Hardware
To access Moodle, your computer needs support from one or more of the compatible browsers listed below.
Browsers
The following web browsers are supported by Moodle:
- PC/Windows:
- Internet Explorer 8 (IE 10 required for drag and drop of files from outside the browser into Moodle)
- Firefox 4 or later
- Google Chrome 11 or later
- Opera 9 or later
- Mac:
- Firefox 4 or later
- Safari 5 or later
- Google Chrome 11 or later,
- Opera 9 or later
Browser Settings
- Security Level - set at Medium
- Accept all cookies
- Enable JavaScript
Viewers/Players/Plug-ins
To view or access course content, you may need one or more of the following, depending on the type of content posted in the course:
- Microsoft Word viewer is recommended as faculty members frequently use Word for their course documents
- PowerPoint viewer for PowerPoint presentations
- Adobe Acrobat Reader for PDF files
Adobe Flash Player for Adobe Flash Content
List of Pad generations that will run iOS 13 (iPadOS) and will work for Centra College classes, be sure your iPad has enough space for textbooks and apps:
- 12.9-inch iPad Pro
- 11-inch iPad Pro
- 10.5-inch iPad Pro
- 9.7-inch iPad Pro
- iPad (7th generation)
- iPad (6th generation)
- iPad (5th generation)
- iPad mini (5th generation)
- iPad mini 4
- iPad Air (3rd generation)
- iPad Air 2
More information on iOS 13 found at https://www.apple.com/ipados/
Don't know what type of iPad you have? Click here to view Apple's support page on iPads.
iPad requirements for those who do not already own an iPad:
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Generation
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Seventh Generation iPad
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Capacity
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32
Gigabytes
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|
Display
|
10.2-inch
LED Multi-Touch Display
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|
Chip
|
A10
|
|
Wireless
Connection/Model
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Wi-Fi
|
|
Operating
System
|
iOS 13 (iPadOS)
|
|
Required
Apps1
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Pages,
Numbers, Keynote, Mail, Files (all are free either on the iPad or in the App
Store)
Vitalsource
Bookshelf – Elsevier books App Examplify
|
|
Camera
|
8
megapixel
|
|
Apple ID
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Student’s
personal account
|
|
Color/Finish
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Any
|
1Other
apps and requirements vary from instructor to instructor and when different
apps are made available to students.
COVER NOTE: When purchasing a cover for your iPad, the director of Infection Prevention at the hospital has stated that covers are to be a vinyl material, not cloth. This way, students can enter patient rooms with their iPads and clean them off when they leave.
Students are expected to have an Apple iPad charged and ready every day for class.
Listed here are not acceptable substitutes of technology over an Apple iPad. Students may choose to use these in conjunction with an acceptable Apple iPad:
- Any type of Windows laptops or PCs (Dell, Acer, Asus, Lenovo, Samsung, HP, etc.) or Apple Macs, MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and MacBook Airs
- Windows Surface and Surface Pro Tablets family
- Samsung Galaxy Tablets family
- Amazon Fire Tablets
- Google Pixel Tablets
- Lenovo Smart Tablets
- Sony Digital Paper Tablets
- Jailbreak iPads are also not acceptable types of iPads.
Contact Support
For other questions concerning the Centra College of Nursing Moodle site, please contact the following numbers between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM Monday through Friday except holidays:
Front Desk - (434)200-3070
Victor Villalta (IT Support) - (434)200-5973
Carolyn Jennings (Bursar & Student Account Manager) - (434)200-3071
If students have questions about Moodle after business hours, please contact the Centra Help Desk at (434)200-4848 and describe your problem to one of our technicians. To contact Moodle directly, email Moodle at support@moodle.org at any time.
