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Technical Requirements

Recommended system requirements for access to the online courses of the certificate are as follows.

  For PC For MAC
Browsers Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox,
Netscape 7.1 and newer 		Firefox
Hard Drive 10-20 GB of free space available on hard drive 10-20 GB of free space available on hard drive
Internet Connection Broadband (Cable, DSL, Wireless Ethernet) Broadband (Cable, DSL, Wireless Ethernet)
Memory 512 MB RAM or more 512 MB RAM or more
Mouse/Keyboard Any compatible type Any compatible type
Operating System Windows XP Service Pack 2 or newer Macintosh OS X 10.3.x or newer
Optical Drive CD-R and DVD-RW CD-R and DVD-R
Processor Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or newer* (e.g. Pentium D, Pentium Extreme, Intel Core, Intel Core2Duo, Intel Core2Quad) or equivalent AMD Athlon, 2.0 GHz or newer 1.5 GHz PowerPC G4 or newer* (e.g. PowerPC G5) for PowerPC based systems, 1.83 GHz Core/Core2 Duo or newer for Intel based systems
Software Microsoft Office 2003 or 2007 or newer Microsoft Office 2004 or newer
Sound card Any compatible type Any compatible type
Speakers/Headphones Any compatible type Any compatible type
Scanner Recommended Scanner: CanoScan LiDE 90 Recommended Scanner: CanoScan LiDE 90
Anti-Virus Up-to-date Anti-virus protection Up-to-date Anti-virus protection
Computer Skills Basic computer operation, Internet and E-mail Skills** Basic computer operation, Internet and E-mail Skills**
E-mail Ability to access e-mail Ability to access e-mail
Miscellaneous Adobe Acrobat Reader, Flash, Java, QuickTime, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player Adobe Acrobat Reader, Flash, Java, QuickTime, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player

*Recommended

**Computer Skills:

Students must understand basic computer and Internet usage, including keyboard, mouse, DVD/CD player, and printer.

Computer Operation:

  1. Create folders/directories
  2. Find, copy, move, rename and delete files
  3. Run and switch between multiple programs
  4. Create backup files
  5. Download and install programs

Use a word processing program to:

  1. Create, format, edit, spell check, save, print and retrieve a document
  2. Cut, copy and paste information within and between documents
  3. Save a word processing document in text or RTF format

Internet:

  1. Access the Internet via broadband (DSL, cable, or a network interface)
  2. Locate a specific website (typing in URL in the address bar)
  3. Follow a hyperlink

Configure and use a Web browser to:

  1. Open, print and/or save Web pages to a local disk drive
  2. Open and save Adobe Acrobat files (PDF files)
  3. Create, maintain and manage a list of Web pages (Favorites/Bookmarks)
  4. Copy bookmark/favorites/URLs/hyperlinks to a word processor
  5. Use a search engine's basic features to find information on the Web

Use an E-mail program to:

  1. Send, receive, store and retrieve messages
  2. Send, receive and open file attachments

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For more information, email us at sph.inquiries@umich.edu or call 734-764-5425.

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