# SPSS AppStream

**These directions are for the use of SPSS via a web browser  
(instead of installing it on your own computer).**

## Get Help

- Contact your instructor for help with course/lab directions
- If the issue is a technical one, you can contact Chi Shen [cshen@uri.edu](mailto:cshen@uri.edu) or Patrick Canole [pcanole@uri.edu](mailto:pcanole@uri.edu).

## Access SPSS

1. **Go to <https://myapps.microsoft.com>**
2. Look for SPSS AppStream
   - SPSS AppStream -- 2-3 minute wait for start, available at all times.  

     ![image-1663080344636.png](https://notes.its.uri.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-09/scaled-1680-/DpqSLeyqLNXPniGB-image-1663080344636.png)
3. Click the SPSS icon:  

   ![image-1662981866013.png](https://notes.its.uri.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-09/scaled-1680-/image-1662981866013.png)
4. Once started, your session should look like this:  

   ![image-1662982109538.png](https://notes.its.uri.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-09/scaled-1680-/image-1662982109538.png)

## Save Your Work

**Be sure to save any work  
in one of the storage options,  
Home Folder or Google Drive.**

### Storage - Home Folder

When saving and opening files, you can use the special "**Home Folder**".  This area persists across all AppStream sessions.

![image-1662982476359.png](https://notes.its.uri.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-09/scaled-1680-/image-1662982476359.png)

If you need to upload to the Home Folder from your own computer:

![image-1662982590270.png](https://notes.its.uri.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-09/scaled-1680-/image-1662982590270.png)

![image-1662982628849.png](https://notes.its.uri.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-09/scaled-1680-/image-1662982628849.png)

### Storage - Google Drive

You can also link your AppStream sessions to your URI Google Drive.

- Perform the one-time linking -- after clicking Add Storage, select Google Drive, and then login with your URI Google credentials.  
  ![image-1662982773712.png](https://notes.its.uri.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-09/scaled-1680-/image-1662982773712.png)
- Once linked, the Google Drive option will appear for opening and saving files.  Future AppStream sessions will not need to re-link to Google Drive.  

  ![image-1662982919492.png](https://notes.its.uri.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-09/scaled-1680-/image-1662982919492.png)
- Getting files in and out of Google Drive continues to be like how you would normally use Google Drive independently of SPSS AppStream -- browse to drive.google.com and use your URI credentials.

### Downloading Files to Your Computer

***Once you have saved your files*** to either the ***Home Folder*** or ***Google Drive***, you can download the files to your own computer. This is sometimes needed, for example, when your instructor needs you to submit your files for handing in an assignment.

[![image-1675091949367.png](https://notes.its.uri.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2023-01/scaled-1680-/szkRMW5knbXnsegK-image-1675091949367.png)](https://notes.its.uri.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2023-01/szkRMW5knbXnsegK-image-1675091949367.png)

## Ending Your Session

There are no special directions for ending your SPSS AppStream session.  You can just close your browser window / tab.

**If you are using a public / shared / lab computer be sure to log yourself out of any accounts!**

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