Online Course Tech Requirements

For your personal computer you will need the following minimum attributes:

Operating System	Windows: Windows10 macOS: One of the two most recent versions of macOS. When a new major version of macOS is released, the macOS and the previous version. For the best experience, use the most current build of any operating system specified above. Product functionality and feature availability may vary on older systems (Search Microsoft Lifecycle Policy).
Processor	Windows OS: 2 (GHz) or faster, 2-core macOS: Intel processor or Apple Silicon processor
Memory	Windows OS: 4 GB RAM macOS: 4 GB RAM
Hard Drive Space	Windows OS: 15% of total hard drive space free macOS: 10 GB of available disk space Updates may require additional storage over time.
Other Peripherals	Computer headset with earphones and microphone
Internet Browser	Please refer to the Supported Browsers and Operating Systems document
Office / Documents	There are several options for document editing: Office 365 is the best choice. It available to matriculated students with a URMC email address. Register and download Office 365. Office 365 is also available through a subscription plan. Web-based Office suites, such as Google Documents ( https://docs.google.com/). Apple iWork (Mac and iOS/iPadOS-only): offers tools that are similar to Word ("Pages"), PowerPoint ("Keynote"), and Excel ("Numbers"). If you are submitting an assignment that was prepared using Google Docs or Apple's tools, be sure to export the file to a Microsoft version (for instance, ".docx" for Word).