One Spirit Learning Alliance - One Spirit Interfaith Seminary

What are the technical requirements?

A Multimedia-ready computer that is capable of displaying graphics, animation, audio and limited video. Almost all computers sold today have that capability. Minimum technical requirements include the following:
- Processor: 500Mhz or faster
- Memory: 256 Megabytes or more
- Operating System: Windows 2000 sp4 or better -or- Macintosh OS X
Broadband access to the Internet (Cable, Satellite or Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) or comparable) through an account with an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Ample available hard disc space to receive audio files. This depends on the courses downloaded, as follows:
- One full day of class = approx. 150 Megabytes
- One evening class session = approx 60 Megabytes
- One year of seminary (15 full days ) = approx. 2 Gigabytes*
  * NOTE: It is not necessary to keep all of the downloaded audio on your comptuer... this figure is only if a student wishes to keep an entire year's audio on hard disc.
iTunes Students must download and install the latest version of this free software, available for download at http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Optional: Students can make podcasts portable by transferring them from your computer to a portable audio device:
- An MP3 player, such as Apple’s iPod.
- With a CD burner, students may burn MP3 files to recordable CDs for playing in new portable CD players that support the MP3-CD format.

Where can I learn more?

To learn more about iTunes, please see apple's excellent online video tutorials available free from http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/itunes/

For more information about podcasting, see any of the following links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting
http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcasts.html
http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/203/what-is-a-podcast/