Meeting or exceeding the following technical requirements will help ensure your success with online courses at NRCC.

Skills:

• Keyboard/mouse
• Operating system and file management
• Web browser (navigation/file download)
• Email (send/receive/organize)
• Word processing or office suite applications

Hardware:

• PC or Mac (processor/RAM rated for chosen operating system)
• Internet connection (dial-up not recommended)
• CD-ROM
• Audio capable

Software:

• Windows 2000 or Mac OS 10.4
• Web browsers (Javascript and cookies must be enabled):
  • Internet Explorer 7
  • Firefox 3
  • Safari 2
• Java Standard 5
• Microsoft Office 2000 or Word and Powerpoint viewers (Google Docs office suite tools are included with student email)
• Other helpful applications
  • PDF document reader
  • Flash player
  • Real player
  • Quicktime player
  • Antivirus

Please be aware some courses/instructors may include learning activites with technical requirements outside of this list. Consult your course syllabus or instructor for more detailed information.