Viterbi School List of Available Software
1Password is a password manager tool that is offered to all faculty and staff with an active USC email address. 1Password makes it easier for you to manage and access passwords and company information, wherever and whenever you work. Click here to find out more.
Viterbi School provides, at no cost, an Adobe Creative Cloud license subscription for full-time tenured/tenure-track, teaching, and research faculty on primary appointment in the Viterbi School. Creative Cloud is Adobe's suite of creative software, which includes Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, and some cloud services. Click here to find out more.
Ansys license is available to Viterbi Faculty, Viterbi students or Viterbi students taking at least one Viterbi course during a semester. Click here for instructions on how to obtain the Ansys installer.
Scientific productivity application suite; includes ChemDraw, ChemDraw for Excel, Chem3D, and ChemFinder. Please note that there is a cost per license. To make a request, please complete this form.
DocuSign provides a cloud-based electronic signature solution. Its cloud based electronic signature platform helps to securely collect information, automate data workflows and sign anything. Click here to find out more.
Doodle is an online calendaring tool that assists with coordinating meetings or events. It is most helpful to those who often coordinate meetings that involve a mix of USC and non-USC participants. Click here to find out more.
Grammarly is a writing enhancement tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to check written content's spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. Eligible Viterbi faculty, students, and staff have access to the premium version of Grammarly, which also offers advanced writing suggestions to help with writing clarity, concision, vocabulary, style, and tone. In alignment with specific course section guidelines, Viterbi students who are enrolled in certain writing course sections will not have access to Viterbi's Grammarly Premium license for the duration of their course enrollment. Upon completion of the course, students can sign up to access the license. Click here to find out more.
Azure is Microsoft's cloud computing platform that offers a large amount of services for learning and building applications. It does not include Microsoft Office. Faculty and staff have access to Office via USC ITS' Office365. Click here for more info.
Microsoft 365 Copilot is now available for Faculty and staff. Viterbi Faculty and Staff can request approval for a licensed copy of M365 Copilot from their Unit Lead. Viterbi IT will approve M365 Copilot only if a valid PPGG can be supplied to Viterbi IT to procure the licenses. Click here to find out more.
Oracle Academy advances computer science education globally to drive knowledge, innovation, skill development, and diversity in technology fields. Click here to find out more.
Viterbi School now provides free Overleaf Professional accounts for all Viterbi faculty, students, and staff who want to use a collaborative, online LaTeX editor for their projects. Click here to find out more.
Poll Everywhere is a web-based platform that allows you to create and display interactive polls, quizzes, and word clouds. It is now available to instructors. Please send your request for an USC Poll Everywhere License to brightspace@usc.edu. Click here for additional information.
SentinelOne endpoint security software is designed to detect, remove, and prevent the spread of malware and other security risks. Click here to find out more.
VMware IT Academy has been terminated by Broadcom.
Note: Many of the software listed may not be distributed due to licensing agreements. Click here for the list of software.