Ministry Licensed Software and Web Services

Improved teaching and learning  

 What is this?

The OSAPAC Committee (Ontario Software Acquisition Program Advisory Committee) advises the Ministry of Education on the acquisition of provincial licenses for publicly-funded schools in Ontario. OESS (Ontario Educational Software Service) is the distribution mechanism whereby the software is sent to School Boards, Faculties of Education and First Nations Schools. 

Examples and links to more detailed descriptions are provided in the table below.

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Web Services

There are 12 web services currently licensed by OSAPAC that provide access to resources for teachers and students from home and school:

• Career Cruising, Grolier On-line, Universalis, Passport to the Internet, Learn360, Naxos music library, Turnitin 2, Mathville 1, Mathematics and Science Gizmos, Bitstrips for Schools, National Film Board, ESRI on-line training for Arcview

For some web services, there may be a limited number of accounts or an instructor may need to create accounts for students.

 Who do we support?

• OISE faculty, staff & students.
• Students are not eligible to request software directly; all requests on students' behalf must originate from their faculty or supervising staff member.
• Students may request help with ministry-licensed software that was pre-approved for student use by their faculty or supervising staff member.

Note: OESS ministry-software can only be used for OISE’s academic program use, not for personal use.

 How do I request it?

• Contact the Client Care Portal

Please indicate that you are requesting OESS software or web application software in your message. OISE maintains a library of all current OESS software products.

• EC Computer Labs

A range of OESS software and Adaptive Technology is available for student use in the EC computer labs on all computers in the OESS software folder. Other products may be installed at the request of an instructor.

See a list of available computing facilities and software in the EC Labs on the Computer Labs page.

 How do I get support?

Contact the Client Care Portal