You must have access to a computer with Internet and email capability when you enroll in an online course. While it may be possible to do some of your work in the computer lab, it is difficult to take a distance learning course without having a computer and Internet connection at home.

You may want to run this quick diagnostic test on your computer to see if meets the ANGEL requirements.

Your computer must meet certain requirements to support an online course at NCTC. The following describes those requirements.

• ANGEL 7.1 has been tested with and fully supports the following browsers:
  Windows OS:  Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Firefox 1.0.4 or higher.
• Macintosh OS:  Mozilla 1.4 and above, Firefox 1.0.4 or higher

ANGEL requires the use of cookies. You must add the ANGEL site to your list of trusted sites that allow cookies.  

Pop-up blockers will stop certain items in ANGEL from being displayed (adding attachments to drop-boxes or email, using the HTML Editor to add images, etc.) You will need to disable pop-up blockers.

You should have anti-virus software installed on your computer. Two popular anti-virus softwares are Norton and McAfee. There are others.

Most of our online classes require you to have Adobe® Reader® (free download) and a word-processing software like Microsoft® Word, Microsoft® Works, or Corel® WordPerfect installed on your computer. Some courses require additional software. Most required software may be purchased from the NCTC Bookstore or a computer store.