Technology-Enhanced Facilities

The college provides a number of venues for both faculty and students to experience the cutting edge in technology. ITS is committed to providing state-of-the-art facilities and the support to utilize those facilities.

The following are the varying technology-enhanced facilities and technology available within those facilities at the college.

If you need additional software or service other than the college standard software (instructional images), you must submit a setup request form. Software installation can only be performed by ITS personnel. If assignments require students to download software, please communicate this to ITS.

Classrooms, Labs, and Touchdown Stations

  • Classroom and Lab Set Up

    Use this form to submit a computer, smart, and STC setup request (login required).

    Reasons to submit a classroom/lab setup form:

    • installation of new software
    • need for student E-Locker space beyond the 30 MB allocation
    • adopting new course materials which requires a particular plug-in or other software installation
    • need for use of a non-Windows operating system
    • new hardware which needs to be installed or moved
    • need for administrative rights so that students may install software or make system changes as part of the class exercises, etc.

    We would be glad to meet with you to fully understand your request. If you have any questions, please contact the Service Desk at 704.330.5000.

    ITS only supports licensed college software. Issues with other software is the responsibility of the user. All software should only be installed according to their licensing agreements. All licenses must be on file with ITS.

  • Part-Time Faculty Touchdown Stations
    • Cato Campus, Cato I, Room 192 (6 stations)
    • Cato Campus, Cato II, Room 264 (1 station)
    • Cato Campus, Cato II, Room 278 (1 station)
    • Cato Campus, Cato III, Room 220 (8 stations)
    • Central Campus, Belk Building, Room 3121 (3 stations)
    • Central Campus, Sloan-Morgan Building, Room 120 (7 stations)
    • Central Campus, Sloan-Morgan Building, Room 223 (4 stations)
    • Central Campus, IT Building, Room 4100 (5 stations)
    • Central Campus, Overcash Building, Room 251 (4 stations)
    • Central Campus, Overcash Building, Room 253 (4 stations)
    • Harris Campus,  Harris I Building, Room 2226 (8 stations)
    • Levine Campus, Levine II Building, Room 2460  (9 stations)
    • Levine Campus, Levine II Building, Room 3400 (16 stations)
    • Levine Campus, Levine II Building, Room 3460  (12 stations)
    • Merancas Campus, Claytor Building, Room 1114 (8 stations)
    • Merancas Campus, Merancas IV, Room 211 (8 stations)

Smart Classrooms

Smart Classrooms, which are specially-equipped rooms located throughout Central Piedmont's campuses, enable faculty and staff to incorporate multimedia and internet content into their lectures. Each Smart Classroom has a smart podium equipped with a networked computer, DVD/VCR player, and a ceiling-mounted data projector.

  • Listing of Smart Classrooms

    Smart classrooms listing (Excel document)

    Instructions are provided on how to sort the information. The list provided does not replace our online service for scheduling Smart Classrooms. It is suggested that you save the file to you computer if you would like to keep changes you have made, otherwise view the spreadsheet as read-only.

  • External Video Source Compatible (VGA) Smart Classrooms

    The following rooms are currently equipped to allow connectivity of laptops or other portable devices that can connect via VGA for video output.

    Cato Campus

    • CT 140
    • CT 20
    • CT 268

    Central Campus

    • BL 1116
    • BL 4101
    • BL 4103
    • CA 200
    • HE 4510
    • HE 2513
    • HE 3524
    • HL 215
    • HL 304
    • LT 3121
    • OC 231

    Harper Campus

    • HP 108
    • HP 112
    • HP 324

    Harris Campus

    • H1 1120
    • H2 2124
    • H2 2126

    Levine Campus

    • LV 1301
    • LV 1302
    • LV 1303
    • LV 1304
    • LV 1307
    • LV 1408
    • LV 1410
    • LV 2150
    • LV 3100
    • LV 3316

    Merancas Campus

    • CJ 119
    • CJ 120
    • CJ 131
    • CJ 138
    • CJ 139

  • External Video Source Compatible (HDMI) Smart Classrooms

    The following smart classrooms are currently equipped to allow connectivity of laptops or other portable devices that can connect via HDMI for video output.

    In-depth listing of smart classrooms with HDMI support (Excel document)

    Central Campus

    • Advanced Technology Building, Room 300
    • ECB, all smart classrooms
    • Giles Building, Room 307
    • Giles Building, Rom 316
    • Worrell Building, all smart classrooms

    Harper Campus

    Harper III Building, all smart classrooms

    Levine Campus

    Room 1206

  • Computer Classrooms and Smart Auditoriums

    Computer classrooms are specially-equipped rooms located throughout Central Piedmont campuses, with a networked computer at each seat in the room. The instructor's station will be connected to a ceiling mounted data projector. In some computer classrooms, the instructor's station may be a Smart Podium.

    Smart Auditoriums are equipped as smart classrooms and may offer additional services. The major difference is greater seating capacity. To confirm seating capacity, available services, and to reserve a room, contact your campus scheduler.

    View room schedules online (login required).

College Standard Software Instructional Images

  • Base Win 10 Image
    • Windows 10 LTSC19
    • Microsoft Office Enterprise 2016 (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Publisher)
    • Internet Explorer
    • Mozilla FireFox
    • Google Chrome
    • Adobe Reader DC
    • Adobe Shockwave Player
    • Adobe AIR
    • Java
    • Aleks Player 3.18
    • Media Player Classic

  • ITBase Win 10 Image (Includes Base Image)

    Due to licensing restrictions, the following images are only available for workstations used by the IT division:

    • Base Image
    • Calico 4.0.1
    • Python 3.8
    • Visio 2016
    • Project 2016
    • WingWare 101 ver 7.13
    • JGrasp 2.0.4_04
    • NetBeans IDE 8.2 w/JDK8u192
    • Parallax SimpleIDE
    • Dev-Cpp 5.11
    • Eclipse for Java Developers
    • Notepad ++v7.8.2
    • Code Blocks C IDE 17.12
    • Flowgorithm 2.22.0
    • Packet Tracer 7.3
    • WinSCP 5.15.9
    • GitHub

  • SGD Image
    • Base Image (Windows 10 & Office Professional 2016)
    • MS Project 2016
    • MS Visio 2016
    • Adobe CC 2018
    • VLC Media Player Classic
    • Autodesk Maya 2019
    • Autodesk Motion Builder 2019
    • Autodesk MudBox 2019
    • AndroidStudio 3.5.3
    • NotePad ++
    • Zbrush 2018
    • Substance Painter 19
    • Unity 2019.2
    • Twine 2.3.5
    • Unreal Engine
    • Unreal Studio
    • Steam 2.10
    • GitHub
    • Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2019 - Game  Development with Unity Workload
    • Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2019 - Game development with C++ Workload
    • Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2019 - .NET Core Cross-Platform Workload
    • 7zip 19.00
    • Filezilla 3.46.0
    • FlashBack Express
    • OBS Studio 24.0.3
    • Blend 2.8

  • Apple OSX Image
    • OSX 10.11 El Capitan and 10.12 Sierra
    • Adobe Reader DC 2015 15.020.20039
    • Adobe Flash Player Plugin 23.0.0.185
    • Adobe Shockwave Plugin 12.225.195
    • Citrix Plugin 12.3.0
    • DVD Player
    • VLC 2.2.4
    • Java - Version 8 Update 101
    • iMovie
    • Photos
    • iTunes 12.5.1
    • Keynote
    • Numbers
    • Pages
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Microsoft Office 2016
    • Microsoft Silverlight 5.1.50901.0
    • Google Chrome 53.0.2785.143
    • Safari 10.0
    • QuickTime 10.4

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