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  Online Learning @ AU
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
 
Because You're Going Places

The online learning courses use technology created by Blackboard Inc., the leading provider of Internet infrastructure software for e-Education. The minimum technical specifications needed to participate in an online learning course are listed below. Your online learning experience may be enhanced with more up-to-date hardware and software. Some courses may have additional hardware and/or software requirements. Please refer to the course description for this information.
Minimum Hardware and Software Requirements
PLATFORMS HARDWARE SOFTWARE
     
Windows 98, 2000, ME or XP 128MB RAM Adobe Acrobat Reader
MacOS 9 or MacOS X 1 GB of free disk space Microsoft Word
  Pentium II, 466 Mhz Excel
    PowerPoint
    Virus protection
BROWSERS CONNECTIONS EMAIL
     
Firefox is recommended (A free download from www.mozilla.org) 56K Dialup An AU email account will be established for you.
or Internet Explorer 6 with Service Pack 2 installed
NOTE: In Internet Explorer, the Advanced Privacy Setting should
be set to accept first party cookies.
 
(If you prefer to use another account, you will have to make sure your AU account is set for automatic forwarding.)
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