Operating System PC Windows 7 or higher. (Some distributions of Linux which support Flash 11+ have been successful, but it is not officially supported.)

MAC Apple Mac OS X 10.10 or higher (Some distributions of Linux which support Flash 11+ have been successful, but it is not officially supported. Mobile iOS (newest), Android (newest), and Blackberry 6 are all supported within the main Illinois Virtual School website. However, some linked content may not support mobile devices. IVS recommends all mobile device users have access to a computer as well. Note: A Flash enabled browser, such as Photon, Puffin, or , will be needed. Hardware 2.33GHz AMD ‐or‐ Intel® Core™ Duo 1.83 GHz (PC) Intel Core Duo 1.33 GHz (MAC) 1024 MB of RAM or higher Speakers or Headphones Microphone 1024 x 768 or greater display resolution Document Imaging Option* *Some courses may require students to scan/fax/image handwritten assignments to send to their instructor

Internet Access 256 kbps per concurrent user ** 460 kbps per concurrent user for world language courses** **A slow Internet connection will affect the performance of multimedia elements found in IVS courses

Plug‐Ins, Additional Software and Settings Recent Versions of: Adobe Acrobat Reader, Flash Player***, Windows Media Player, Quicktime, Word Processing Software, Sun Java (PC), Java for MAC (MAC) Javascript: Enabled Cookies: Enabled Pop‐ups: Enabled ***Adobe Flash Player settings to allow microphone use are required for world language courses

If enabled, firewall, pop‐up blocking and content filtering software must allow access to the following sites:

*.ilvirtual.org *.education2020.com *.aventalearning.com *.ucopenaccess.org *.apexlearning.com *.education2020.us *.aventalearning.net *.k12hsn.org *.apexvs.com *.pglms.com *.aventaschool.com *.middil.com *.edgenuity.com *.explorelearning.com *.montereyinstitute.org *.edgenuity.us *.speechstream.net *.sascurriculumpathways.com

Browser Support Windows Mac Mobile Chrome (latest) Chrome (latest) (latest) 10 or 11 (Latest) iOS Safari 5.1 or higher (latest) Firefox (latest) Android 4.0 or higher Blackberry 6 Puffin 3.0 or higher Skyfire 5.2 or higher Photon 4.0 or higher