Microsoft Office 98 or higher including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint software to support file exchange between students enrolled in the course and the instructor. Microsoft Office 2000 Professional is the UMC standard. If you need any additional software, it will be stated in the course syllabus. Since the University of Minnesota, Crookston does not have a toll-free modem pool, we recommend that you secure Internet access through a local private vendor of Internet accounts. A password to access the online component of most courses.
Most courses are password-protected so that only registered students and staff can access it.
You will receive this password once you have formally registered for the course. Familiarity with the online part of your course. Some online courses may use ordinary Web sites written in HTML, while others will use special course management software that you access through the Web. Using course management software may take time to get used to. Instructions will be provided by your instructor once you have started a course.