Technical Requirements

To achieve the best results, we recommend that you use a computer with the following technical specifications:

• Pentium II PC with 350 MHz or higher processor
• 128 MHz or higher RAM
• 100 MB or higher free hard drive space
• Minimum of 56K modem connection
• Sound card
• Windows 98, or Windows 2000 operating system
• Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher**
• Real Player - see version notes below***
• Adobe Acrobat Reader - see version notes below***

This course requires Internet Explorer version 5.5 or higher. The version of IE that is installed on your system impacts the version choice for Real Player and Acrobat - see notes below.

***Downloading Required Course Plug-ins/Programs

Real Player
You can download Real Player for free at the following Web address: http://forms.real.com/netzip/getrde5_new_look.html?h=207.188.7.150&f=windows/RealOnePlayerV2GOLD.exe

Note: The newest Real Player, called Real One Player, will work best with Internet Explorer 6.0. If you are using Internet Explorer 5.5, you may need to use an older version of Real Player (i.e., Real Player 6) and not the Real One Player. Contact flp@uwex.edu if you have problems playing course audio and/or downloading the appropriate audio player. It is helpful if you provide the version numbers you have installed of IE and RealPlayer.

Adobe Acrobat Reader
You can download the Adobe Acrobat Reader for free at the following Web address: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Note: If you are using Internet Explorer 6.0 be sure you have the latest version of Acrobat Reader - Version 5.1 in order for PDF documents to display properly. Contact flp@uwex.edu if you have problems viewing or printing PDFs. It is helpful if you provide the version numbers you have installed of IE and Reader.