Welcome to the Virtual Arkansas Tech Department page. Everything you need to successfully use your technology with our courses should be listed here. If you have any questions at all, please reach out so we can help.
Equipment Requirements
Individual students must have access to the following items
System Technical Requirement
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2 GHz or higher (Windows) |
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5 Mbps download |
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1.6 GHz or higher (macOS) |
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1 Mbps upload (Zoom) |
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1.1 GHz or higher (ChromeOS) |
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8 GB or higher (macOS or Windows) |
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Google Chrome (110 and higher) |
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4 GB or higher (ChromeOS) |
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Screen Resolution |
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1280 x 1024 minimum recommended |
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Operating System |
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Windows 10 and newer |
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macOS 10.14 and newer |
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ChromeOS 105 and newer |
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Software Requirements
Students are required to have the following software installed on their devices. Please be sure to visit the links for Zoom and Respondus, especially, to understand the various requirements and best practices associated with each one.
Zoom (All students)
Respondus Lockdown Browser (All students)
Students may be required to use the following software:
PDF Reader (Adobe Acrobat Reader, Chrome PDF Viewer, etc.)
Media Player (Quicktime, Windows Media Player, or VLC)
BlueJ (CS Programming Software)
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, & Access)
Whitelist Requirements (v. 09-2023)
The following primary domain URLs should be whitelisted to help prevent your filter from blocking resources that are utilized in Virtual Arkansas courses. This list will be updated, as required.
*.canvaslms.com
*.gstatic.com
*.instructure.com
*.googleapis.com
*.geniussis.com
*.wiris.net
*.instructuremedia.com
*.lvsgl.com
*.coursearc.com
*.box.com
*.readspeaker.com
*.boxcdn.net
*.amazonaws.com
*.respondus.com
*.cloudfront.net
*.respondus2.com
*.testout.com
play.blooklet.com
The following domain URLs should be whitelisted to help ensure that your students receive Virtual Arkansas communications, If using Google Admin Console, you can find this available at Apps > Google Workspace > Settings for Gmail > Manage address list and add the following to a list there:
According to Respondus support, the following domain URLs should be whitelisted to help ensure that the Lockdown Browser, used for Virtual Arkansas testing, is not blocked by your filter.
*.smc-service-cloud.respondus2.com
Other essential Respondus domains are:
Server profiles: server-profiles-respondus-com.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com
Update server: static-public-downloads-cloud.respondus.com
Installs/Downloads: *.respondus.com
Help Center: help-center-respondus-com.s3.amazonaws.com