Plug-ins

Some online units use browser plug-ins such as Adobe Reader to view PDF files. To view materials in your online units, you may need one or more of the plug-ins below.

The links below are to free and publicly available plug-ins.

Internet Browsers

You will need an Internet browser on your computer to access vUWS. We recommend using Internet Explorer 6 (Windows PC) or Netscape 7.2 (Macintosh) with vUWS.

Download Internet Explorer at: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.asp

You can also view and download browsers which are supported for use with vUWS at:
http://www.webct.com/tuneup

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Adobe Reader is free software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files on a variety of hardware and operating system platforms.

Download Adobe Acrobat Reader at:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Microsoft Office Viewers

If you have an early version Microsoft Office or you do not have Office installed on your computer at all, you may not be able to view Word, Powerpoint or Excel files your lecturer has put online. You can download a free viewer to view Microsoft Office documents.

Download Microsoft Office viewers at:
http://office.microsoft.com/Assistance/9798/viewerscvt.aspx

Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player is a free software which allows you to view video files and listen to audio files on a variety of hardware and operating system platforms.

Download Windows Media Player at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download

Flash viewer

Macromedia Flash is a free software which allows you to access interactive animations and activities.

Download Flash viewer at:
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer

Shockwave player

Macromedia Shockwave is a free software which allows you to access interactive animations and activities.

Download Shockwave Player at:
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getshockwaveplayer

Java

Java is required by some components of vUWS. Most Internet browsers already come with Java, but if yours does not have it you can download a free copy. Microsoft Windows XP needs the Java Virtual Machine installed to use Java applets like vUWS Chat.

Download Java at:
http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/5.0_06/index.html