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Equipment Necessary
for eLearning
Students should own or have daily access to a computer.
The following is a list of the minimum computing requirements
needed to successfully participate in an online course:
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PC
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Processor: Pentium 90-MHz, (Recommended:
Pentium II or III, 300-MHz or better.)
Memory (RAM): 64 MB (Recommended: 128MB or more); 1 G of free
disk space
Operating Systems: Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, or Vista.
Software: Microsoft Word (recommended), Adobe Acrobat Reader
Modem: 56K
Browsers: Firefox 1.0 or higher, Internet Explorer 6.0 or
higher
Browser Plug-ins
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MAC
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Processor: iMac or G3/G4/G5, Processor
Memory (RAM): 128 MB RAM (Recommended: 256MB or more)
Operating System: MacOS 9.2 or OS X (10.2 or 10.3 recommended)
Modem: 56K
Browsers: Safari 1.1 or higher, Mozilla Firefox 1.0 or higher.
There has been some issues regarding
Safari 1.2.1. Bb crashes as soon as an attempt
is made to
login. Please try using Mozilla/Camino/Opera/.
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NOTE: JavaSript and
Cookies must be enabled.
Internet Access
You need a reliable connection to the Internet for online courses. You
can connect to the Internet by signing up with an Internet Service
Provider (ISP). There are many ISPs to choose from. Your local phone
or cable company may offer Internet access.
E-mail Account
To take an online course, you need to have an e-mail account. Most
ISPs provide you with an e-mail account as part of their Internet
access package, or you can
sign-up for a free e-mail account through Shoreline. If you have
an account with Hotmail, Yahoo!, or AOL you may have problems
receiving or sending e-mail from your online classroom, due to
security blocks and SPAM guards used by Hotmail, Yahoo!, and AOL.
If you use one of these services for e-mail,
we strongly recommend that you get a
Shoreline e-mail account to use
for your online course.
Web
Browser
A list of certified or compatible operating system and browser
configurations can be found in the
browser matrix. This
list comes directly from the Blackboard company. You can download
any of these web browsers by clicking on the links below.
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Information for AOL Users
America Online users may not be able access
Blackboard properly using the browser supplied
with AOL. To access Blackboard, AOL users must
download a standard (or stand-alone) version of
either Mozilla's Firefox or Internet Explorer.
(AOL sometimes refers to browsers other than
their own as "external browsers.")
DO NOT
use earlier versions of AOL's browser,
as you will have difficulty using many of
Blackboards tools.
Follow these
procedures to access Blackboard:
- Download a
recommended version of either Mozilla's
Firefox or Internet Explorer.
- Install the
downloaded browser software on your
computer. (Installation instructions are
provided at Mozilla's Firefox and
Microsoft's download sites.)
- After you've
installed your new browser successfully,
restart your computer.
- Sign on to
AOL as you normally do, but stay at the AOL
Main (Welcome) page.
- Keep AOL
running in the background and start your new
stand-alone browser (either Mozilla's
Firefox or Internet Explorer). The
stand-alone browser will use your AOL
Internet connection.
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Note: If you have problems getting
your browser to work with AOL, check out the
Member Services area of AOL. Click on
"Internet and World Wide Web." Double-click
"Using other browsers with AOL." for further
information.
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Follow this link to
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