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| Below are general system requirements and recommendations for
students planning to take online courses. Please review the
information before registering for an online course.
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| Computer
and system requirements: |
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Minimum |
Optimum |
| Processor |
Pentium
266 Mhz |
Pentium
II or higher |
| Memory
(RAM) |
32MB |
64MB
or more |
| Hard
drive |
2
GB |
8GB
or more |
| CD-ROM
drive |
16x |
same |
| Modem |
33.6K |
56K,
DSL, or Cable
Modem |
| Monitor |
15"
with 800x600 display |
800x600
SVGA, true color |
| Operating
System (PC) |
Windows
95, 98, NT4+, NT2000, or XP |
same |
| Operating
System (Mac) |
System
7.5 or higher |
same |
| Web
Browser |
MS
Explorer or Netscape 4+ |
MS
Explorer or Netscape 5+ |
| Business
Applications |
MS
Works 2000 |
MS
Office 2000 |
| Email
Account |
Web-based |
ISP
or POP mail account |
- Click here
for instructions on how to set up Netscape or Internet
Explorer for your online courses.
- AOL users need
to click
here to review special information
- Please
note: some courses may have additional and/or
alternate computer requirements
- Looking for an
internet service provider (ISP)? Click
here to find one.
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| Competencies: |
| Before you enroll in an online course, you
should be comfortable demonstrating the skills listed below.
Communicate
well in writing
Effectively
manage your time
Have the computer
operation skills as listed
- Start up and shut down your computer
system and peripherals
- Identify and use icons, windows and menus
- Point, click, double-click and click and
drag with mouse
- Use pull-down menus
- Select, open, move and close a window
- Scroll up/down and left/right
- Start an application and create a
document
- Name, save, retrieve and revise a
document
- Name a document
- Save a document using the save and save
as command
- Use printing options
- Cut
and paste between applications
Have the basic internet skills as listed
- Connect to the Internet through an
Internet Service Provider
- Access and use resources on the World
Wide Web
- Use browser software
- Navigate to a specific Web site
- Navigate to a search engine site and
perform a specific search using Boolean techniques
- Complete
and submit online forms
- Utilize
email effectively
- send,
open, reply to and forward messages
- send,
open, and save attachments
- use
signatures
- Utilize
search engines
- finding
websites
- doing
online research
- Participate
in online discussions and forums
Also see: Responsibilities
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