Hardware and Software Requirements for e-Learning

All faculty members/instructors teaching an online course require access to a computer. The College provides computers to all full-time instructors at their primary office location. The Student Learning Center (SLC) open lab at each PBSC campus is available to all students and provides all hardware/software necessary to participate in all online courses (including the Respondus test proctoring system and webcam), as well as to all faculty/instructors (adjunct and full-time). The following are the minimum browser and computer system requirements.

PC System specifications (minimum requirements):

Processor: 3.0GHZ or higher
Hard Drive: 900 GB hard drive
Memory: 4+ GB recommended
Windows 10 with Internet Explorer 11 (or later)
DSL/Cable broadband connection
Browsers/Software – See/run System Check online at: https://palmbeachstate.blackboard.com/branding/themes/pbsc/systemcheck/index.html

Macintosh system specifications:

Processor: 3.0GHZ or higher
Memory: 4+ GB recommended
Hard Drive: 900GB Hard Drive
Macintosh OSX 10.9 with Safari 7 (or later)
DSL/Cable broadband connection
Browsers – See/run System Check online at: https://palmbeachstate.blackboard.com/branding/themes/pbsc/systemcheck/index.html