One of the most important components of an online class is the courseware used to support the learning environment. Courseware is the software used to manage and keep track of your online learning experience. No matter which courseware program used, you should make sure your equipment meets the minimum requirements for taking courses with Online Learning. These are the basic requirements for every course.
Many courses provide lectures in videotape or CD-ROM format.
If you're in such a course, you will be required to view these electronic lectures in order to complete course assignments, projects and tests. Some courses use Web-based, prescheduled audio conferences as part of the learning experience. MeetingPlace is a conferencing system that allows you to attend conference calls. The purpose of this conferencing system is to collaborate on ideas, projects, and questions with the professor. You participate in an audio conference with your touch-tone phone.