Applications available via remote desktop and lab machines (Staff version)

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‘NIDA Bookmarks' - see this section for links to these bookmarked applications
Installed applications

'NIDA Bookmarks'

These bookmarks appear in the bookmarks bar of NIDA-owned devices, such as NIDA supplied personal computers and CAD Lab and Mac Lab machines:

The Applications listed in the ‘NIDA Bookmarks’ menu, apart from those shown above in the Installed Applications table, are:

'NIDA Bookmarks' excluding those listed in the main table above

'NIDA Bookmarks' excluding those listed in the main table above
Table last updated 8 May 2026
Application	Link	Staff use	Student use
Asana	Asana	Yes	No
ASIMUT	ASIMUT	Yes	Yes
CheqRoom	Cheqroom	Yes	Yes
CommBiz [Finance staff only]	CommBiz	Yes	No
Content Manager Web	CM Web	Yes	No
Edushare [via NIDA Portal]	Edushare	Yes	Yes
eSAM [Exec, Finance, L&I and Student Services staff only]	eSAM	Yes	No
Fotoweb	FotoWeb	Yes	Yes
GPWeb [Finance staff only]	GPWeb	Yes	No
Helpdesk (aka HappyFox)	Helpdesk	Yes	Yes
HITS [Exec, L&I and Student Services staff only]	HITS	Yes	No
Jedox	Jedox	Yes	No
Knowledge Base	Knowledge Base	Yes	Yes
Library Catalogue (aka Aurora) [via NIDA Portal]	Library Catalogue	Yes	Yes
My account (Microsoft) [via Microsoft account url]	My Account	Yes	Yes
MyNIDA (aka UKG Ready aka Kronos Workforce Ready)	MyNIDA	Yes	No
NIDA Home (aka NIDA website)	NIDA Home	Yes	Yes
Library site [via NIDA Portal]	Library site	Yes	Yes
NIDA Learn (aka Canvas)	NIDA Learn	Yes	Yes
NIDA Portal (aka NIDA Intranet aka Sharepoint)	Intranet	Yes	Yes
Office portal (Microsoft) [via Microsoft account url]	Office Portal	Yes	Yes
Outlook Web Access	OWA	Yes	Yes
ProcessPay [Finance staff only]	Process Pay	Yes	No
PRODA [Finance and Student Services staff only]	PRODA	Yes	No
Qualtrics	Qualtrics	Yes	No
Relationship Authorisation Manager (aka RAM) [Exec. Finance and P&C staff only]	RAM	Yes	No
Safety Portal (aka ecoPortal]	Safety Portal	Yes	Yes
Salesforce	Salesforce	Yes	No
Security info (Microsoft) [via Microsoft account url]	Security Info	Yes	Yes
Self service password reset (Microsoft) [via Microsoft account url]	SSPR	Yes	Yes
SmartyGrants (aka RAM) [Exec. Finance and P&C staff only]	Smarty Grants	Yes	No
Staff Share [via NIDA Portal]	Staff Share	Yes	No
Stage and Screen	Stage and Screen	Yes	No
Student Portal (aka Paradigm)	Student Portal	Yes	Yes
Student Share [via NIDA Portal]	Student Share	Yes	Yes
Windcave [Finance staff only]	WindCave	Yes	No
Workplace	Workplace	Yes	No
Zoom	Zoom	Yes	Yes

Installed applications

The table below is adapted from an existing IT Department list of what applications are available as standard on

NIDA-supplied staff Windows and Mac machines
online via Remote Desktop Servers KENRDS00 and KENRDS01
onsite via the CAD, Mac and Music Labs available at Kensington.

Please be aware that some of the listed items may be out of date.

Applications on the Remote Desktop Server (aka 'RDS”) and Lab machines are available to all staff who have an @nida.edu.au account, however Melbourne staff will obviously not have ready access to the Labs, and bookings should be made in ASIMUT to ensure any personal use in the Labs does not clash with scheduled teaching sessions.
Labs are available to NIDA HE and VET students.

See the following guide for how to access RDS00 and RDS01:

Remote Desktop Access

Applications	For all staff; or For specific departments	Windows Staff only	Mac Staff only	CAD Lab	Mac Lab	Music Lab	RDS00 Staff and students	RDS01 Staff only

Applications	For all staff; or For specific departments	Windows Staff only	Mac Staff only	CAD Lab	Mac Lab	Music Lab	RDS00 Staff and students	RDS01 Staff only
Table updates: RDS00 applications updated 11.3.25; RDS01 column added 18.3.25; RDS01 column checked and updated 6.2.25 RDS03 created 1.5.26 - applications are being progressively added
Application versions may be more recent than shown here
Applications listed as ‘Browser’ are available on NIDA machines via the ‘NIDA Bookmarks’ menu in Edge, Firefox and Chrome browsers. These machines include all those shown in the columns here.
365 Apps (Microsoft)	All	Yes (Browser)	Yes (Browser)	Yes (Browser)	Yes (Browser)	Yes (Browser)	Yes (Browser)	Yes (Browser)
7-Zip	All	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Ableton Live		No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Access (Autodesk)		?	?	?	?	?	Yes	No
Acrobat DC (Adobe)		No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Acrobat Distiller (Adobe)		No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Acrobat Reader (Adobe)	All	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
After Effects 2023 (Adobe Creative Cloud)		No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
ART ToolShop	Staging	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Attendant Console (Cisco)	Reception	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Audacity		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Audition 2023		No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Augment3D		No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Aurora	Library	No

Applications available via remote desktop and lab machines (Staff version)

'NIDA Bookmarks'

Table last updated 8 May 2026

Table updates: RDS00 applications updated 11.3.25; RDS01 column added 18.3.25; RDS01 column checked and updated 6.2.25RDS03 created 1.5.26 - applications are being progressively added

Application versions may be more recent than shown here

Applications listed as ‘Browser’ are available on NIDA machines via the ‘NIDA Bookmarks’ menu in Edge, Firefox and Chrome browsers.These machines include all those shown in the columns here.

Table updates:
RDS00 applications updated 11.3.25;
RDS01 column added 18.3.25; RDS01 column checked and updated 6.2.25
RDS03 created 1.5.26 - applications are being progressively added

Applications listed as ‘Browser’ are available on NIDA machines via the ‘NIDA Bookmarks’ menu in Edge, Firefox and Chrome browsers.
These machines include all those shown in the columns here.