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Computer Requirements for Online Programs

To participate in the program, each student must own or have continuous access to the following minimum computer hardware and software. Students who do not meet these minimum requirements may have difficulty successfully participating in or completing certain components of the program. It is possible to participate in the program using a Mac or Windows platform.

Minimum Hardware Requirements

 

Windows

Mac

Processor

Pentium III at 500MHz or higher

Power PC G4 (or higher)

Operating System

Windows XP or VISTA

Mac OS 10.3 or higher

Memory (RAM)

512MB or more (1GB recommended)

512 MB or more (1GB recommended)

Storage

1 GB free disk space

1 GB free disk space

CD-ROM

36 speed or higher

36 speed or higher

Audio/Video

Colour monitor with 600 x 800 screen resolution

Colour monitor with 600 x 800 screen resolution

 

Sound Blaster or equivalent sound card and speakers

Sound card included with Mac models

Internet access

Cable / DSL high speed access

Cable / DSL high speed access

Peripherals

Mouse

Mouse

 

Web cam, headset with microphone or table microphone and computer speakers may be necessary to participate in live meetings in some courses

Web cam, headset with microphone or table microphone and computer speakers may be necessary to participate in live meetings in some courses

 

Printer

Printer

Minimum Software Requirements

Word processing, presentation, etc.

MSOffice 2000 or more recent

MSOffice 2004 or more recent

Browser*

Internet Explorer, Firefox

Firefox, Safari

 

* Most recent version is available free of charge to U of C students from http://www.ucalgary.ca/it/software/downloads

Mail*

Thunderbird, Outlook

Thunderbird, Apple Mail

 

* Most recent version is available free of charge to U of C students from http://www.ucalgary.ca/it/software/downloads

Anti Virus*

* Most recent version available free of charge to U of C from http://www.ucalgary.ca/it/security/antivirus/downloads

Video

Quick Time Player, available free of charge from http://www.apple.com/quicktime/

pdf

Acrobat Reader needs to be installed in your computer to be able to access pdf files, available free of charge from http://www.adobe.com/

Students are responsible for all computer communication charges in the form of long distance telephone charges, subscription to an Internet, or any other communications service requirement.

Students are expected to be able to use computer-mediated communications for: instructor-student and student-student interaction in computer conferences.

For some types of interaction, you must install JAVA in your computer.

For Windows users, visit http://www.java.com/en/download/windows_ie.jsp

For Mac users, use the Software Update feature (available on the Apple menu) to check that you have the most up-to-date version of Java for your Mac.

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