Microsoft Office 2019 and Office 365
Current matriculated students, faculty and staff are able to obtain Microsoft Office 365 for free with a valid Skidmore email address. Microsoft allows the installation of Office on up to five personal devices. The license expires when you graduate, transfer or separate from Skidmore College. Note: Non-matriculating students, alumni and retirees are not eligible for this program. To download Microsoft Office:
- Login to your official Skidmore Office 365 online account http://www.outlook.com/skidmore.edu using any current web browser.
- After you successfully login, click on “Office 365” in the top navigation bar.
- Find and click on the “Install” link (usually located below the grouped icons).
- Download Office, install it and begin using right away!
Adobe Creative Suite (2021)
Skidmore has a campus license for Adobe Creative Suite. In order to use Adobe software on lab, classroom or shared computers on campus, you need to sign in with an Adobe ID account. When accessing an Adobe application, you will be asked to sign in. NOTE: The Adobe ID you acquire through Skidmore will only work on college owned computers.
If you already have an Adobe ID account, whether it be Skidmore issued or personal, sign in with your Adobe username and password.
If you do NOT already have an Adobe ID account:
- Click on “Get Adobe ID” on the “Sign In” window.
- In the “Sign Up” window, fill out the required information. (The email address you use does not need to be your Skidmore email address, however it needs to be a functioning email so a confirmation message can be sent to you.)
- Once you have received the confirmation email and clicked on the verification link, your Adobe account will be created.
- Click on the “Check again and Continue” button on the “Verify your Email” window to finish.
Skidmore employees can request Adobe Creative Suite software for their computers as described below.
- Please use the "Submit a Ticket" button to the right to have your Skidmore adobe account created.
- Once created in our Admin Console, they will receive and email with information from Adobe (usually a link) to complete the account creation process.
- Once the account is created, they can log in to their account on Adobe.com and either install the Creative Cloud application to control installation of Adobe Apps OR install applications individually.
- Users are only allowed to have 2 login instances running at one time. If they attempt to log in a 3rd time they will be prompted to log out of all other instances or cancel the current attempt. i.e they can log in at the office and at home.
ChemDraw
- Skidmore owns a site license for ChemDraw, which faculty and students can download to their personal computers. You may be prompted to create an account with the vendor, PerkinElmer, Inc. When you login or create an account, you MUST use your Skidmore email account. The @skidmore.edu is the indicator that qualifies your to access a site licensed account. Request your account or download software here.
JMP
- JMP is available through a SharePoint download. You can access it here.
- You will be prompted to login to your Office365 account to gain access. Within the folders for the various platforms you will find instructions on how to download and install the software.
Mathematica
- Our Mathematica licensing allows for students and faculty to install the software on their personally owned computer. Please use the form to the right to request this program.
MATLAB
- To obtain MATLAB for your personal computer, please use the "Submit a Ticket" button to the right to request this program.
Stata
- The college acquired a campus license for Stata, which allows students and faculty to download the software onto their personal computers. You can obtain the software by going to this link and logging in with your Skidmore credentials.
- There are two folders available, one for Stata 15 and another for Stata 17. Stata 15 is currently available on public lab computers and on the teaching podia. Version 17 may be needed for Mac computers runing a more recent OS. You will also find here installation instructions and licensing information. During the install, be sure to select Stata SE.
Additional Software not listed
For additional software, not found on the above list, please use the "Submit a Ticket" button to the right.