{"id":1448,"date":"2020-09-11T19:13:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T00:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/?page_id=1448"},"modified":"2020-09-11T19:17:23","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T00:17:23","slug":"basic-technology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/staff\/working-from-home\/basic-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic technology requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Ensure you have the appropriate technology for teaching and working online<\/h3>\n<p>You\u2019ll want to have a laptop or desktop computer to support your teaching and working. A webcam and headset\/speakers and microphone is ideal for synchronous learning activities. While a smartphone or tablet is a good workaround for videoconferencing access, these devices don\u2019t work as well for completing many tasks.<\/p>\n<h3>Laptop or desktop computer<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>MAC with OSX 10.11 or later \/ Windows 10<\/li>\n<li>Extended warranty recommended for laptops and all portable devices<\/li>\n<li>Webcam for synchronous activities<\/li>\n<li>Headset\/Speakers for synchronous activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Internet Access:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Minimum 4 mbps recommended<\/li>\n<li>10 mbps down \/ 1 mbps up recommended for synchronous activities and if multiple users in same house (e.g. Netflix and Zoom running at same time)<\/li>\n<li>Test your internet speed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedtest.net\/\">speedtest.net<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/fast.com\/\">fast.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Depending on your needs, you may benefit from higher-quality video cameras, microphones or speakers. You may want to explore professional equipment rather than consumer-grade equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ensure you have the appropriate technology for teaching and working online You\u2019ll want to have a laptop or desktop computer to support your teaching and working. A webcam and headset\/speakers and microphone is ideal for synchronous learning activities. While a smartphone or tablet is a good workaround for videoconferencing access, these devices don\u2019t work as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":447,"featured_media":0,"parent":1318,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1448","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/447"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1448"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1451,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1448\/revisions\/1451"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}