Technical Requirements

Faculty of Business Undergraduate courses are delivered online via the Moodle learning platform. The courses are set up on the basis that students are using a PC running the Microsoft Windows operating system. Students may also use a Mac computer, but some courses require software that is not compatible with a Mac.

Students should at minimum have access to a web browser, email, and the ability to submit assignments in MS Word format.

Minimum requirements are subject to change without notice, based on rapidly changing industry standards and continuous development of new learning tools. You may be required to upgrade your system in order to maintain access to course material, especially if you elect to defer studies at any point in your program.

Some courses may have more specific requirements that will be noted in their online syllabi.

In courses that have textbooks, most will provide these as eTexts. Students may have to download specific software (e.g., Bookshelf by VitalSource) to access the eTexts.

Our online graduate management programs are designed, developed, and delivered using a robust and dynamic learning environment, which can be accessed via a web browser or through installing our learning environment platform on your computer.

All Faculty of Business graduate students are required to install the learning environment platform on at least one computer. This allows AU to provide the high level of interactivity for which our school is known while also allowing students to work on or offline, and maintain a lasting archive of all course work and discussions.

To run our learning environment platform, you will require one of the following operating systems:

NOTE: should the system requirements change while you are in the program, you may need to upgrade.

Connecting Using Your Corporate Network

If you intend to use your corporate network to connect to the Athabasca University servers, you must work with your IT department to ensure the following technical requirement is met BEFORE you install your Athabasca University IBM Notes Software:

• TCP/IP Port 1352 & 1533 must be open on your company’s firewall/router to allow for bi-directional communication with IBM Notes and Sametime.

If your IT department is unable or unwilling to open the above listed ports, you will be unable to connect to the university servers using your corporate network. If this is the case, you will have to make other arrangements in order to participate in the program while at work.

Our online graduate management programs are designed, developed and delivered using our robust online learning environment to provide the high level of interactivity for which our school is known. AU’s learning environemnt software is supplied to all new AU graduate business students.

To run our learning environment platform, you will require one of the following operating systems:

NOTE: Should the system requirements change while you are in the program, you may need to upgrade.

Connecting Using Your Corporate Network

If you intend to use your corporate network to connect to the Athabasca University servers, you must work with your IT department to ensure the following technical requirement is met BEFORE you install your Athabasca University IBM Notes Software:

• TCP/IP Port 1352 & 1533 must be open on your company’s firewall/router to allow for bi-directional communication with IBM Notes and Sametime.

If your IT department is unable or unwilling to open the above listed ports, you will be unable to connect to the university servers using your corporate network. If this is the case, you will have to make other arrangements in order to participate in the program while at work.