Genesee Community College has a major commitment to making computer labs available to support instruction. Classes in a number of disciplines use the computer labs for instruction and almost all faculty expect that students will use a computer in some way to complete assignments or simply keep in contact.
Every Genesee location has at least two computer labs for these purposes.
Apple Computers
Genesee uses primarily Windows based computers. There is a lab of Apple Macs on the Batavia campus that supports the Digital Arts and Communication degree programs; students in those programs will be expected to work in the Mac lab on assignments.
You are more than welcome to use a Mac laptop on a campus wireless connection for your own personal use but do be aware that the majority of faculty will be using Windows as their base system.
Printing
Laser printers are available in all student labs to allow you to print documents to hand in to instructors and for your own use. There is no separate printing fee, that is included in the Technology Fee paid every semester.
The Computer Learning Lab (T207) on the Batavia campus has a color printer to allow students to print a final copy of a project that is to be handed in to an instructor. We have a limit to many pages you may print on the color printer. You may only print 10 pages on the color printer a day, per person.
The Laptop Zone found inside T207 also allows for wireless printing from personal laptops. Instructions on how to connect to the printer are on location in the room.
Saving your Work
All campus computers have readily accessible USB ports for you to use a flash drive. We recommend that you purchase multiple, smaller flash drives rather than one large flash drive, in case you are in a class (often a CIS class) where the instructor requires you to turn in your work on a flash drive.
Make sure that you put your name on the flash drive so that when you lose it, you can easily identify it. Additionally, create a file on the drive named “_Owner Information” — the underscore will sort the file to the top of the list — with your name and email address so that you can be contacted if your flash drive is found.
Additionally, you can email files to yourself using your Genesee email or any other Cloud based system you may have access to.