Making Sure Your Computer is Ready for Your Online Course

You access your online courses at Brookdale Community College using a web browser and our Learning Management System, ANGEL. At the beginning of a term you can make sure your computer is ready for course by doing the following:

• Clear your web browser cache and temporary files. Click here for the instructions below for your specific system.

• Verify your ANGEL account information. If you are unable to get into the system, please call (866) 767-9512.

• After logging into ANGEL, learn more about the system by accessing the ONLINE-STUDENT-COMMUNITY group.

• To learn more about terminology and accessing your online courses from home, visit our Interactive Online Course Glossary

• Once you access your course, some materials may require browser plug-ins to display properly. You can learn more about these below.

Browser Plugins

Plug-ins are software programs that extend the capabilities of your internet browser and allow you to access and view many of the materials in your online course. Each of these programs can be downloaded directly to your personal computer for FREE. Click on the icon to download.

	Adobe Reader - The most reliable, efficient, and effective way to share information electronically. Adobe Acrobat files end with the .pdf extention and are usually used for larger files. You may need this program to open up course information.
	Adobe eBook - Reader Adobe has created a reader that will open electronic books from the library. This program allows you to download (large file) library resources.
	QuickTime - is ideal for web animation, music, MIDI, audio, video, and VR panoramas and objects directly on specific web pages. QuickTime files end with the .qt extention. QuickTime works on both Apple and PC computers.
	Real Player - Plays streaming audio, video, animations, and multimedia presentation on the web. This software works on both Apple and PC computers.
	WinZip - files are "archives" used for distributing and storing files. Usually the files "archived" in a Zip are compressed to save space. Zip files make it easy to group files for electronic transport and copying.
	PowerPoint Viewer - If you do not have PowerPoint installed on your computer this will allow you to open and view PowerPoint presentations in your online class. Follow the directions on this link for downloading.
	Excel Viewer 2003 - Open, view, and print Excel workbooks, even if you don't have Excel installed. This download is a for Excel Viewer 97 and all previous Excel Viewer versions.
	Microsoft Word Viewer - This program allows anyone who does not own Word to view and print documents that were created in Word. Word Viewer can open documents created with all previous versions of Word (Windows & Macs).
	ShockWave - allows you to view rich-media web content for multi-media web applications (ex: video, animation).
	Flash Player - This plug-in allows you to view high-impact, animated web content (ex: Flash movie, animation).
	Authorware Player - This plug-in allows you to view high-impact, animated web interactive content.
	Windows Media Player - Enjoy fast and flexible music and video playback with Microsoft® Windows Media® Player

Should you encounter any TECHNICAL problems, please phone the ANGEL Helpdesk at (866) 767-9512 or the Teaching and Learning Center at 732-224-2089. ALL COURSE QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO YOUR INSTRUCTOR.