Internet Academy courses are presented over the Internet and may require extra software. Please note that Internet Academy students are required to use either Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox 3. Using other browsers such as Safari on the Mac will create situations where the student will potentionally lose work.
The following is a list of minimum system requirements to access IA courses:
Windows
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Operating System: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Processor: Pentium III (or Celeron) or AMD Duron
- RAM: 256 MB (or higher as required by your Windows version)
- Audio: 16-bit soundcard or equivalent; speakers or headphones
- Display: 1024x768 pixel resolution; 256 color depth
- Internet Connection: 128 kbps ISDN, cable or DSL (dialup not supported)
- Web browser: Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox 3
- Browser plugins: Flash Player 9.0; Shockwave Player 10.0; Java 1.4
- Browser configuration: Popups allowed for iacademy.org, iacampus.org, and angellearning.com. Javascript enabled. AJAX enabled.
- Other: Acrobat Reader 7.0
Macintosh
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Operating System: OSX v10.4
- Processor: G3
- RAM: 256 MB
- Audio: 16-bit soundcard or equivalent; speakers or headphones
- Display: 1024x768 pixel resolution; 256 color depth
- Internet Connection: 128 kbps ISDN, cable or DSL (dialup not supported)
- Web browser: Firefox 3 only
- Browser plugins: Flash Player 9.0; Shockwave Player 10.0; Java 1.4
- Browser configuration: Popups allowed for iacademy.org, iacampus.org, and angellearning.com. Javascript enabled. AJAX enabled.
- Other: Acrobat Reader 7.0
Linux/Unix
Access to Internet Academy courses and other content is available using most flavors of Unix, but support for Unix beyond basic configuration is not available through Internet Academy.
- Processor: Pentium III (or Celeron) or AMD Duron
- RAM: 256 MB
- Audio: 16-bit soundcard or equivalent; speakers or headphones
- Display: 1024x768 pixel resolution; 256 color depth
- Internet Connection: 128 kbps ISDN, cable or DSL (dialup not supported)
- Web browser: Firefox 3 only
- Browser plugins: Flash Player 9.0; Shockwave Player 10.0; Java 1.4
- Browser configuration: Popups allowed for iacademy.org, iacampus.org, and angellearning.com. Javascript enabled. AJAX enabled.
- Other: Acrobat Reader 7.0
Printing
Some classes will require that some assignments or tests be printed out. If you do not have a printer of your own, some access to a printer will be necessary, whether via friend/family or a commercial service such as Kinko's.
Dialup Internet Connections
Students and parents can successfully access Internet Academy courses and other content over a dialup Internet connection, but the experience will be sub-optimal. Internet Academy does not support dialup connections and strongly recommends DSL or cable Internet connections where feasible.
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