Software for WIT 2001 Participants

We have archived on the server some free or "trial basis" software for use by WIT participants, at the WIT labs or on your own computers at home or in your school lab. Most of the programs individually listed here are available both in our online archive and on the WIT2001 CD. (A few are links to the manufacturer or publisher's site.)

In WIT Labs

All the essential software should already have been installed on the computers in the labs being used for WIT. If something is missing from your station, call it to the attention of your mentor, who will either install it or have the location or WITstaff install it. (But you may be able to help or do it yourself.)

On your own computer

At home or in your school lab, you should install any programs you need for your WIT work. For any large program, such as Netscape Communicator, installing from the WIT2001 CD will be quicker than downloading, especially if you have a modem rather than a faster connection. For smaller programs, or if you have a fast connection, you may find both methods equally convenient.

Essential WIT software

Dreamweaver 4

Required for WIT Advanced (Alpha and Beta homerooms) and Delta homeroom. You will receive the program on a CD, for the platform you indicated to your section mentor, for installation on your own computer. Until the CDs arrive, you can install this Trial Version, which will be valid for 30 days.

• 30-day Trial version for Windows
• 30-day Trial version for Macintosh, .sea.hqx format
• 30-day Trial version for Macintosh, .bin format

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Netscape

Required for WIT Basic (as a browser and web page editor), recommended (as a browser) for WIT Advanced. Also used as an e-mail client.

• Full version for Windows
• Full version for Macintosh

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Acrobat Reader from Adobe

For viewing files in PDF format, such as the handouts for many WIT2001 modules, and many CPS forms.

• Full version, with text search, for Windows
• Monolithic version for Macintosh. This can be installed on a computer that is not on the network at the time of installation. Caution: don't try to download over a modem, it is more than 31 MB.
• "Starter" for Macintosh. This small program downloads quickly, because it contains only some of the components of the program. When installed, it goes out on the Internet to bring back the rest of the program.

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Telnet

For making a low-bandwidth connection to the server, where you can then use a command-line interface to change your password, check your files, or perform other Linux operations.

• Built in for Windows 95 or later. From the Start button menu, choose Run. Type "telnet cuip.uchicago.edu" in the space labelled "Open:", and click OK. (In BSLC 018, use the SSH program found on the desktops.)
• Better Telnet for Macintosh.

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FTP or Fetch

For uploading and downloading files, and some site management on the server. Recommended for Basic.

• WS-FTP for Windows, in a version customized for WIT. Run the self-extractor, then go to where the extracted files were put, open the "Clients2" folder, and run the Install.exe there.
• Fetch for Macintosh.

Secondary WIT-Related Programs

Keyboarding & Typing, instruction & practice

Need some tips or other help in getting around on the computer keyboard?.

• (Windows) KP Typing Tutor by Andy Huang. Click here for the author's site, or click here for our archive copy.

A variety of other programs

Besides the specific programs listed above, a variety of somewhat more special-purpose programs are available by browsing here. Though not essential in WIT, some of these are helpful or fun. There are also variant versions of some of the main software listed above.

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