
FSE Cloud Classroom
FSE Cloud Classroom is a virtual environment hosted in the cloud that provides Fulton students immediate access to software used in many Fulton Engineering courses directly from a browser window.
Quick Start Essentials
Why should I use this tool?
How do I access the FSE Cloud Classroom?
What are the system requirements for FSE Cloud Classroom?
What software is available in FSE Cloud Classroom?
How can I Get Help?
Students can get help on accessing and using the FSE Cloud Classroom by emailing FSECloudClassroom@asu.edu
Faculty and staff can get assistance, such as how to get a new virtual environment created for your courses by submitting a request to FSE Cloud Classroom Support in ServiceNow.To access FSE Cloud Classroom, go to asu.apporto.com to launch Apporto. On the Welcome page click the Log In button.

At the Microsoft Services Login page select Student and log in with your ASURITE and password. Do not select Faculty/Staff/Student Worker. You will not be able to proceed and you will have to clear your browser cache and return to the Login page if you do.

After logging in you will be taken to your Apporto Desktop Selection Menu. This should have two desktops by default: a GPU Windows Desktop and a Windows Desktop. Depending on your enrolled courses you may see more selections on this screen.

Upon launching a desktop environment the Apporto page may prompt you to allow notifications and access to see clipboard content. You may choose to allow or block these notifications.


You will be given a brief tutorial on how to use the Apporto tools provided as part of the FSE Cloud Classroom. Feel free to look through these screens to help you get the most out of the tools.

Double-click the Cloud Mounter icon to add a cloud drive to Apporto and access files easily from your ASU cloud account such as Google, oneDrive, or Dropbox. Use this if you need to transfer files out of the cloud classroom systems or need to work across multiple cloud classrooms

Congratulations! This concludes the basic steps to use your FSE Cloud Classroom. If you have any further questions contact your professor or see How can I Get Help? above.
Launching Apps from Apporto
After logging in to Apporto, select the App Store tab on the left hand Navigation bar. Locate the desired app or desktop and click Launch. The selected app or desktop will open in a new browser tab.

When you first login to Apporto, it may take up to 30 seconds to launch an app. This is because your profile is being created. After this, applications will launch much faster, typically between 7-15 seconds.
Some applications (e.g. Persistent Virtual Machines) may take a few minutes to launch, because the server needs to start before the application can be launched. In these cases, a popup will notify you when the server is starting. Starting a server typically takes 1-2 minutes.
About the Menu
The available options are displayed as icons in the top menu bar.
- Change Display Mode
- Select Fullscreen
in the top menu bar to toggle the display to full-screen mode.
- Select Exit Fullscreen
in the menu bar or press the <Esc> key to return the display to normal mode.
In full-screen mode, the top menu bar is hidden by default. Hover your cursor at the top edge of your browser to reveal the menu.
- Select Fullscreen
- Upload / Download Files
- Select File Upload
in the menu bar to upload a file from your computer to the Apporto desktop.
- Select File Download
in the menu bar to download a file from Apporto to your computer.
- Select File Upload
- Save or Restore a Snapshot
- Select Snapshots
in the menu bar to save or restore a “snapshot” of your files.
- Select Snapshots
- Share Your Screen
- Select Share Screen
to share your screen with another user and collaborate in the current session.
- Select Share Screen
- Open Messenger
- Select Messenger
to open and use Messenger.
- Select Messenger
- Use Multiple Monitors
- When you select Multi Monitor
a new browser tab will open. Simply drag it to another monitor and resize as needed. You must launch the desktop in Multi Monitor Mode in order to see the Multi Monitor icon in the menu.
- When you select Multi Monitor
- Turn Sound On/Off
- Select Sound
to turn sound on or off.
- Select Sound
- Settings
- Select Settings
to view microphone and clipboard browser settings.
- Select Settings
Additional Student Guides for Using Apporto
Enable Access to Apporto (Faculty Instructions)
- Log into Canvas and click on Settings. Under the Navigation List, drag the “Apporto Visual Lab” option up to the visible options as shown in the picture below. Scroll to the bottom and hit save.
- Now you should see “Apporto Virtual Lab” listed in your navigation list on the left-hand side of your screen as shown below. Please click this link to configure access for your class (If you do not click this link access will not be provided automatically). Clicking this link automatically gives permissions to your students to the general windows and our GPU windows desktop environments.
- Your students should see a screen similar to the one below and they can launch the desktops they need for your course. If you do not see any desktops available or need additional access (Mac, Linux environments) please submit a ticket here:
- Students can get help on accessing and using the FSE Cloud Classroom by emailing FSECloudClassroom@asu.edu
- Faculty and staff can get assistance, such as how to get a new virtual environment created for your courses by submitting a request to FSE Cloud Classroom Support in ServiceNow.
Additional Faculty Guides for Using Apporto
The software shown below is available to all students when you login to FSE Cloud Classroom and launch an Apporto Desktop. You will see additional software available (not shown below) if you are enrolled in certain engineering courses. Your professor will let you know if you have access to these additional software.

Alice

Ansys

Anylogic PLE

ArcGIS

Atom

AutoCAD

Autodesk Civil3D

Autodesk Revit

Brackets

BrickLink Studio

ChemCAD

Code::Blocks

Eclipse

Energyplus

Engineering Equation Solver

Google Earth

HEC-RAS

HexEdit

LEGO Digital Designer

LEGO Mindstorms

Maple

Mathematica

Matlab

Microsoft Visual Studio CE

NetLogo

Paint

PyCharm

Python 3

QTSpim

R

RocScience

R Studio

Solidworks
