Proper
usage of email
Student e-mail addresses
for course access must include student names (It is difficult
for teachers to interpret e-mail fun names). Most Internet
e-mail allows people to change e-mail addresses. Students
should change their e-mail so it reads: "firstinitiallastname@internet
address" (such as: dsmith@telnet.com ). To do this, students
simply choose a different e-mail address. If your name is
taken, then please use one of these options: (d_smith or
dsmith234 or dsmith123456).
System
Requirements
Basic
technical requirements include:
- PC with a Pentium Processor and Windows 95 or higher,
or Macintosh with a Power PC Processor and System 8.5
or higher
- 64 MB RAM
- CD-ROM drive
- Direct network connection or 56K modem with Internet
access
- Sound card and speakers (for courses where hearing sounds
is necessary, such as a foreign language)
- Hard drive with at least 40 MB available
- A current web browser
Technical
College Requirements
Minimum System Requirements to Run Educator
When taking an online course, meeting the minimum browser
and hardware requirements is critical. If you don't meet
these requirements, the online course software will not
work properly for you. Listed below are the minimum system
requirements for all Educator software users.
PC Users: (Minimum Requirements)
- Minimum Pentium III
- 64 MB
of RAM plus an additional 8 MB of RAM for each Office
application (such as Microsoft Word)
- Internet access
- 210 MB
of available hard disk space
- Operating
System: Windows
98, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium
Edition, or Windows XP
MAC Users: (Minimum Requirements)
- G3, 266 MHz
- 128 MB of ram
- Internet access
Internet
Connectivity
- Internet access
- An email account
- Internet Web Browsers (ie. Internet explorer, firefox, chrome, safari)
SPECIAL
CONSIDERATIONS
Plug-ins
Some courses may have supplemental materials such as audio,
video or other multimedia that require plug-ins in order
to view. The plug-ins can be downloaded for free and installed
on your computer. Course materials that need these will
clearly state so in the on-line documentation. It may be
helpful to set up some of the most common ones as many web
sites also have content that need these plug-ins.
Some of the most
common plug-ins used on the Web are listed below.
To view PowerPoint
presentations if you don’t have PowerPoint on your
computer or to view MS Word documents if you don’t
have MS Word on your PC. If you already have Microsoft
Office software especially PowerPoint and Word on your
computer, you will not need the viewer. Search the downloads
at Microsoft for this file.
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