Altas.ti

Overview  

Atlas.ti is an application used for qualitative analysis of large bodies of textual, graphical, audio and video data.

Licenses  

Dartmouth has 10 concurrent-use licenses for v9 (2021) and 15 concurrent-use licenses for v25 (2025). The v9 licenses are perpetual, while later versions are annual renewals. All require a network connection to atlasti.com in order to check out a temporary license, and so may not work in a restricted network environment.

System Requirements  

• v9 Requires MacOS 10.15 - 13.x, Intel or Apple CPU. It will not run on MacOS 14.x or later. Windows 64-bit 10 or 11
• v25 Requires MacOS 12.4 or later, Intel or Apple CPU. Windows 64-bit 10 or 11

Create Account  

• To use Atlas.ti, you must first create an account and register it with Dartmouth College’s concurrent licenses.
• Steps
  • Browse to https://my.atlasti.com/licenses/redeem/activate/I-939-69F-9EC-02A and click Create an account!
  • For email address, always use NETID@dartmouth.edu and set a password. Using NETID@dartmouth.edu is recommended as it makes it much easier to retire expired accounts when people graduate. This should always work, even if your mail is forwarded to gmail or another service.
  • Click Create Account
  • You will be told to check your email and click a link to activate your account
  • The email should arrive in a few minutes with the link to click
  • Click the link and log in with the credential you just provided at sign up
  • Fill in your first and last name to setup your profile and click Complete Registration
  • In the module window, click “Join License” to gain access to the college license. If this module does not appear, browse to the link in the first bullet point again or paste the invitation code of I-939-69F-9EC-02A into the text box and click Activate.
  • Continue following the instructions below

Install Atlas.ti  

• Download the ATLAS.ti v9, or ATLAS.ti v25 installer

  NOTE: The download links at atlasti.com may point to a newer version for which we are not licensed. Use the local links above.

• Mac install steps:

  • Open the downloaded .dmg file
  • Click Agree
  • Drag ATLAS.ti to the Applications folder
  • Launch ATLAS.ti, if prompted with a warning that the application was downloaded from the Internet, - click Open
  • Click Go to Login
  • Enter NETID@dartmouth.edu and your Atlas password
  • Choose to send Usage data to Atlas or not
  • This checks out a 5-hour license. Given our limited number of licenses, we request that you explicitly LOG OUT out to relinquish the remainder of your license time, before exiting the program. To log out and release the license, click the icon in the lower-left of the license dialog box. If you do not log out and just quit the program, the license is tied up for the remainder of the 5 hours, and subsequent use of ATLAS.ti will show (confusingly) “License Expired”. You must click the same lower-left icon to log in again, using the same NETID@dartmouth.edu and your Atlas password as above.
  • Optionally extending the license for off-network use: Use the ATLAS.ti: License pull-down menu to see the expiration time, and extend it.
  • Optionally, install KeyAccess for Mac or Windows. This is used only for logging usage, to aid in our planning for license upgrades.
  • ATLAS.ti will self-update as new versions are released. No extra steps are needed.

• The Windows installation steps are very similar to the above.

Using Atlas.ti Cloud  

• Once you have an Atlas.ti account associated with the Dartmouth College organization license, you can log into it any time at https://web.atlasti.com/. The Cloud version lacks many features of the installed desktop version.