Equipment & Software

What equipment and software do I need to be an online student?

You will need:
  • Access to a fairly new computer.
  • Reliable internet access (56k modem or better)
  • Internet Explorer (6.0 or higher) or Firefox (1.5 or higher)
  • Word processing software such as Microsoft Word.
  • Course-specific software.

We use release 8 of the Blackboard Academic Suite (basic license). Click here to see Blackboard supported browsers and OS platforms.