All Faculty & Student Users

Welcome to Etudes -- a teaching, learning, and collaboration environment. This system serves faculty, staff, and learners from Etudes Consortium institutions.

Please review system requirements below:

  1. Computer (PC and Mac) and Connectivity Requirements
  2. Be sure you are using a supported browser. They are free downloads.
  3. Configure your browser's cache. 99% of problems are due to incorrect "cache" browser settings.
  4. Configure cookies, JavaScript, pop-up blocker.
  5. Accept SSL certificate and settings for alerts.

Other ISP & browser considerations:

  1. IMPORTANT note for AOL Users! Do NOT use AOL's browser.
  2. Satellite ISP's are NOT recommended! Users who are using Directway or Hughes Satellite ISP's might encounter technology problems and intermittent issues with Etudes-NG that are beyond our control.
  3. Use of Multiple Browser Windows is a no-no! Do NOT open more than one Etudes-NG browser window while being logged into the system. It is easy to log yourself out of one and get logged out of the others, losing what you were working on - assignments, tests, etc. You will be prompted to log back in!

For Faculty Authors ONLY

Additionally, faculty must install the free Java Plug-in, or they will not be able to author content in the Melete Lesson Builder using the Sferyx Editor. See instructions below for the platform you use:

    1. MAC Users - Java Plug-in comes with FireFox 1.5.0.8 and above. You need not install anything.

    2. PC Users - Java Plug-in Setup Instructions for Faculty Authors

1G of RAM is recommended. Close down other applications to have more system resources when working with Etudes.