courses or hold seminars in computer-equipped facilities.
This lab is permanently equipped with different types of multimedia equipment. For example, they all have ceiling-mounted projectors and computers, and document cameras, among other features and/or capabilities.
For more information about the Fort Lauderdale Campus Instructional Computer Lab, please contact Joe Sher (Academic Computer Labs Manager) at 954-762-5194.
Hardware Available
Overall, there are five instructional computer labs in the Fort Lauderdale campus, featuring a total of 45 PCs and 57 Macs. Below is a description of the facility:
Room | Qty. | PC Type | OS | Memory | Hard Drive | Processor |
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HEC-608 | 25 | Dell Precision T3610 | Windows 10 | 16 GB | 2 TB SATA | 3.7 GHz Intel Xeon |
HEC-911 | 20 | Dell Precision T3600 | Windows 10 | 16 GB | 446 GB SSD | 3.6 GHz Intel Xeon |
HEC-914 | 20 | Apple iMacs | MacOS 10.15 | 8 GB | 1 TB SATA | 3.2 GHz Quad I5 |
HEC-918 | 20 | Apple iMacs | MacOS 10.15 | 16 GB | 1 TB SATA | R9 M380 AMD 2 GB |
HEC-1009 | 17 | Apple iMacs | MacOS 10.15 | 16 GB | 1 TB SATA | 3.4 GHz Quad I5 |
Software Available
Faculty members who need to request additional software in a classroom or in a computer lab should submit a request via the FAU Help Desk at least 30 days in advance. If the software is not licensed through OIT, the department or college may be required to provide software licenses. The following is a list of software packages available in the instructional computer labs.
Software Package | HEC-608 | HEC-911 | HEC-914 | HEC-918 | HEC-1009 |
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Adobe Acrobat Pro | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Adobe Creative Cloud Suite CC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Browsers: Safari, FireFox, & Chrome | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Autodesk Maya | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
MS-Office Professional Plus 2019 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Autodesk Revit | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Rhinoceros | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Sketchup | ✔ | ✔ |