What is this service?
is a qualitative and mixed-methods data analysis software tool.
What are the features of this service?
NVivo’s core features center on helping you organize, code, analyze, and visualize qualitative and mixed‑methods data.
Who is eligible to use this service?
Nvivo is available upon request to all faculty, staff, and students. Please follow the instructions below to access it.
How do I start using this service?
If you would like NVivo 14 or 15,please click here.
A .zip folder for NVivo will be shared with you through transfer.du.edu. Once you log in, you should see the folder with installation materials.
After you unzip the“Nձ.”folder, you will see a folder titled“NVivo 15”where the“NVIvo 15 64bit 1.exe”is located,which willinstall NVIvo 15. Make sure to install this file first and please follow the on-screen instructions.
Then double click and install the"NVivo 15 for 91Ƭ License Activator.exe”This will place thelicense on your machine where it needs to be for software licensingpurposes. You do not need to login to NVivo as it should already belicensed.
You will follow the same process for Mac but, you will install the files that have the .pkg file extension in the NVivo 15 folder. “NVivo 15 for 91Ƭ.pkg”first then,“NVivo 15 for 91ƬLicenseActivator.pkg”is second.
If you have a Mac, when running the .pkg file, you may need to go to Settings > Privacy & Security and click “Open Anyway” to run the licensing package (as pictured below).
***Please make sure that your professor/instructor provides NVivo projects in both MacOS and Windows formats.***
***PLEASE DO NOT UPDATE THE APP WHEN ASKED. We are currently working with Lumivero to remedy the in place update.***
A note on compatibility with Previous Versions of NVivo:
If you Install NVivo 15 on a machine that already has NVivo 14 both versions will remain on the machine, running side by side and could create conflicts. Please Deactivate and uninstall NVivo 14 before installing NVivo 15.
Please Deactivate your license for NVivo before uninstalling from your device (see below).
Click here to request a license key for NVivo 14
Click here to request a license key for NVivo 15
Deactivate Nvivo
Please deactivate the Nvivo license on a particular computer before uninstalling Nvivo. For example, if you get a new computer then you should deactivate the Nvivo license on the old computer before installing and activating on the new one.
- Make sure that you are connected to the internet.
- Close any NVivo projects you have open.
- Click theFiletab,Product Info,Manage Licenseand thenDeactivate License.
- Confirm deactivation, and close NVivo.
Moving to A New License Key
If you have NVivo installed on your machine but the license key needs to be changed.
- First deactivate your existing license (per above).
- Then close and reopen NVivo
- NVivo will reopen un-activated and bring up the licensing wizard again.
- Activate as described above using the new key.