Software Installation by Program Group
The software listed below is currently installed on the pool PCs.
The software is the result of an editorial preselection process and is tailored to current teaching and research needs.
All software is organized into functional groups by topic to facilitate quick navigation. The shortcuts on our computers’ desktops exactly reflect these groups. This also makes it possible to get an overview of different program versions and discover new, useful tools.
The abbreviation (OS) in the list below stands for Open Source. These tools are generally freely available to everyone and can, for example, be downloaded free of charge by students for seminar-related homework outside our computer labs.
According to recent studies (see, for example, the European Commission’s 2021 Open Source Study or recent Harvard research from 2024), and recommendations from working groups, is particularly well-suited for production, as it enables the cost-effective editing or creation of content, strengthens the institutional digital sovereignty of educational institutions, and is freely available to everyone as a tool.
This applies in particular to the production of free educational materials!
Open Educational Resources (OER; see the OERINFORM project’s YouTube channel) refer to free learning and teaching materials that are licensed under an open license such as “Creative Commons” or the GNU General Public License. Content with such a license can generally be used, redistributed, and edited without legal concerns.
| Folder / Function Group | Included Software |
| [01 Studies & Office Tools] | Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote), ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors (OS), Google Chrome Enterprise, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox ESR (OS), Zotero 9 (OS), PDF24 Creator, Freeplane (OS), Zoom Workplace, TIPP10 Touch Typing (OS), Adobe Acrobat Reader |
| [02 Graphics & Layout] | Affinity Suite, darktable (OS), GIMP 3 (OS), Krita (OS), Inkscape (OS), Paint.NET (OS), Greenshot (OS), draw.io (OS), Snipping Tool, XnView (OS) |
| [03 Audio & Video] | Audacity (OS), DaVinci Resolve 20, HandBrake (OS), OBS Studio (OS), OpenShot Video Editor (OS), Shotcut (OS), VLC media player (OS) |
| [04 Qualitative Research & DH] | ELAN (OS), EXMARaLDA Score Analysis (OS), QualCoder (OS), Taguette (OS), QGIS Desktop (OS), MAXQDA 12 Computer Pool License (running simultaneously on a maximum of 10 workstations). In addition to the instructors’ computers, the software is installed on the following PCs: Room M01A: FSCIP05, FSCIP10, FSCIP15, FSCIP20, FSCIP25 Room 2.119B: GSCIP005, GSCIP010, GSCIP015, GSCIP020, GSCIP025, GSCIP030, GSCIP035, GSCIP040 Room 2.119A: GSCIP060, GSCIP065, GSCIP070 In addition to MAXQDA, a local and fully GDPR-compliant version of “Whisper AI” is available at these specific computer workstations. With this tool, you can convert your qualitative interviews and audio recordings into text files (.TXT) fully automatically, offline, and securely, so that you can then import the finished transcripts directly into MAXQDA for analysis. |
| [05 Statistics & Quantitative Methods] | IBM SPSS Statistics 31, IBM SPSS Amos 31, R for Windows (OS), RStudio (OS) |
| [06 Data Science & Development] | Visual Studio Code (OS), Julia Programming Language (OS), Python (OS), Notepad++ (OS) |
| [07 Educational Software] | Learning Workshop 10.2, Oriolus Learning Programs (Elementary & Secondary School), Scratch Desktop (OS) |
The functional groups listed above, along with the software listed in the table, are organized by topic in the corresponding folders directly on the desktops of the computers in Pool M01 at Frangenheimstraße 4, as well as in Rooms 2119A and 2119B in Building 216 / Gronewaldstraße 2.
If you have any requests or questions regarding the software configuration or the condition of our computer labs, please send an email directly to: computerpools-hf@uni-koeln.de