Over the Winter Break, IT will be upgrading computer labs and
classrooms on campus with Mathcad 14, MATLAB 2008b (classroom), and
Maple 12, which are newer versions of mathematical simulation software
than is currently installed. This change is being made based on faculty
requests to upgrade the outdated versions.
The software updates
will take place as part of the IT re-imaging process of computer labs
and classrooms, in conjunction with a number of other software updates
that will take place at the same time.
Instructors who will be
using any of these software packages for their classes can obtain a
copy of the updated version of the software for their campus-owned
desktops or laptops by contacting the Help Desk at 341-HELP or by
submitting an online Help Request at
https://help.mst.edu.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
It is not possible (or desirable) to update all of the computer labs
simultaneously with the new software. For the next few weeks, older
versions of the software will be available on campus as well as the
newer versions of the software. In some rare instances, both versions
of software may even be available in the same computer lab, though not
on the same machine (e.g. the Library CLC, which simply can't be closed
entirely for maintenance).
A file created on a machine with the
new version may have difficulty being opened on a machine that is still
running the older version of software. Newer versions of software
should not have any difficulty opening files created in the older
versions.
