MANITOBA'S ADULT EAL LEARNING NETWORK

Technical Requirements

Computer skills:
English Online provides support for language learners but does not teach basic computer skills. You should be comfortable with email, surfing the Internet, word processing, and general computer use.

System Requirements:
Owning a computer is not necessary, however you should have regular access to a computer. Our Online Learning Platform (OLP) will work with the following systems:

    • System
      • Works best in Windows XP version 2002
      • Unpredictable results for Mac computers
      • Speakers or headphones are required
    • Browsers
      • Works best in Firefox 3.0.5 or higher (Settings: turn off pop-up window blocker, java enabled in browser options)
      • Internet Explorer version 7 (Tools menu: Internet Options - Advanced and check the multimedia settings: 'play sounds in webpages','play animations in webpages',
        Under Security: 'Enable XMLHTTP support' and 'Allow active content to run in files onMY Computer', Under Browsing: 'Enable third-party browser extensions' 
    • Other
      • Flash player version 10
      • Windows media player 10
      • Adobe acrobate reader 9
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