Title: Technology
Course: WILLIS MC - ITNW1313 > Section: Start Here

Canvas runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, & Android or any other device with a modern web browser.

Compatible browsers

- Mozilla Firefox
- Chrome
- Safari

Other Browser Requirements

- Adobe Flash
- Javascript Enabled

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Minimum Skill Requirements

An internet connection is necessary to participate in discussions and assignments, access readings, transfer course work, and receive feedback from your instructional associate and/or professor. For web-based courses, students should have a basic working knowledge of computers and Internet use as well as access to a computer with a broadband (DSL, cable, satellite) Internet connection. Other requirements for each course are listed in the university catalog (Links to an external site.).

At a minimum, you must have Microsoft Office or Apache OpenOffice (Links to an external site.) (free). Microsoft Office is the standard office productivity software utilized by faculty, students, and staff. Microsoft Word is the standard word processing software, Microsoft Excel is the standard spreadsheet software, and Microsoft PowerPoint is the standard presentation software. Apache OpenOffice will open MS Office-created files and can save documents and spreadsheets in MS Office formats. Copying and pasting, along with attaching/uploading and downloading documents for assignments, will also be required.

Students will need a computer that is at least dual core 2GHz with 8GB or more and RAM and 300GB of free space. It can be Windows, Linux, or MAC.

NCTC is going to need to have 2-4 SERVERS available with 4-8 cores search and 16-32 GB or RAM minimum Also with 300 GB of Free Drive space.

The following Programs will be provided:

Virtual Box, VMWare, ESXI / VSphere, pFSense, Apache Web server,

The following Operation system ISOs need to be available:

Windows Server 2012, Ubuntu Server 15, Windows XP, Windows 7.

Students will install Type 2 hypervisors on their own machine and install a variant of operation systems onto them and experiment with systems resources.

Students will need to locally set up the Type 1 (bare metal) hypervisors on the servers so they can remotely setup and manage VAS on the servers and build relevant enterprise environments and networks.

This will give students the real world experience needed to operate a modern enterprise architecture.