Browsers, Plug-ins, Players and Viewers

To take full advantage of all the features in this course, be sure you have the right technology at your fingertips. This includes an up-to-date Web browser and appropriate plug-ins. Click the link to the appropriate web sites. Then follow the steps given on the web sites to download the program.

Browsers
Internet Explorer is the college standard, and works most fluently with Blackboard and the documents provided by your instructors. If you are using an older version of a browser that cannot handle advanced features of HTML, then some portions of this course may not work for you. We recommend that you use the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer for ease of access to your Blackboard course.

Plug-ins and Players
Browsers also use plug-ins and other helper applications to help them display Web documents. If you encounter an element (such as video or animation) that requires one of these helpers, you may see a message that your browser isn't equipped for that content type. The following are common plug-ins, players, and viewers that are used on the Web in general, and that may also be used in this course.

Adobe Acrobat Reader is free, and freely distributable, software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Apple QuickTime player is for viewing video in Apple's QuickTime format. Works with over 30 audio, video and image formats.

Windows Media Player 9.0 is for viewing audio and video playback

Macromedia Shockwave and Flash is for viewing interactive content in various Macromedia formats.

Real Player is for streaming audio and video content.

Free Viewers
Microsoft Office 2000 is the college standard software and may be required to view and transfer files to and from your instructor. If you do not have Microsoft Office 2000 installed on your computer, you will need to download one, or more, of the following viewers.

Microsoft viewers; WORD, Excel, Powerpoint, Access & Visio