Learners participating in on-line courses should have access to hardware that meets or exceeds the following standards. Students with access to equipment that does not meet these standards may experience slow interactivity; limited interactions and/or long wait periods for file downloads.

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• Recommended Desktop Standards: PIII, 256 MB, Macintosh G3, or better (minimum: P II 128MB)

• Windows XP Service Pack 2, OS 10.3, or better (minimum: Windows 98, Mac OS 8.6)

• Internet Explorer 6.0 or better (minimum: Internet Explorer 5.5.)

• Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 or better (minimum: Reader 5)

• Windows Media Player 9

• Macromedia plug-ins (including mandatory: Flash)

• A DSL or better connection to the Internet. Speakers

• Monitor (screen resolution 800 x 600, 16 bit colour) or better

• A typical Office suite of applications; specifically, a word processor application, spell checker, equation editor, and a spreadsheet application are mandatory

• Math students are encouraged to use a scanner to submit handwritten assignments rather than typing up their math assignments

• Students taking English courses will need access to a microphone connected to their computer

• Data Transmission Standards: TCP/IP

• Minimum Bandwidth Standards Single Computer: modem. LAN - Switched 10/100 Mb