Curriculum : Technical Requirements
| Platform | Operating system |
Browsers |
| PC | Windows XP | Internet Explorer 6¹, 7¹, 8¹ |
| Mozilla Firefox 2 or 3 | ||
| Windows Vista | Internet Explorer 7 or 8¹ | |
| Mozilla Firefox 2 or 3 | ||
| Macintosh | Mac OS 10.3 | Mozilla Firefox 1.5¹ ² or 3¹ |
| Mac OS 10.4 | Mozilla Firefox 1.5², 2 or 3 | |
| Apple Safari 2 or 3¹ | ||
| Mac OS 10.5 | Firefox 2¹ or 3¹ | |
| Apple Safari 2 or 3 |
¹ Indicates that the browser has been deemed compatible but has not been certified.
² Firefox 1.5 is not supported for Blackboard Academic Suite Release 8.0 and above. It is recommended that Firefox 1.5 users upgrade to Firefox 3.0 to access the latest security patches and Mozilla support.
| Minimum Requirements³ | Recommended³ |
| Online courses may not function properly on computers that do not meet the following minimum hardware and software requirements: | For best results, it is strongly recommended that students enrolled in online courses use the following hardware and software configurations in addition to or in place of the minimum requirements: |
| 500MHz Pentium-III (or compatible) with Windows 98 or newer | 1GHz Pentium-4 (or compatible) with Windows XP or newer |
| 500MHz Macintosh G3 or better with OS 8 or newer | 1GHz Macintosh G3 or better with OS 10.3 or newer |
| 512MB of RAM | 1GB of RAM |
| 1GB of free hard disk space | 10GB of free hard disk space |
| 56.6Kbps modem with active Internet connection | 1.5Mbps Internet connection or faster (cable, DSL, or broadband) |
| Monitor and video card capable of VGA resolution (800x600 or higher) and 65,000 colors or higher | Monitor and video card capable of VGA resolution (1024x768 or higher) and 32-bit color |
| Sound card and speakers a microphone is required for online language courses | |
| Adobe Flash Player 8 or higher | |
| The latest version of Sun's Java JRE | |
| Printer |
³ Some online courses may require specific software or other technical specifications. Please check the course description before enrolling.
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