Distance & Online Learning

Technical Requirements for Online Courses

Operating System

• Windows 95+ or
• Mac OS 8

Hardware

• PC: Pentium 200, 64 MB RAM, SoundBlaster or compatible sound card and speakers, monitor capable of 16-bit color, 4x CD-ROM
• Mac: 150 MHz CPU, PowerPC or better, 64 MB RAM, speakers, CD-ROM drive, monitor capable of " thousands of colors" or better

Modem

• 36.8K
  

Web Browser

• Internet Explorer 5.01 or 5.5
  
• (Mac) Netscape Communicator 4.76 not 6.x
  
• (PC) Netscape Communicator 4.76 or 4.77 not 6.x
• AOL 5.0 or 6.0
  

Other Software may be required. Check with your instructor

• Adobe Photoshop
• Microsoft Excell
• Word 6.0 or 97
• Acrobat Reader
• Text editor (a word processor or Notepad/SimpleText)
• Sound player program (often comes with the sound card for your computer)
• Connection to Internet and e-mail capabilities

For more information about distance learning, read Online Learning Frequently Asked Questions.

Last Modified: January 30, 2007

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