NEW! AppsAnywhere (remote software streaming for Windows)

NEW! for Fall 2020, AppsAnywhere — a software streaming service for Windows-based software streaming for students working remotely.

 

So you started your classes at Confederation College and you've just been given your first assignment. You need to get started because you know more assignments will be coming soon and you don’t want to get behind in your assignments.

So WHAT are your options to access specific computer software needed in YOUR program of study?

  1. You COULD BUY all the software that is needed for your program, but that could be quite costly.
  2. Or, you could come to the College and use one of the computers there to work on your assignments. But that is NOT the most convenient approach.
  3. There is yet a 3rd option that would allow you to access the computer applications you need, ANYTIME from the location that is most convenient for you. … Confederation College now offers AppsAnywhere.

AppsAnywhere is a new software-distribution system that Confederation College is offering students that allows you to access MUCH of the software offered at the College from your personal computer. New software is being updated to AppsAnywhere all the time.

How does it work?

AppsAnywhere streams software from Confederation College to your Windows-based computer to allow this software to run about as fast as if it was fully installed on your own computer. Try out AppsAnywhere, at anytime from anywhere at: appsanywhere.confederationcollege.ca and click the ‘Username & Password’ button to login to AppsAnywhere using your regular College account username and password.

Logging in for the first time on your computer, you will be prompted to download the (9.89 MB) AppsAnywhere software app by selecting: “It's my first time using AppsAnywhere on this device. Let's go.” SAVE the setup application file to your computer … and then run it. This will install the AppsAnywhere application, on your computer, along with the Cloudpaging Player (20.8 Mb)  which is used to run the majority of the software titles.

You are now ready to access and use ANY of the software resources available to you on AppsAnywhere. When hovering over the application, you can either select: LAUNCH to have it download and run on your computer, OR you can select More Info which will provide you with a DESCRIPTION of the software application.

For future sessions, when you relog into appsanywhere.confederationcollege.ca/ you are likely to see a pop-up window asking Open AppsAnywhere Launcher? Respond by clicking Open AppsAnywhere Launcher in order to validate all the software being offered for download and use. Once your account has been fully validated by the system, any exclamation marks beside software titles, as well as the red warning bar at the top of the screen will disappear and you will be ready to download and use any of the software titles shown.

For more information

please visit AppsAnywhere.confederationcollege.ca and check out “Getting started.”

Two Options for Running Future Sessions of the Software

To rerun the SAME software application in the future, you can either

  1. click the LAUNCH button again in appsanywhere.confederationcollege.ca interface,
  2. OR you can run it directly from the Programs List on your computer, (as you would run any other program on your computer.)

NOW you are equipped to work on your computer assignments ANYTIME from the convenience of your own home.