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Allegany College of Maryland offers the following types of eCourses (courses that are delivered in part or wholly via electronic means):

Online course – an eCourse in which 100% of all required instructional activities is conducted online. Learners may be required to complete proctored exams at specified on-site locations.

Blended course – an eCourse that "blends" face-to-face and online instruction.  Classroom instruction onsite is designed to reinforce, complement, and elaborate on the online instruction.

Distance Learning (DL) – an eCourse that is offered simultaneously at multiple sites that are remote from one another but linked by telecommunications equipment. 

Flex course – an eCourse that is designed as an online course and delivered to provide all of the following additional attendance/learning options for students: face-to-face in a traditional classroom, live broadcasts of classroom sessions, and recordings of classroom sessions. Flex courses are scheduled in traditional classrooms with no reduction in seat time.

 

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MarylandOnline (MOL) is a statewide consortium dedicated to championing online learning. Through its seat-sharing program, MOL facilitates students’ access to online courses that are offered by MOL member institutions across the state. Allegany College of Maryland students have access to a wide selection of online courses through the MOL seat-sharing program. More information about courses offered through the MarylandOnline consortium is available at http://marylandonline.org/projects-and-programs or by contacting Kara Riley at 301-784-5312 or by mail to kriley@allegany.edu.

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Regular access to a computer, tablet, or mobile device with high speed Internet access is required for participation in online, blended, and flex courses. Computers are available for student use in two locations on the Cumberland Campus. Ten computers are provided in the Technology building, room 114. Contact the IT Helpdesk at 301-784-5444 for available hours.  The Library also maintains computers for student use (for hours see https://library.allegany.edu/polaris/). At the Bedford County Campus, two computer labs are available for student use when those labs are not in use for classes or meetings. The Bedford County Campus library also has ten computers available for student use.

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Browser	Supported Browser Version(s)	Maintenance Browser Version(s)
Microsoft® Edge	Latest	N/A
Mozilla® Firefox®	Latest ESR - current version (including a 12-week overlap with the previous version)	N/A
Google® Chrome™	Latest	N/A
Apple® Safari®	Latest	N/A

 

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Device	Operating System	Browser	Supported Browser Version(s)
Android™	Android	Chrome	Latest
Apple	iOS®	Safari, Chrome	Latest
Windows	Windows 10	Edge, Chrome, Firefox	Latest of all browsers, and Firefox ESR.

 

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Supported versions are the latest versions tested against the learning management system (LMS). Maintenance versions are older versions that are not tested extensively against the most recent version of the LMS. Browsers should have JavaScript and Cookies enabled. 

	Minimum	Recommended
Operating System	Windows 7 or higher Mac OSX 10.8 or higher	Latest OS
Processor	Intel Core i3 or equivalent	Intel Core i5 or equivalent
Memory	8 GB of RAM	16 GB of RAM or higher
Monitor Resolution	1024 x 768	1280 x 1024 or higher
Free Hard Disk Space	5 GB of free disk space	20 GB or higher of free space
Internet Connection	Broadband (high-speed) Internet connection with a consistent minimum speed of 3 Mbps	Broadband (high-speed) Internet connection with a speed of 6Mbps or higher
Internet Browser	See list of supported browsers at https://documentation.brightspace.com/EN/brightspace/requirements/all/browser_support.htm?Highlight=browser%20support