OVERVIEW
Students in the Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning programs should have adequate computer equipment and software programs to attend their online courses and complete their course requirements.
Technical Program Requirements
HARDWARE
Review the minimum hardware requirements and confirm your computer system meets your needs.
Windows
- 1 GHz or faster Intel Pentium 4, Intel Centrino, Intel Xeon or Intel Core Duo (or compatible) processor
- Microsoft Windows 7 with Service Pack 1, Windows 8 or 8.1.
Mac OS
- Multicore Intel processor
- Mac OS X v10.9; iOS 7.0.6, iOS 8.0.2 (for iPad)
Other hardware
- 2 GB of RAM minimum (4 GB recommended)
- 250 GB hard-disk
- 1024×768 display (1280×1024 recommended) with 16-bit video card
- USB headset with a microphone
SOFTWARE
Usual workplace software is needed: Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Before purchasing, be sure you take advantage of university student software deals and stores, as well as free collaborative online video tools for student team and project meetings and free text-to-speech software tools that will assist you with all your coursework reading.
- FREE Microsoft Office Pro (which contains Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc.) for Boise State students Links to an external site.
- FREE download of Adobe Acrobat Reader Links to an external site.
- FREE collaborative online video/screen sharing tools
- FREE text-to-speech tools
- Text-to-speech apps you can buy for your device
- Bibliographic Software
- Broncotec Links to an external site. is an online university store priced to meet student technology need