The Oakland University Virtual Computer labs make software and compute resources available to students through a web browser.

How to Connect

From any device with a web browser connect to https://oakland.apporto.com/ and log with your NetID. Select the software you want to run.

An end user guide is available at https://www.apporto.com/helpcenter

Labs

OU General Academic Lab

Approximate Capacity

35

Requirements:

Currently enrolled in an Oakland University course.

Software Available:

  • Microsoft Word 2019
  • Microsoft Access 2019
  • Microsoft Excel 2019
  • Microsoft Powerpoint 2019
  • IBM SPSS 26
  • Minitab
  • Populus
  • PSPP
  • Ubuntu Linux Desktop environment with:
    • Gimp
    • Go

    • LaTeX with TeXstudio

    • Pandoc

    • PyCharm Community

    • Python
    • R and R studio
    • Visual Studio Code

College of Arts and Sciences Lab

Approximate Capacity

20

Requirements

Currently enrolled in an Oakland University course.

Software Available

  • Everything in the General Academic Lab

  • ArcGis

Virtual Media Lab

Capacity

15

Requirements

Currently enrolled in one of the following courses ART 1002, ART 1004, ART 1130. Art 2200, ART 2400, ART 3000, ART 3280, ART 3450, ART 4988.

Software Available

  • Everything in the General Academic Lab
  • Office 2019
  • Photoshop
  • inDesign
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Illustrator

*Pending approval, license purchasing, or installation

Engineering and Computer Science Lab

Approximate Capacity

15

Requirements:

Currently enrolled in a SECS course.

Software Available

  • Everything in the General Academic Lab
  • CATIA

School of Business Administration

Approximate Capacity

35

Software Avilable

  • Everything in the General Academic Lab
  • Palisade @RISK

  • Palisade MeuralTools

  • Palisade PrecisionTree

  • Palisade StatTools

  • Palisade !Toprank
  • Tableau

Request changes and Support

For support related to the virtual labs please create a ticket with [email protected]. To request changes to the virtual lab environment please use the Virtual Lab Change Request Form

The troubleshooting guide is available at virtualLabsTroubleshooting