System Requirements Updates

Check to make sure that you are meeting current system requirements. The system requirements have been updated for all products. Check the product page for your products at the PLATO Support Center by clicking on the Products tab. The Adobe® Reader minimum requirement has been updated from 6.0.1 to 7.0. Support for Internet Explorer® 7 for Windows XP and Windows® 2000 Operating Systems has been added as well.

This fall, look for updated information regarding Windows® Vista and Mac OS requirements, as well as information about PLATO Pathways and Client-Hosted PLATO® Web Learning Network versions.

PLE: Message Prompts You to Install Flash Player 6 When Running Flash-based Courseware in IE7

INET: Rosetta Emulation Mode Required to Run Courseware on Intel-based Macintosh Computers

PW: "List index out of bounds (0)" When Trying to Run any Lesson in PLATO Pathways

End of the School Year Information

This is the final issue of PLATO Support TechNews for this school year. The next issue will be published in Fall 2007. Below are links to some knowledge articles that will help you with closeout processes. Over the summer, you can still contact PLATO Support Services when you need technical assistance:

For self-service (online support):
PLATO Support Center: http://support.plato.com

For support via e-mail:
Go to http://support.plato.com/email

To talk to a support representative:
Call 1.800.869.2200

We hope that you have found your subscription this year to PLATO Support TechNews beneficial. If you would like to share feedback about anything you found really helpful or that you would like to see change, please e-mail Karin Tungseth, Knowledge Specialist, at ktungseth@plato.com. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Helpful articles to reference for end of the school year:

27371 - EDUTEST: Assessment Year-End Closeout Process

27425 - EDUTEST: How Do I Delete All Students or Remove Old Users? (Closeout)

27788 - TPN: What Data Management Processes Should Be Done at the Beginning and End of the Year?

27392 - PW: Unable to Purge or Remove Performance Data

26834 - PWLN: How to Quickly and Efficiently Delete Multiple Users in a Group

New Articles in the Knowledge Base

28121 - CHPWLN: Is Student Performance Data Tied to Class Assignments?

28122 - PW: "There is a Problem with the User Database"; DBRU, USBR, SETPERMS Don't Solve

28123 - PWLN: Is there a Sample Course to Test Workstation Configuration (Plug-ins/Permissions/Etc.)?

28132 - EDUTEST: "No Items Matched Your Search Query"

Look for PLATO Learning at NECC

June 24-27, 2007
Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Booth #1710

National Mathematics Advisory Panel

There is a growing national concern about the mathematical proficiency of young people who are now emerging from our schools or will graduate in the next decades. A preliminary report has been released in response to this growing concern.

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics acknowledge that there are significant challenges in realizing the vision for improving mathematics education.