Skills, Requirements, Software and Resources

Skill Prerequisites

Before participating in any course online, you should be comfortable performing the following tasks with your computer:

1. Open, close and find files on the computer's desktop,
   
2. Access the Internet and use a web browser.  (See WebReady - Lessons 1)
3. Create and edit documents in a word processing program such as Microsoft Word.
4. Copy and paste text from one document to another.
5. Receive and send email with attachments.  (See WebReady - Lessons 3 & 4) 
6. Download and open attached and compressed files.  (See WebReady - Lessons 4 & 5)
7. Open and read a PDF file with Adobe Acrobat Reader.  (See WebReady - Lesson 6)
   
   (To access WebReady - click "New User", enter support information and then, you'll be in!)

1. An e-mail address.   (See WebReady - Email Accounts)
2. Access to a computer with an internet connection. (See WebReady - Orientation - Handling Technical and Access Barriers)
3. A supported web browser: 
   PC/Windows - Internet Explorer or Firefox
   Mac OSX - Firefox  (Safari doesn't work well at this time.)
   Firefox Download http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
   
   AOL Users should install the FireFox browser.  Then, after logging into AOL, open the FireFox browser application and access SMCCD Online through the FireFox browser. 
   
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