Both introductory courses use the free UCINET software package, (along with Excel). It is strongly recommended that you install these before starting the workshop as all of the courses are hands-on and if you can't get the software to run, you will miss out.
Important note about dual screens: Hands-on learning of software can be tricky online (in our case, using Zoom). In one window, you will have the instructor typing and clicking on menus. In other windows, you will be interacting with the software on your machine. If you don't have two screens or one really wide one, this becomes very difficult. We strongly recommend having two screens, which could be two monitors on one computer, or two computers, or a computer and a tablet, etc.
UCINET
The UCINET package (which includes NetDraw) runs on Windows only. If you have a Mac, you must install a Windows emulator such as Parallels. In the past, people could also run UCINET on WINE, but that is no longer true.
Or, use a PC for this workshop.
Additional notes:
Ideally, you should have Make sure you have version 6.835 or later. If not, download the latest version from here:
On that page, click the red "download" button . This will download a package that will install both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of UCINET. (We will then use the 32-bit version in the workshop) Note that the installer is "unsigned" which means your browser may balk at downloading the program. I means the author needs to pay to get the software certified.
After installing, you should run through the document Setting up Ucinet (skip down to the Starting the program section).