Software to Support Teaching

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

Adobe Acrobat Reader DC software is the free global standard for reliably viewing, printing, and commenting on PDF documents.

get.adobe.com/uk/reader

Android Studio

Android Studio provides the fastest tools for building apps on every type of Android device.

developer.android.com/studio

Autodesk (Inventor, Revit, Autocad, 3DS Max, MAYA

Autodesk provides open access to more than 100 products – available to students, educators, and institutions.

All students will need to register to receive a 3-year license

www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/featured

Blender

Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and 2D animation pipeline.

www.blender.org

BlueJ

BlueJ is a development environment that allows you to develop Java programs quickly and easily.

bluej.org

CISCO Packet Tracer

Cisco Packet Tracer is one of the most useful visual simulation programs for networking certifications, such as CCNA. With this tool, students are able to experiment with network behavior.

downloads.digitaltrends.com/cisco-packet-tracer/windows

Eclipse

Eclipse is written mostly in Java and its primary use is for developing Java applications, but it may also be used to develop applications in other programming languages via plug-ins, including Ada, ABAP, C, C++, C#, Clojure, COBOL, D, Erlang, Fortran, Groovy, Haskell, JavaScript, Julia, Lasso, Lua, NATURAL, Perl, PHP, ...

www.eclipse.org/downloads

GIMP

GIMP is a cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows and more operating systems. It is free software, you can change its source code and distribute your changes.

www.gimp.org/downloads

Java

Java technology allows you to work and play in a secure computing environment.

Java allows you to play online games, chat with people around the world, calculate your mortgage interest, and view images in 3D, just to name a few.

www.java.com/en/download

Kali Linux

Kali Linux is the most widely known Linux distro for ethical hacking and penetration testing.

www.kali.org/downloads

Office 365 Education

Get Office 365 for free

Students and educators at eligible institutions can sign up for Office 365 Education for free, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote. Use your valid school email address to get started today.

www.microsoft.com/en-gb/education/products/office

ORACLE

All software downloads are free, and most come with a Developer License that allows you to use full versions of the products at no charge while developing and prototyping your applications, or for strictly self-educational purposes.

You will be required to create an Oracle Account

www.oracle.com/uk/downloads

Prolog

Prolog is a logic programming language associated with artificial intelligence and computational linguistics.

www.swi-prolog.org

Python

Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language with dynamic semantics

www.python.org/downloads/release/python-383

ROS

The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a flexible framework for writing robot software. It is a collection of tools, libraries, and conventions that aim to simplify the task of creating complex and robust robot behavior across a wide variety of robotic platforms.

wiki.ros.org/ROS/Installation

Spring Tool Suite

Spring Tool Suite, is an eclipsed based environment for developing spring applications such as microservices, web apps and spring cloud. (used for CIS110-6).

spring.io/tools

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop.

ubuntu.com/download

Visual Studio Community

Visual Studio Community, is a fully-featured, extensible, free IDE for creating modern applications for Android, iOS, Windows, as well as web applications and cloud services. (used for CIS16-2)

visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community

Wireshark

Wireshark is the world’s foremost and widely used network protocol analyzer. It lets you see what’s happening on your network at a microscopic level and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many commercial and non-profit enterprises, government agencies, and educational institutions. Wireshark’s development thrives thanks to the volunteer contributions of networking experts around the globe and is the continuation of a project started by Gerald Combs in 1998.

www.wireshark.org/download.html

address

School of Computer Science and Technology
University of Bedfordshire
University Square
Luton
Bedfordshire
UK, LU1 3JU

calendar

CST Labs - Opening Times

Monday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday CLOSED

affiliations

TIGA member

BCS Educational Affiliate

IET The Institution of Engineering and Technology