[OPLINLIST] Important information about new computer skills tutorials

[Stephen Hedges]

The Learning Express Library included in the Ohio Web Library package of
databases will be enhanced starting July 1 with a set of computer skills
tutorials from Learn2.com. These tutorials will appear under the heading
"Computer Skills" in the list of tests and will use a combination of audio,
video, graphic animation, screen captures and text to teach computer skills.

Learning Express tech support has alerted us that:
1) this Learn2 package of computer skills tutorials requires the
installation of a small multimedia player that extends the capabilities of
the browser; and
2) this player currently will NOT run on Vista or Mac OS X.

Here are the system requirements for the multimedia player (from the
Learn2.com web site):

- Operating System: Windows 95 OSR2 or later, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 SP3
or later, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP, Macintosh OS8.1.
- Browser: Internet Explorer 4.0 or later (5.5 or higher recommended),
Netscape 4.5 or later, AOL 4.0 + for Windows 95
- Processor: Pentium Class, Macintosh PowerPC
- Memory: 16MB or more of RAM (32MB RAM for Mac)
- Sound: Audio device, installed & configured

The player can be downloaded from:
http://www.tutorials.com/cust_supt/cc_faq_plugin_n.asp?ugid=dHV0b3JpYWxz

We recommend that library IT staff pre-install this player on their public
access computers. Users who try to access the tutorials from a computer that
does not have the player installed will be taken to the Learn2.com site and
asked to install it.

For libraries that use the Learning Express MARC records (available from
http://oplin.org/marcrecords), those records will continue to take users to
the Learning Express site. We are still checking into the availability of
MARC records for the Learn2 tutorials and, if they are, we will make them
available to you as a separate package of MARC records.

Stephen
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Stephen Hedges, Executive Director
Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)
2323 W. 5th Avenue, Suite 130
Columbus, Ohio  43204
614-728-5250    AIM: hedgesst