myapps | Waubonsee Community College

What is AppsAnywhere and Cloudpaging?

Waubonsee students and employees can access Waubonsee’s classroom software applications remotely using myapps (AppsAnywhere), an app store-style platform.

The AppsAnywhere solution (myapps) will enable Waubonsee IT to efficiently deliver most Windows software applications to any computer platform on-demand. Waubonsee users can use the client to download/launch available software remotely.

The Cloudpaging Player is the unique piece of Windows software that “plays” the provisioned applications on the end users' virtual or physical devices. AppsAnywhere with Cloudpaging creates a virtual layer on the computer where the apps are delivered on-demand, but still run locally. Once downloaded, Waubonsee software may be accessed and launched again through the Cloudpaging Player.

Notes:

Software is assigned to users based on their role at the college and/or the classes for which they are registered.
Waubonsee computer users may also continue to access software through the ZENworks AppLauncher (on-campus or VPN).
myapps connects to Cloudpaging and AppsAnywhere, so a Cloudpaging or AppsAnywhere logo/image may occasionally pop up.

Visit the link for more information and to watch a short video: What is AppsAnywhere?

View the User Guide in pdf form 📥

System and Web Browser Requirements

Please note that apps accessed through myapps may have their own separate minimum system requirements which may be more restrictive than those below.

Item	Minimum Requirements	Recommended Requirements
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home x64 SP1 Apple: Mac OS 10.7 +, iOS 7 +, Android Jellybean +, Chrome OS Linux: Fedora, Mint, CentOS/ Redhat, SUSE, Ubuntu	Microsoft Windows 10 Professional x64 SP1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-4110 or equivalent (2.6Ghz Processor)	Intel Core i5-6400 or equivalent (2.7Ghz Processor)
Memory	4GB RAM	8GB RAM
Storage	128GB internal hard drive (20 GB free)	250GB internal hard drive (30 GB free)
Network Adapter	Dual-band 802.11a/g-compliant adapter	802.11ac 2.4/5 GHz wireless adapter
Internet Browser	Google Chrome (62.x) Firefox (54.x ESR) Edge Safari (Mac)	Google Chrome (newest version) Firefox (newest version) Edge (newest version) Safari (Mac) (newest version)
Internet Connection	> 2mbps	> 2mbps

Quick Start for Personal Devices

Follow these instructions to prepare your supported personal computing device to download ready-to-run software via myapps. Once downloaded, Waubonsee software may be accessed and launched again through the Cloudpaging Player.

Sign in to mywcc and click myapps in the black header.
First time signing into myapps?
1. Download and install the AppsAnywhere Client and Cloudpaging Player. (please see below for instructions on downloading and installing AppsAnywhere Client)
2. Take the tour to review the launcher features.
Your browser may prompt you to open the launcher. If it does, choose Open AppsAnywhere Launcher.
Wait for the validation process to complete before choosing an app in the myapps launcher window.
Click the app’s Launch button to download/launch the software and/or the Cloudpaging app or Click the app’s Visit Website button to download/launch the software from its designated site.
When all needed software has been launched/installed, click on the profile icon in the upper-right corner and choose Log out.

AppsAnywhere Client and Launcher

AppsAnywhere Client Download and Installation

The AppsAnywhere client can be installed on any supported device for your personal use.

Go to mywcc > myapps.
Choose It’s my first time using AppsAnywhere on this device. Let’s go.

The AppsAnywhere client installation will download automatically. Once complete, click on the downloaded file in the lower-left corner of the web browser window and choose Open or Run.
The AppsAnywhere Setup Wizard will appear. Click Next through the installation guide. At the conclusion of the installation, choose Close.
Click the blue Done button in the web browser to complete the installation.

Notes:

The initial installation steps of the AppsAnywhere client and the Cloudpaging player should only be necessary one time per device.
RESTART the computer when Cloudpaging Player has been reinstalled or upgraded.

Using the myapps Launcher to Download Software

The web browser may prompt you to open the launcher. If it does, check the box to Always open these types of links in the associated app then choose Open AppsAnywhere Launcher.
If prompted, choose the correct response to install the client on your device: Install Now or I have it already. You may also choose to check the box Don’t show me this again.
A Validation process will run each time you sign into myapps to verify the apps available to you. Wait for this process to complete before choosing an app in the myapps Launcher.
Click the app’s Visit Website or Run Remotely button to download/launch the software from its designated site.
1. Click the app’s Launch button to download/launch the software and/or the Cloudpaging Player app.
  1. Note: The first time an application is launched, it may be slow due to the installation process.
The application will be downloaded, installed, and started from Cloudpaging Player. Check the application’s status by looking at the Cloudpaging Player.

myapps Tour

myapps Launcher

Inactivity

Use Cloudpaging Player to Manage Downloaded Apps

Cloudpaging Player Overview and Explanation

Start Cloudpaging Player

Launch an App

Remove an App

Close and Exit Cloudpaging Player

Note: Closing the Cloudpaging Player window will not stop the program from running in the background.

Use one of these methods to exit Cloudpaging Player completely:

In the Cloudpaging Player File menu, choose Exit.
Right-click the Cloudpaging Player Tray icon, (right side of the Windows taskbar) and select Exit (Open the Show hidden icons menu (right side of the Windows taskbar) if necessary).