Digital Learning Department

Technology Requirements - Software

Adobe (Macromedia) Flash Player

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac
• Used by:
  • University of Washington Extension: recommended version 6.0
  • Bridges: recommended version 6
  • Apex Learning: recommended version 8.0
  • Aventa Learning: recommended
  • WOIS: recommended
  • Spokane Virtual Learning: recommended

Adobe (Macromedia) Shockwave

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac
• Used by:
  • Aventa Learning: recommended
  • Spokane Virtual Learning: recommended

Adobe Acrobat Reader

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac
• Used by:
  • Apex Learning: recommended version 7
  • WOIS: recommended
  • Bridges: recommended version 5
  • Federal Way Internet Academy: minimum version 6.0
  • Spokane Virtual Learning: recommended

Adobe Photoshop

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac
• Used by:
  • Federal Way Internet Academy: recommended

All the Right Type

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac
• Used by:
  • Federal Way Internet Academy: recommended

AlternaTIFF

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win
• Used by:
  • Apex Learning: recommended version 1.76

Apple Quicktime

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac
• Used by:
  • Grolier Online: recommended version 5.0
  • Bridges: minimum version 6
  • Aventa Learning: recommended version 7
  • Spokane Virtual Learning: recommended

Exam Guard

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win
• Used by:
  • Aventa Learning: recommended

FirstClass (e-mail software)

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac
• Used by:
  • Federal Way Internet Academy: recommended version 8.3

Internet Explorer

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win
• Used by:
  • Apex Learning: recommended version 6.0
  • Aventa Learning: recommended version 6
  • Aventa Learning: minimum version 5.5
  • Catalyst: recommended version 6+
  • Apex Learning: recommended
  • Corbis Images for Education: recommended version 6.0
  • Facts on File: recommended version 5.0
  • Federal Way Internet Academy: recommended version 1
  • Federal Way Internet Academy: minimum version 5.5 SP2 or 6.0
  • Gaggle.net: recommended
  • Placeware/MS LiveMeeting: recommended version 5.01
  • University of Washington Extension: recommended version 5.0
  • Virtual High School: recommended version 6
  • WebEx: recommended version 5.0
  • Bridges: minimum version 5.0
  • Bridges: recommended version 5.5
  • Grolier Online: recommended version 4.x +
  • netTrekker: recommended version 5.0+
  • WOIS: recommended version 6.0+
  • Spokane Virtual Learning: minimum version 5.5
  • Spokane Virtual Learning: recommended version 6.0
  • Federal Way Internet Academy: recommended version 7.0

Internet Explorer

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Mac
• Used by:
  • Aventa Learning: recommended version 5.22
  • Corbis Images for Education: recommended version 5.2
  • Facts on File: recommended version 5.0
  • Gaggle.net: recommended
  • Placeware/MS LiveMeeting: recommended version 5.x
  • University of Washington Extension: recommended version 5.0
  • Virtual High School: recommended version 5.0
  • WebEx: recommended version 5.2
  • Bridges: recommended version 5.1
  • Aventa Learning: minimum version 5.1x
  • Federal Way Internet Academy: minimum version 5.0
  • netTrekker: recommended version 5.0+
  • Spokane Virtual Learning: minimum version 5.2

Mozilla Firefox

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac/Linux
• Used by:
  • Catalyst: recommended version 1.5+
  • Corbis Images for Education: recommended version 1.0
  • Apex Learning: recommended version 1.5
  • Aventa Learning: minimum version 1.x
  • Bridges: recommended version 1.5
  • netTrekker: recommended version 1.0+
  • Virtual High School: recommended version 1.0
  • WOIS: recommended
  • Federal Way Internet Academy: minimum version 1.5

Netscape

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac
• Used by:
  • Aventa Learning: recommended version 7.1
  • Aventa Learning: recommended version 6.2
  • Corbis Images for Education: recommended version 8.0
  • Facts on File: recommended version 6.2
  • Gaggle.net: recommended
  • Placeware/MS LiveMeeting: recommended version 7.x
  • University of Washington Extension: recommended version 6.2
  • Virtual High School: minimum version 7.1
  • WebEx: minimum version 4.7
  • Bridges: minimum version 7.1
  • Federal Way Internet Academy: minimum version 7.2
  • Grolier Online: recommended version 4.x +
  • WebEx: recommended version 7.0
  • netTrekker: recommended version 6.0+
  • Virtual High School: recommended version 8.0
  • WOIS: recommended version 6.0+
  • Spokane Virtual Learning: minimum version 7.1

Opera

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac/Linux
• Used by:
  • Bridges: minimum version 8.x
  • WOIS: recommended

Presentation software, such as Powerpoint

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac/Linux
• Used by:
  • Spokane Virtual Learning: recommended

RealPlayer

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac
• Used by:
  • Aventa Learning: recommended version RealOne Player 2
  • Spokane Virtual Learning: recommended

Safari

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Mac
• Used by:
  • Aventa Learning: minimum version 1.2
  • Corbis Images for Education: recommended version 1.0
  • Gaggle.net: recommended
  • Placeware/MS LiveMeeting: recommended version 1.0
  • Virtual High School: recommended version 1.0
  • Apex Learning: recommended version 2.0
  • Bridges: recommended version 1.2+
  • netTrekker: recommended version 1.0+
  • WOIS: recommended
  • Spokane Virtual Learning: recommended
  • Federal Way Internet Academy: minimum version 1.2
  • Catalyst: recommended version 2.0

Spreadsheet software, such as Excel

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac/Linux
• Used by:
  • Spokane Virtual Learning: recommended

Sun Java

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac
• Used by:
  • Apex Learning: recommended version 1.5
  • Placeware/MS LiveMeeting: recommended version 1.4
  • Spokane Virtual Learning: recommended version 1.4.2

The GIMP

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac
• Used by:
  • Federal Way Internet Academy: recommended

Windows Media Player

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac
• Used by:
  • WOIS: recommended
  • Aventa Learning: recommended version 7.1
  • Placeware/MS LiveMeeting: recommended version 6.4
  • Spokane Virtual Learning: recommended version 10

Word Processor, such as Word

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac/Linux
• Used by:
  • Spokane Virtual Learning: recommended
  • Apex Learning: recommended

XnView

• Download/Product Page
• Platform: Win/Mac/Linux
• Used by:
  • Federal Way Internet Academy: recommended