Adobe Creative Cloud is available to all faculty, staff, and students. You can download and use any of the Creative Cloud apps (such as Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat) on up to two devices at a time. A full list of all Adobe Creative Cloud apps To access the software, go to https://creativecloud.adobe.com/ Once there, click the Sign-In button and use your regular Pitzer credentials as follows: username@pitzer.edu Click Continue. Enter your password. If asked to choose between Work/School and Personal, please select Work/School. Once logged in, you will see the apps available to you. You can then install the app, open the app, or update the app.

Service Description: Box offers cloud storage, file sharing and data backup services that enables users to securely share and access files online from anywhere. Pitzer College staff and faculty are eligible for a Box account which includes 1000 GB of storage. Storing college-related materials on Box will allow users access to their files from anywhere without VPN and makes it easy to collaborate with co-workers. Refer to Secure Shared Files and Folder page for sharing options. Available to: Faculty, Staff How to access the service: Box is an online resource. You can access from anywhere by going to: Pitzer Home Page > Resources For > Faculty & Staff > Box Cloud Storage., pitzer.box.com You will be re-directed to the following page Choose Continue On the Central Authentication Service (CAS) page Select Pitzer College from the drop down menu Enter your Pitzer username and password Choose Login You will now see all of your files and folder structures. Please review Pitzer Box Policies prior to use.

Clearing your browser cache can be very beneficial for several reasons: Improves Performance: Over time, cached data can accumulate and slow down your browser. Clearing the cache can help speed up your browsing experience by removing outdated or unnecessary files. Fixes Loading Issues: Sometimes, cached data can cause websites to load incorrectly or not at all. Clearing the cache can resolve these issues by forcing the browser to fetch the most recent version of the web pages. Enhances Privacy: Cached data can include personal information and browsing history. Clearing the cache helps protect your privacy by removing this data from your device. Ensures Up-to-Date Content: Websites frequently update their content. Clearing the cache ensures that you see the latest version of a website, rather than an outdated version stored in your cache. Overall, regularly clearing your browser cache can help maintain your browser’s performance, protect your privacy, and ensure you have the most current web experience. If you have any other questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask! Please see below for instructions on how to clear the cache of most popular web browsers: Google Chrome Open Chrome: Launch the Google Chrome browser on your computer. Access the Menu: Click on the three vertical dots (⋮) in the upper right corner of the browser window. Navigate to Clear Browsing Data: Hover over “More tools” in the dropdown menu. Click on “Clear browsing data”. Select Time Range: In the dialog box that appears, choose a time range from the dropdown menu. To clear everything, select “All time”. Choose Data to Clear: Check the boxes next to “Cookies and other site data” and “Cached images and files”. Clear Data: Click on the “Clear data” button to delete the selected items. Mozilla Firefox Open Firefox: Launch the Mozilla Firefox browser on your computer. Access the Menu: Click on the three horizontal lines (☰) in the upper right corner of the browser window. Open Settings: Click on “Settings” (or “Options” depending on your version). Go to Privacy & Security: In the left-hand menu, select “Privacy & Security”. Clear Data: Scroll down to the “Cookies and Site Data” section. Click on the “Clear Data” button. Select Data to Clear: Check the box next to “Cached Web Content”. Clear Data: Click on the “Clear” button to delete the cached content. Safari Open Safari: Launch the Safari browser on your Mac. Open Preferences: Click on “Safari” in the menu bar at the top of the screen. Select “Preferences” from the dropdown menu. Enable Develop Menu: Go to the “Advanced” tab. Check the box next to “Show Develop menu in menu bar”. Clear Cache: Close the Preferences window. Click on “Develop” in the menu bar. Select “Empty Caches” from the dropdown menu. Microsoft Edge Open Edge: Launch the Microsoft Edge browser on your computer. Access the Menu: Click on the three horizontal dots (⋮) in the upper right corner of the browser window. Navigate to Clear Browsing Data: Click on “Settings”. Go to “Privacy, search, and services”. Under “Clear browsing data”, click “Choose what to clear”. Select Time Range: Choose a time range from the dropdown menu. To clear everything, select “All time”. Choose Data to Clear: Check the boxes next to “Cookies and other site data” and “Cached images and files”. Clear Data: Click on the “Clear now” button to delete the selected items. Opera Open Opera: Launch the Opera browser on your computer. Access the Menu: Click on the Opera logo in the upper left corner of the browser window. Navigate to Clear Browsing Data: Click on “Settings”. Go to “Privacy & security”. Click on “Clear browsing data”. Select Time Range: Choose a time range from the dropdown menu. To clear everything, select “All time”. Choose Data to Clear: Check the boxes next to “Cookies and other site data” and “Cached images and files”. Clear Data: Click on the “Clear data” button to delete the selected items.

Installing Chrome Extensions (For Students) ** If you’re receiving an error that you do not have access to the Chrome Web Store, please make sure to follow step 1 of the instructions** Sign Out of Chrome (If logged into Pitzer Student Account): Launch Google Chrome. Click on your profile picture or initials at the top right corner of the browser window. In the dropdown menu, click on Sign out. This will sign you out of your Google account on Chrome. (You must be signed out of your Pitzer student account prior to Extension installation, you can sign back in after installation) Open the Chrome Web Store: Launch Google Chrome. Go to the Chrome Web Store by typing chrome.google.com/webstore in the address bar and pressing Enter. Find the Extension: Use the search bar at the top left to type the name of the extension you want to install. Browse through the results and select the extension you want. Add the Extension: Click on the extension you want to add. On the extension’s page, click the Add to Chrome button. A pop-up will appear asking for confirmation and listing the permissions the extension needs. Click Add extension to confirm. Wait for Installation: The extension will download and install automatically. You will see a notification once the installation is complete. The extension’s icon will appear to the right of the address bar. Manage the Extension: To manage your extensions, click the three dots (menu) at the top right of Chrome, go to More tools, and then Extensions. Here, you can enable/disable extensions, remove them, or adjust their settings. Sign in to Chrome (Optional) Click profile picture at the top right corner of the browser window. Click Sign in to Chrome Pin the Extension (Optional): If you want the extension to be easily accessible, click the puzzle piece icon next to the address bar. Find your extension in the list and click the pin icon next to it.

Service Description: Pitzer provides Google accounts to all students.  This includes most Google Apps such as: Calendar, Docs, Drive, Meet, and Sites and others. Available to: Students How to access the service: You can access your Google drive by first logging into your Pitzer Gmail account. You will see the following screen. Here you must put your email in the following format: username@pitzer.edu  (leaving off the word students) Enter your Pitzer email password. Select Sign in. Note: When accessing the self serve portal for the first time you will be prompted to setup your password recovery options. Click here for instructions. Once logged in, click on the Google apps icon in the upper right corner of the screen.  There you will see all the available apps for you to use. Contact the Pitzer IT Help Desk with any assistance or questions.

Service Description: All current staff, faculty and students have access to free Office 365 software downloads and online resources.  All resources will remain active while you are here at Pitzer. After you leave Pitzer, the software will de-activate.  Don’t worry you will not lose your documents.  The Office 365 client will remain in a read-only state until you purchase a new license. Note: If you have saved any items on OneDrive make sure you move them to another location before you leave Pitzer.   Available to: Staff, Faculty and Students How to Access: To access the self-service portal for downloads and online resources, from any browser, go to: https://portal.office.com Sign in using the following format: username@pitzer.edu   Enter your Pitzer password. Click Sign in.   Note: If you are accessing this service on or after April 1st, 2019 you will be prompted to setup your password recovery options.  These options will help with password issues in the future.  Visit here for instructions to guide you thru the initial setup process. Main Screen Your Pitzer account grants you access to Microsoft Office Mobile Apps as well! Just install each Office app on your mobile device by downloading it from the App Store (iPhone/iPad), Google Play (Android), or the Windows Store (Windows). You can install one, a few, or all of the apps onto your mobile device as they install individually. Open the desired app. Sign in using the following format: username@pitzer.edu   Enter your Pitzer password. That is it!  You can now create, edit and save office documents using the app. If you have questions or would like any assistance, contact the Pitzer IT Helpdesk.

Service Description: The Pitzer College Office of Information Technology has several software packages available for Pitzer-owned computers including the classrooms and computer labs on campus. There are currently many packages available for person computers as well. Available to: Everyone How to access the service: FOR PITZER: For Maple, SPSS, and Stata, please complete: Software Request form (self-service) FOR OHTER COLLEGES: Please contact Pitzer IT Help Desk for requests by other 5C students or for software not listed. The following is a list of software solutions offered: Solution Supported Software Available for Faculty Staff Students Document Creation – Word processing, document mark-up and annotation, making PDFs Acrobat Pro DC (Adobe CC) √ √ √ Google Docs – – √ Microsoft Word (Office 365) √ √ √ Presentations – Create lectures, slideshows, draw on-screen, virtual whiteboards Acrobat Pro DC (Adobe CC) √ √ √ Google Slides – – √ Microsoft PowerPoint (Office 365) √ √ √ Windows Ink (PC ONLY) √ √ √ ZoomWhiteboard √ √ – Screen Recording – Recording your screen/presentations along with voiceover capabilities QuickTime (MAC ONLY) √ √ √ Loom Pro √ √ √ Microsoft Teams (Office 365) √ √ √ OBS √ √ √ Windows 10 Built-in (Hold down Win+G) √ √ √ Video/Films – Watch, share, distribute films and recorded lectures securely Box √ √ √ Google Drive – – √ Streaming Video √ – √ Vimeo Basic √ √ √ Youtube √ √ √ Zoom – – – Chat/Conversation – Converse via text, messaging, or video in specified groups (e.g. by course, class) Google Meet √ √ √ Microsoft Outlook (Office365) √ √ – Microsoft Teams (Office365) √ √ √ Zoom √ √ – Time Scheduling Applications – Assisting with setting up times for meetings and appointments Outlook Poll Scheduling √ √ – Calendly √ √ √ Doodle √ √ √ Clould File Storage – Store and share files securely Box √ √ – Google Drive – – √ Surveys / Polls – Quickly and accurately collect data, input, and feedback from people Qualtrics √ √ √ Google Forms – – √ Microsoft Forms (Office365) √ √ √ Academic Software Description Available For Computer Labs, On-Campus Computers Personal Devices Adobe Creative Cloud Suite Acrobat Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, etc. √ √ ArcGIS Desktop Windows-Only desktop version of the geographic information system for working with maps; typically used in EA courses. Download from the Claremont Colleges Library √ √ ArcGIS Online Browser-based version of the geographic information system for working with maps; Typically used in EA courses. Login via the Claremont Colleges Library √ √ HeartMath / Freezeframer Device and software for measuring heart rhythms and patterns, used in XYZ course. √ Class Enrollment HyperResearch Qualitative analysis; used in XYZ courses √ Class Enrollment Kurzweil3000 √ √ Maple Symbolic and numeric computing environment as well as a multi-paradigm programming language; used in XYZ courses √ √ Mathematica Modern technical computing system for neural networks, machine learning, image processing, geometry, data science, visualizations, etc; used in XYZ courses √ √ Matlab Multi-paradigm numerical computing environment that allows for matric manipulations, plotting of functions and fata, implementation of algorithms, etc; used in XYZ courses √ – Microsoft Office 365 Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc. √ √ SPSS √ √ Stata √ √ Peer-Recommended Tools Software that, though not fully supported by Pitzer IT, our community has found useful Audacity Audacity is a free and open-source digital audio editor and recording application for Windows and MacOS Mango Mango is a non-commercial software for viewing, editing and analyzing volumetric medical images Praat Praat is a free computer software package for speech analysis in phonetics R R is a programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics supported by the R Foundation for Statistical Computing Skype Skype is a telecommunications application that specializes in providing video chat and voice calls between computers, tablets, and mobile devices Slack Slack is a proprietary business communication platform that offers many IRC-style features Survey Monkey Online survey tool that allows you to launch any kind of online survey project

Service Description: Most online resources (eg: Sakai, Workday/Kronos, etc) can be accessed from any location. Some online resources (eg: Shared Drive, Remote Desktop, Onbase, Cognos) are restricted to the campus network. By using Cisco AnyConnect (VPN) software you create a secure, encrypted tunnel between your computer and the VPN remote server.  This will make it appear as if you were on the campus network, to access these resources. VPN services use DUO. For assistance or questions please contact Pitzer IT Help Desk Available to: Faculty, Staff and Current Students How to access the service: Software Please contact the Pitzer IT Help Desk to request the Cisco AnyConnect VPN software (if not already installed). How to Connect Below are instructions on how to connect to the new VPN server and upgrade your client: In the address field, change it to vpn.claremont.edu or select “The Claremont Colleges” if that’s an option for you in the drop-down menu. Select Connect. In a separate Window, Select PIT General as your Group and you will be presented with the following screen. Enter your Pitzer username in the following format: username@pitzer.edu Select Next, enter your password and select Sign In. You will be presented with the DUO login screen. Utilize your preferred DUO authentication method (i.e. PUSH notification, phone call, or passcode) and authenticate through DUO. A screen will pop up showing the new client downloading and installing. Once the installation is complete you will see the Connected icon on the task bar. On Windows:   On Mac:

Service Description: Zoom is an internet video conferencing system to communicate and collaborate from nearly anywhere. It features video, audio, text chat, recording, whiteboard and program sharing via computer, mobile app and telephone. We offer free Basic (40 minute limit on events with three or more participants) accounts and fee based Licensed (formally Pro) accounts with no time limit. Information on account types and features can be found here. Available to: Everyone How to access the service: Login with your Pitzer account (login format: username@pitzer.edu) Contact the Pitzer Help Desk for a Licensed account and more information.

Zoom has two ways to record: Local and to the Cloud. Local recording allows users to record a meeting video and audio to a local computer. Cloud recording allows users to record to Zoom cloud or online storage, and includes options such as audio transcription. Recorded files can be uploaded to other cloud storage or services for sharing, such as Box, Google Drive, YouTube, or Sakai. Zoom cloud recordings can be shared directly via a web link. Please note: Participants must be allowed to record by the Host. Audio Transcription is only available on cloud recording. Box is recommended for long term and archive storage for all local and cloud recorded video content. Zoom can also be a simple lecture capture system by running a meeting with only oneself, while sharing the screen as a typical meeting or class. All meeting activity including host voice narration (your voice), and screen sharing will be captured and saved. Quick Guides: Local and Cloud Recording Settings Start recording Local recording Cloud recording Recording options Share from Zoom Upload to and share from Box Share in Sakai Local and Cloud Recording Settings Enable local and/or cloud recording in Settings under your Zoom profile. Only cloud recording has additional features and options. Enable additional optional cloud recording settings Start Recording To begin recording, click record button on toolbar  If both local and cloud recording are enabled, both options will appear. If only one method is enabled, selecting record will be start recording immediately. While recording, a notice is displayed to all meeting members (and audio notification if enabled) Pause/Stop the recording with toolbar controls or mouse over to recording indicator When stopped, a message will appear or Local Recording When the meeting ends, a Converting meeting recording window indicates processing on the local computer appears. When completed, you can save the files in the default folder or change their location. The files include: the video(s), an audio only version(s) of the meeting and the text of the chat if available. By default, all recordings will be placed in a Zoom folder beginning in the following file path: PC: C:\Users\User Name\Documents\Zoom Mac: /Users/User Name/Documents/Zoom Cloud recording After stopping recording, a message will appear Find your cloud recordings in Recordings under your Zoom profile Select a recording for details and options Recording options Automatic Recording: enable in Meeting options or set as default in Settings Participants Recording: Hosts must allow participants to record meetings, participants cannot automatically record a meeting. In the Manage Participants panel > More > Allow Record to allow a participant to Record. OR from the Gallery view, from the Participant option menu Hosts can also withdraw the permission, in the Manage Participants panel > More > Forbid Record to prevent a participant from recording OR from the Gallery view, from the participant option menu Recording Consent: A Recording consent acknowledgement prompt is available for participants, and can be enabled in Host’s Settings Share from Zoom In meeting details, select Share for options Set sharing and download options Select Copy shareable link to add into Sakai, email or other Upload to and Share from Box It is recommended to use Pitzer based Box in order to share your Zoom recordings. Upload your videos into Box and add shared links into Sakai or email. Login into Box directly of via www.pitzer.edu > Resources > Box Cloud Storage. NOTE: First time users only need to log into Pitzer based Box to setup your account, no other changes needed. Upload the video into Box with the Upload option or by dragging your file into the folder in Box Click Share on the video file or folder to set your share options Change to “People with the link” in order to share with students (including non-Pitzer) You set the video either as view only or allow view and download the video. NOTE: View only option does not prevent viewers from capturing video from a different device or other means. Select Copy in order to paste link in Sakai (or email) If “Can view only,” video will only be streamed such as the following Share in Sakai Add copied link in to Sakai, such as in Resources as a Web Link. In Resources, click Actions > Add Web Links (URLs) Paste the Box link into Web Address (URL) as the example, then select Add Web Links Now Your video is now available to students with your Box settings applied