System Requirements

Minimum and recommended system capacities for installing and running NVivo:

• Windows
• Mac

NVivo Access for ULethbridge Users

Faculty, staff, post-docs, RAs, and graduate students holding paid U Lethbridge positions:

• Contact ITS to request NVivo
• ITS will determine your access mode (MyNVivolicense or via a serial number)

Graduate students who are not U Lethbridge employees:

• If you are a U Lethbridge graduate student and do not hold a paid U Lethbridge position, you can
  • download the Non-Employee Access Rights form
  • complete the form and ask your supervisor to sign it
  • email the completed form to human.resources@uleth.ca
  • after 2 to 3 business days, contact ITS to request access to NVivo

Undergraduate students:

• Access NVivo in most of the U of L computer labs OR
• Use Azure Virtual Desktop (see the AVD site)

NVivo for Windows vs Mac

Mac users: please note that the full functionality of NVivo for Windows is currently only partially available in NVivo for Mac. The file extension for NVivo Windows projects is .nvp while the file extension for NVivo Mac projects is .nvpx. You can convert .nvp project files to .nvpx and vice versa, but doing so on a regular basis is not recommended.

Find out more about differences between NVivo for Windows and NVivo for Mac here.