Technical Requirements
Free E-mail Accounts
BMCC provides students with free email accounts.
Students must activate and check their BMCC email account for communications from their instructors.
Hardware/ Software Requirements
In order to participate fully in BMCC's online learning courses, you need:
a. to own or have access a Pentium computer with modem or network connection to the Internet; you have access to this computer 3-4 days a week and for a lengthy period of time; if your only access to a computer with internet connectivity is from your office, that may not be sufficient.
b. an Internet Service Provider (ISP) like Earthlink, Netzero, or AOL that will allow you to connect to the internet;
c. an Internet browser, Internet Explorer (5.5 or above) or Firefox.
Recommended: IE 7.0 or Firefox 3 for Windows; Safari 3 or Firefox 3 for Mac
d. Microsoft WORD 2000 or higher (Economics and some math courses will require Microsoft Excel).
Further, you must be able to:
a. send and receive e-mail
b. open and save e-mail attachments
c. create and send e-mail attachments
d. follow hyperlinks on a web page
e. save hyperlinks
f. create and save documents in your word processing system
g. copy, cut, and paste into a document
Freeware
Web Browsers
Download the latest versions Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari browsers below.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Apple Safari
To view PDF files, download Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking below:
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Microsoft Office
If you do not have Microsoft Office products installed on your computer, you can still view and print files created in MS Office.
Go to the
Microsoft Office Website to download converters and viewers.
Simply download the appropriate viewer for your operating system. If you do not see the your system listed below, check the
Microsoft Office site for further help.
Please Note: Not all viewer are available for all platforms
