Technical requirements
Hardware
- Windows: Windows 98, ME, NT, 4.0, 2000, or XP and a 56k V.90 modem or better Internet connection.
- Macintosh: Mac OS X and a 56k V.90 modem or better Internet connection.
- Depending on the use of streaming media, interactive multimedia, or other content in the individual courses, you might need additional hardware/software or browser plug-ins.
Browsers
- Firefox is recommended for both platforms.
Free download: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox - Internet Explorer can potentially cause running errors
- Opera and Safari will not show build-in html editor in Moodle.
Pop-up configuration
Some of the Moodle courses use pop-up windows, therefore you will need to disable pop-up blockers in your browser. Some blockers may be turned off on Windows by right clicking an icon on the system tray, next to where the clock resides.
Internet Explorer’s Built-In Popup Blocker
- Go to Tools: Popup Blocker. At this point you can either just turn the pop-up blocker off, or continue with the settings below.
- Select Popup Blocker Settings.
- For Address of Web site to allow, type "https://*.umn.edu."
- Click the Add button.
- Click the Close button.
- Close and restart Internet Explorer.
Netscape 7.1 or 7.2
- If you are using Netscape 7.1 or 7.2, select Popup Windows.
- Either uncheck Block unrequested sites or continue with the steps below.
- Click the Allowed Sites button.
- Enter "moodle.umn.edu" in the text field. Click Add.
- Click OK.
- Select OK.
Yahoo! Toolbar
- Go to your moodle course
- Click the Yahoo! Toolbar Pop-Up Blocker button.
- Click Always Allow Pop-Up From...
- Click moodle.umn.edu.
- Click the Allow button.
- In response to the Always allow pop-ups from moodle.umn.edu dialog box, click the OK button.
- Click www.umn.edu.
- Click the Allow button.
- In response to the Always allow pop-ups from www.umn.edu dialog box, click the OK button.
- Click the Close button.
Google Toolbar
- Go to your Moodle course.
- Once you have entered the course, in the Google Toolbar click the button which shows the number of pop-ups that have been blocked. The button will now say "Popups okay."