Moodle Technical Requirements

A number of computers on campus allow access to the Moodle course management system. If you are using your own computer, your system will need to meet the following standards.

Windows Vista or XP:

1. 1 GHz or equivalent computer with a minimum of 512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended), a color monitor, a DSL or cable modem for broadband access, a sound card and headphones or speakers;
2. Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or higher (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html);
3. An account with an ISP (Internet Service Provider);
4. A minimum of 500 MB of free space on their computer hard drive.
5. Microsoft Office XP or later or OpenOffice (http://download.openoffice.org/)
6. Adobe Acrobat Reader (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html?promoid=BUIGO)
7. Adobe Flash Player (http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&promoid=BUIGP)
8. QuickTime Player 6.5 or higher (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/)
9. Anti-virus software

Macintosh OSX v 10.x:

1. 1 GHz or equivalent computer with a minimum of 512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended), a color monitor, a DSL or cable modem for broadband access, a sound card and headphones or speakers;
2. Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or higher (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html);
3. An account with an ISP (Internet Service Provider);
4. A minimum of 500 MB of free space on their computer hard drive.
5. Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 or later or OpenOffice (http://download.openoffice.org/)
6. Adobe Acrobat Reader (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html?promoid=BUIGO)
7. Adobe Flash Player (http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&promoid=BUIGP)
8. QuickTime Player 6.5 or higher (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/)
9. Anti-virus software