Purchasing Hardware and Software

C.A.T.S. - Computing And Technology Store
The Computing and Technology Store is located in the basement of the bookstore. Faculty, staff, and students can take advantage of educational discounts on PC hardware and PC software , as well as Mac Hardware and Mac software , including site licensing on a variety of commonly used software packages.

Site-Licensed Software
The University has negotiated a number of site licenses for a variety of software packages, including SSH (used to securely upload files to your UA web account), Sophos AntiVirus, and UACBT, available at little or no charge to students, faculty and staff.

Support for Hardware and Software

The 27/7 IT Support Center
Having problems with your computer, network connections, University accounts, or just have some general questions about technology? We're here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (except for UA Holidays - see our modified holiday hours schedule!).

The U of A Bookstore Computer Service Center
Housed in the Computing and Technology Store in the basement of the bookstore, the Computer Service Center is an Apple and PC certified service center. Call for information regarding other brands of computers.

Instructional Technology Resources on Campus

Office of Instruction and Assessment
The Office of Instruction and Assessment  (fomerly known as LTC/the Learning Technology Center) offers support to the UA teaching community in course and curriculum design, online course development, program and classroom assessment and evaluation, instructional strategies and learning technologies.

UITS Classroom Technology Services
Offers information about the multimedia and internet-ready resources available in any classroom on campus. Also offers free audiovisual equipment for instructors to check-out for classroom use.

Multimedia Learning Lab
Offers support for video and multimedia production. The MLL has 21 workstations and a huge variety of multimedia software. The MLL staff are ready to assist on a drop-in or by appointment basis.

Virtual Reality Annex
Virtual Reality Object movies are created when objects are photographically captured and turned into interactive computer objects that can be experienced three-dimensionally and shared without the original objects actually being handled. Panorama movies are created when real world spaces are captured photographically and turned into worlds that can be navigated and explored on a computer. The staff and equipment of the VR Annex can help you get started in looking at the world in a whole new perspective.

Web Development & Emerging Technologies (OIA)
The Office of Instruction and Assessment's Web Development & Emerging Technologies Team assists faculty, instructors and TA's in several ways. We invite you to contact us for professionally developed websites that are easy for you update, websites that support your grant projects or research labs, instructional resources that extend student learning, and educational technology consultants with whom you may explore new ideas.

AZ-LIVE - Arizona Laboratory for Immersive Visualization Environments
AZ-LIVE is a room where university researchers, faculty and students can be immersed in a three-dimensional, computer-generated world. The environment combines 3-D computer graphics, stereoscopic projection technology, acoustical tracking devices and four-channel audio to create the illusion of being present in a virtual world. The reconfigurable projection walls allow users to view their virtual worlds in an intimate CAVE-like enclosure, a slightly larger immersive theater or a very large flat vertical display.