St. Paul's Academy - Technical Requirements

TEACHER-PACED and SELF-PACED ONLINE COURSES AND CFL@HOME CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
These technical requirements must be met before registering for any courses:

Full-time online students must have their own computer.
Our full-time technician provides front-line support for school-related software.
Our school is PC/Windows and Mac/Apple friendly.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Processor Speed - 1 gigahertz (GHz) or higher
RAM Memory – minimum 1 Gb
Hard Disk Size – minimum 10 Gb
Operating System – Windows XP or Vista

REQUIRED HARDWARE

56k Modem or 10/100/1000 Network Interface Card
CD-Rom Drive
Sound Card with Speakers
Microphone
Scanner
Printer

REQUIRED SOFTWARE

Application Software – Office 2003 (minimum) OR Office XP OR Office 2007 (whichever you
have, your computer MUST have a full-functioning and legal copy of MS Word, MS Excel, MS
PowerPoint installed). If using a Mac computer, please do not use OpenOffice but instead use
Office: Mac to avoid problems with file conversion.
Browser – Internet Explorer (free download)
Anti-Virus – Norton Anti-Virus 9 or equivalent; Norton AV 10 strongly recommended (avoid McAfee as it conflicts with our online quiz program)

OTHER

Internet access (high speed cable/DSL or satellite in rural areas is strongly recommended)
Technical support (support not available for privately-owned computers)

REQUIRED SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS (FREE FROM INTERNET)

Acrobat Reader (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html)
Windows Media Player - included on all Microsoft machines. To update it go to the Windows update page (Internet Explorer, click: Tools/Windows Update; click on “Windows Family” > “Windows Media Player” (under “Technologies”) > “Downloads” (under “Resources”) > select appropriate version.
QuickTime (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/) Under ‘Download the free player’ click ‘Free Download Now’.
Macromedia Shockwave (http://sdc.shockwave.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?)