Appstream Virtual Lab

• The virtual lab is designed for students to provide access to campus standard software from any location via a web browser. Students will be able to access campus standard software remotely regardless of the operating system or hardware.
• Anyone using Apporto Desktop should transition to Appstream Virtual Lab for course instruction.
• If you do not have a College owned device, but need access to campus standard software, you may use Appstream to gain access to the software. 

Note: Faculty and staff with a College owned device already have many of these applications locally installed. Appstream is not necessary if you have the desired application already installed on your device.  We encourage faculty to test out the environment to ensure it meets their pedagogical needs and to get a sense of the student experience in the virtual lab.

Appstream Virtual Lab is available in the OneLogin portal. Click on the tile shown below and your session will begin. All students, faculty and staff have access via OneLogin. 

Watch this video tutorial to get started using Appstream Virtual Lab. 

Appstream Virtual Lab hosts over 25 applications. The applications currently installed are as follows: 

Access
Anaconda Navigator
ChemDraw 19.1
Cn3D 4.3
Delta 5.3.1
Excel
GeoGebra Classic
GIMP 2.10.22
IBM SPSS Statistics 26
IDLE (Python 3.8 32-bit)
IOR Tutorial
JMP 11.2.1
LoggerPro 3.15
Maple 2016
Maple 2020
Microsoft SQL Server
Notepad++
Powerpoint
Project
Publisher
Python 3.8 (32-bit)
QGIS Desktop 3.12.3
Tableau 2020.3
Tax Act
Visio
Visual Studio 2019
Word

Google Drive IS the storage solution for Appstream Virtual Lab. When you first log on to Appstream Virtual Lab, click on the Desktop option on the home screen and setup storage. After your storage is set up once, it will be available for every session from any application. 

Watch this video tutorial to get started using Appstream Virtual Lab which includes how to set up your Google Drive storage. 

Note: You can upload temporary files for use in Appstream, but we do not recommend this. They only be available in the current session and will not be there in future sessions. 

Faculty and staff may request that licensed software be included in the Appstream Virtual Lab,  please fill out the Software Purchase/Installation request form. 

Want to learn more about Appstream Virtual Lab? 

Watch this video tutorial to get started using Appstream Virtual Lab.

If you are intersted in using Appstream Virtual Lab in your class and would instruction provided to your students, please contact [email protected]. 

• I connected my Google Drive storage, but I can't access the files in an application? 
  Try signing out and sign back in to the session to check if your Google Drive storage is available. You will need to wait a few minutes while the expired session closes. If you are still unable to access your Google Drive files, you will want to remove Appstream's access in your Google Account and then login to Appstream to setup your storage again. 
• My session is taking a long time to load
  Appstream Virtual lab is has a set startup time of 2 minutes and 30 seconds for each session. You will see a countdown clock while the session is being prepared showing REAL TIME exactly how much time is left until the session is available to use. If you recently closed a session, you will need to wait a few minutes before starting a new one. 
• I uploaded files to Appstream during my last session and they are no longer there
  Appstream's storage solution is Google Drive. While you may upload files for temporary use during a session, they will not be available after that session ends. 
• My session timed out
  Appstream sessions will timeout if you are idle for 60 minutes. This was previously set to 15 minutes idle and has been increased.