Computer Requirements

To participate in a web-based course you must own or have daily access to a computer. You must also have an Internet connection. You are responsible for setting up an account with an Internet Service Provider (ISP). If you are not using your own equipment, be sure that you have the rights to use the computer for course work and that you have the right to download (save to the local disk drive) and/or print information. The computers and software you use for this course should meet or exceed the following specifications:

Windows Recommended Minimum Standards

• Pentium II 233 MHz or Celeron 300 MHz w/128K cache
• 32MB RAM
• 100MB free space on the hard drive
• CD-ROM
• Accelerated video card W/2MB RAM
• 100% Sound Blaster compatible sound card w/ speakers
• 56 Kbps modem
• Windows 95 or higher

Mac-Based - Recommended Minimum Standards
(the iMac fits this description)

• PowerPC G3 266MHz
• 32MB RAM
• 100MB free space on the hard drive
• CD-ROM
• Accelerated video card w/2MB RAM
• 56 Kbps modem
• MacOs 7.6.1
• Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher

Software

Microsoft Office document viewers

PowerPoint Viewer
MS Word Viewer

Word Processors and Productivity Suites

Open Office Suite: (Free office suite for Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux ("Linux"), Sun Solaris, Mac OS X (under X11), and FreeBSD platforms.)

Web Browsers

FireFox

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Plug-Ins

Some courses may include multimedia and interactive content. To view these portions of the content, you will need one or more of the plug-ins below. In most cases Internet Explorer will automatically download any plug-ins required by a particular page. To test your browser plug-ins now, click one of the test buttons below.

Some D2L courses may use streaming RealMedia. To access the streaming audio or video content within a lesson, you must have the free RealOne Player plug-in. Click the icon below to get it now!

	RealOne Player	View and hear streaming video and audio.
	Windows Media Player	View and hear streaming video and audio.
	QuickTime	View QuickTime video in the browser window.
	Shockwave	View animation and interactive content.
	Flash	View animation and interactive content.
	Adobe Acrobat Reader	View, navigate, and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files across all major computing platforms.