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Which plug-ins are required to run courseware on PLE?

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Installing Courseware Plug-ins for the PLATO Learning Environment (PLE)

Summary of Required Plug-ins:

• Adobe Flash Player:  required by all PLE users
  
• Adobe Authorware Player:    required  to run Biology Series and Chemistry Series
  
• Adobe Shockwave Player and Shockwave Xtras:    
    required to run Beginning Reading, Math Expeditions, Basic Skills/Job Skills/Projects for the Real World
  
• Adobe Reader:   required to view PDF documents

Links to the latest versions of required plug-ins for PLE can also be found in the PLE System Requirements.

Network administrator:    You can find  offline installers for deploying to multiple workstations here.

Detailed Instructions for installing plug-ins to a single workstation (these apply to both Windows and Mac OS X workstations):

In the instructions that follow, clicking on the underlined links will take you to the location where you can download and run the installation of the various plug-ins.

1. If you have multiple computers to be used to run the PLATO Learning Environment (PLE), it is recommended that you install the plug-ins on all of them ahead of time, so that students can log on and access learning activities right away.  
   
   
2. If you are installing plug-ins on a Windows workstation, log in  as a local workstation administrator so that you have sufficent permissions.
   
   
3. Install the latest version of Adobe Reader to view Portable Document Format (PDF) files, including many offline activities used in PLATO Courses, reports, learner guides, teacher and curriculum guides.
   
   
4. Install the Adobe Flash Player  to be able to use the PLE learner menu, teacher and administrative functions, and most of the PLATO Courses and titles.
   
   
5. If you will be using any of the following titles, download and install both the Adobe Shockwave Player and PLATO Xtras plug-ins:
   
   
   
   • Basic Skills for the Real World
   • Beginning Reading for the Real World (including Skills Inventory)
   • Job Skills for the Real World
   • Math Expeditions (including Skills Inventory)
   • Projects for the Real World
     
     
6. If you will be using Biology Series or Chemistry series, download and install the Adobe Authorware Player plug-in.
   
   
7. Restart your browser to allow all changes to take effect.

    

    

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