• Download SpartanStudentV903.dmg from software.geneseo.edu

• Once the file finishes downloading, navigate to your downloads folder and open the .dmg

• Drag Spartan Student V9 into your Applications folder.

• Open Spartan Student from either Applications or Launchpad.

• Click Accept to accept the license agreement. 

• Click OK. Enter your administrator password in the dialogue that follows. 

• Spartan Student will now open fully. A dialogue for licensing the software will pop up. Click Launch License Utility. 

• Select the radio button for Network, then click Next.  

• Before the license server can be entered, the Sentinel Installer has to run.

  

  •  Click Next/Continue until you reach the license agreement page. Agree to the license.

  • Click Continue.           

    • A message will pop up saying that a System Extension has been blocked. Click Open System Preferences. 

    • Click the Lock and enter your administrator credentials.

    • Click Allow next to the blocked system extension.

    • Click the Lock and close System Preferences

• Once the installation has finished, return to the Spartan installer and click Next. 
  

• Enter spartanlic.geneseo.edu into the box for the license server. Click Next. The software should now be licensed and ready to use.

  

  • If Spartan says "A valid license was not found", try clicking Check License.

  • If that does not work, click Launch License Utility. Replace spartanlic.geneseo.edu with 137.238.2.85

  • If that still does not work, click Check License again. The software should find the license and become available for use.

Steps for Windows

• Download SpartanStudentInstaller903.exe from software.geneseo.edu

• Once the file finishes downloading, navigate to your downloads folder and double click on SpartanStudentInstaller903

• If you are prompted with "Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?" click Yes

• On the welcome screen click Next.

• Read the license terms, then check the box to accept the license agreement, then click Next.

• Click Install.

• When the Wavefunction License Utility opens, select Network, then click Next.

• On the welcome screen click Next.

• Read the license agreement, then select the option to Accept the license agreement, then click Next.

• Click Next.

• The Sentinel installer will now run, click Finish when it completes.

• When the Wavefunction License Utility opens again, type spartanlic.geneseo.edu into the License Server field, then click Next

• When you see the notification "Successfully set server to "spartanlic.geneseo.edu" click Done

• Click Next

• Click Finish

• Spartan Student is now installed.

• If you launch Spartan and it says "A valid license was not found", open the License Utility by clicking Help in the upper right corner and selecting License Utility.

• Replace spartanlic.geneseo.edu with 137.238.2.85

• Then click Check License again. The software should find the license and become available for use.

Notes

• Spartan will only be able to connect the license server if you have a working campus internet connection. If you are located off-campus, you must establish a VPN connection in order for Spartan to launch.

• Spartan is not available on the Chromebook platform, if you need access from one of those devices please visit one of our public Windows lab and complete your work on a lab computer.

• This license expires annually in the month of May.

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