Plugins are small programs which are loaded together with a larger application and enhance its capabilities. Your browser can play music, view movies and display special files and characters but you must first download and configure software enhancements.

Sun Microsystems Java Virtual Machine
http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

Quicktime
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

Acrobat Reader
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Flash Player
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash

Real Player
http://www.real.com/
Look for the button that says, "RealPlayer - Free"

Shockwave Player
http://sdc.shockwave.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi

Windows Media Player
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/

InterAct Math Plug-in
http://www.interactmath.com/asp/wizardframe.htm

TestGen
http://wpslive.pearsoncmg.com/cmg_student_testgen_1/0,5658,2569286-,00.html

Train and Assess: Authorware Web Player
http://www.phgenit.com/plugin/awarewebplayer/download/32bit/Authorware_Web_Player.exe

Other Useful Downloads

We have found the following programs to be particularly useful (and often requested) for online courses.

Word Viewer
Allows you to view (but not edit) Microsoft Word files (.doc) without having to purchase the software.

• Word Viewer 2003
• Instructions for opening a Word 2007 file in an earlier version of Word

Power Point Viewer
Allows you to view (but not edit) Microsoft Power Point files (.ppt) without having to purchase the software.

• PowerPoint Viewer 2003
• PowerPoint Viewer 2007
• Instructions for opening a PowerPoint 2007 file in an earlier version of PowerPoint

Excel Viewer
Allows you to view (but not edit) Microsoft Excel files (.xls) without having to purchase the software.

• Excel Viewer 2003
• Instructions for opening an Excel 2007 file in an earlier version of Excel

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats
In Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft added new Open XML formats to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007. Files that are created in the Open XML format are not readable by earlier versions of Microsoft Office (such as Microsoft Office 2003, or Microsoft Office 2000). The above compatability pack download will enable users on earlier versions of Microsoft Office to open, edit, save, and create files in the new Open XML format.