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Students taking an online course must meet acceptable placement scores on the computer assessment or must pass CTS 080-Computing Fundamentals.
Online courses are conducted over the Internet and typically do not have regular meetings in a physical space. At a minimum, online courses will require students to have regular access to a personal computer running Windows 98 or higher version, at least a 56 kbps dialup connection to the Internet, an e-mail account, and Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher version, and Microsoft Word. Specific course requirements are listed below.
Additional Course Requirements for CIS Courses CIS 110, CIS 111, CTS 130, CTS 125, CTS 230, DBA 110, and DBA 115
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Access to a Multimedia PC with Vista Operating System (Sound & CD ROM) with at least 50MB of free disk space |
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MS Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher (Available free at http://www.microsoft.com) |
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Complete installation of Office 2007 Professional (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) |
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Windows Media Player or RealPlayer (available free at http://www.real.com) |
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Adobe Flash Player 8 or higher |
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Course CD (provided by instructor or with textbook) |
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Proctored midterm and final exams may be required (Davidson or Davie Campus or approved testing facility) |
Additional Course Requirements for WEB 110
Please note that students should have the following hardware and software requirements to be successful in the online section.
Computer Specifications |
Minimum Requirements |
Processor |
Intel Pentium III processor (or equivalent) with a processor speed greater than or equal to 800 MHz |
L2 cache |
256 KB |
Hard disk |
20 GB |
RAM |
At least 128 MB |
Readable/Writable CD Drive |
32X/4X |
Sound card/speakers |
Required for student |
Video adapter |
4 MB |
Internet access |
DSL or Cable Modem preferred |
Monitor |
Super VGA (800 x 600) resolution video graphics card and 17-inch monitor with 256 colors |
Additional Hardware/Materials |
Minimum Requirements |
USB thumb drive |
Minimum 500 MGs |
Blank CD-Rs |
2 disks |
Software Requirements
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Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (typical installation) or Windows Vista |
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher |
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Mozilla Firefox 3.01 or higher |
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Notepad (MS Windows Accessory) |
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Notepad++ (free download available on the Web Available free at http://www.microsoft.com). |
Additional course requirements for online ACC, BUS, ECO, INT, and MKT courses
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Access to Office 2003 - Word and PowerPoint Viewer (Available free at http://www.microsoft.com) |
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Access to Adobe Flash Player 8 or higher |
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Proctored tests and exams (Davidson campus, Davie campus, or another community college at which the student can arrange a proctor.) |
For Additional Information please contact
Linda Burke
lburke@davidsonccc.edu
Director of Instructional Support Services
336.751.2885
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