The minimum technical requirements are listed below. Please ensure you have these minimum requirements in order to access all of the required digital materials for this course.

If you are not able to acquire these technical requirements or do not have access, please contact me as soon as possible.

If you have problems accessing movies, lectures or any other materials or technical problems for these technical or any other reasons, let the teaching team know so we can best help address the issues.

NOTE: These instructions are minimums for general viewing of basic course materials. Due to the nature of this class, it may be desirable to use better specs and/or equipment for viewing the films to increase immersive setting and as achieve as high quality as possible that is available to you at this time. The lectures and lecture videos also may contain material that would be better on a larger (e.g., screen or larger tablet rather than mobile) screen and with decent headphones/speakers. Some compromises may be necessary between technical aspects and aesthetic/artistic aspects and where and when and with which equipment you may be able to access different parts of the course.

Computer Specs

Operating Systems

Windows 7 and newer
Mac OSX 10.10 and newer
Linux – chromeOS

Computer Speed and Processor

Use a computer 5 years old or newer when possible
1GB of RAM
2GHz processor

Screen Readers

Macintosh: VoiceOver (Links to an external site.)(latest version for Safari)
PC: JAWS (Links to an external site.)(latest version for Firefox)
PC: NVDA (Links to an external site.)(latest version for Firefox)
There is no screen reader support for Canvas in Chrome

Lecture Video Specs

This course uses Kaltura Media to host and embed all course lecture videos.

Web Browsers

OS	Browser Name	Supported Browser Version
Windows	Internet Explorer	IE 11
Windows	Edge	Latest official version
Windows, OS X	Firefox	Latest official version, Latest Extended Support version
Windows, OS X	Chrome	Latest official version
OS X	Safari	Latest official version

SAFARI & CHROME USERS:

If you are using Safari or Chrome to watch your lecture videos, you may see an error message like the one below when accessing a course lecture video. Follow the instructions on the page and click the link to kaltura.com. Once you visit the link, you can refresh the page and you'll be able to view the videos.

Zoom Specs

This course uses Zoom, video conferencing tool that is integrated with Canvas. UC San Diego offers free Zoom accounts for all students.

Test your setup beforehand

Try the Test Meeting feature to make sure your software and audio is set up.

Find the Zoom meeting link for your class

If the meeting is scheduled via Canvas, the Zoom meeting link is

- - In the Zoom link located in the left-hand navigation menu
  - In the Course Calendar, as an event
  - In a Canvas event notification (in your email if notifications are on)

Otherwise, this information will be provided by your instructor or TA, so be sure to check in with them if you're not sure what your Zoom meeting link is.

Access the Zoom Session

- Click the Zoom meeting link several minutes before your meeting, as you may be prompted to download Zoom to to your PC, Mac, tablet or phone.
- Follow the instructions to join computer audio and mute yourself if that isn’t default. Unmute when you want to talk.

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