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Office of Online & Distance Education2100 Vine Street
P.O. Box 888805
Lincoln, NE 68588-8805
Phone: (402) 472-5515
Fax: (402) 472-4345
E-mail: unlextended@unl.edu
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Tech Requirements
High speed Internet connection is required. Check the Graduate Distance Catalog to learn the specific requirements for your program.
Some distance courses have supplemental materials on DVDs or CDs, requiring audio and video cards and Real Media Player. Others courses may require phone conferencing. You will interact with the professor and other students through e-mail, phone conferencing, and Blackboard.
Operating Systems:
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 and up, or Mac OS X, 10.2 and up are strongly recommended. Older operating systems (Microsoft® Windows® 98SE/ME, MacOS 8/9) or alternative platforms (Linux) are compatible, but may not have full functionality. Blackboard (My.UNL) is not currently compatible with handheld devices or Web-enabled phones.
| Windows | Macintosh | ||
| Minimum System Requirements | Minimum System Requirements | ||
| Operating System: | Windows XP SP 2 (Home or Professional) | Operating System: | OS X (10.2) |
| Processor: | 1 GHz | Processor: | G3 800 MHz |
| RAM: | 256 MB | RAM: | 256 MB |
| Recommended System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | ||
| Operating System: | Windows XP SP 2 (Home or Pro) or Windows Vista | Operating System: | OS X (10.4) or OS X (10.5) |
| Processor: | 2 GHz or higher | Processor: | G4 1.25 GHz or higher |
| RAM: | 768 MB or more | RAM: | 768 MB or more |