Once again, if you can connect to the Internet, you can likely participate in online learning. Classes will require different software plug-ins and components to be downloaded, but if you can connect to the internet, you should be able to get started.
Online learning courses use a variety of different software components to be downloaded. Most of this software is free of charge. Please ensure you have the following components on your machine. If you are unsure of how to obtain or install any of the software components, please feel free to contact your instructor.
- Internet Explorer or Firefox
- A media player such as RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, Quicktime, or a Windows CD Player that is capable of playing MP3 files.
- Shockwave Player for Flash components
- A word processor capable of saving files in RTF, PDF, or DOC format.