Clearly state minimum technology requirements, minimum student skills, and, if applicable, prerequisite knowledge in the discipline for your course. Tell students if explanations will be found in documents linked to the course or in supporting material not on the course site.

Technology requirements may include information on:

• hardware
• software
• plug-ins
• bandwidth requirement

If your course requires the use of a specific software, be sure to clearly state what the appropriate skill level is:

• use email with attachments
• save file in specific formats (e.g. RTF, PDF, TXT)
• use MS Excel or other spreadsheet programs to create a graph