The Road to Academic Success Begins Here
“The greatest benefit Passport Learning would offer for parents is the satisfaction of knowing that you’re helping your child in something as basic as reading, which corresponds with almost everything in life. You need a foundation in reading to be able to comprehend and to be able to get ahead in all subjects.”
– Homeschool Parent
| Windows Server 2003 Win 2000 Server SP4 |
XP Pro Windows 2000 Pro SP4 |
Vista Business Vista Ultimate |
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| CPU | |||
| <100 Users | 1.8 GHz+ | 1.8 GHz+ | 2.8 GHz+ |
| Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, Vista Business, and Vista Ultimate can support up to a maximum of 50 concurrent users |
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| 2.4 GHz+ | Not Supported | Not Supported | |
| 100–250 Users 250–1,000 Users |
3.0 GHz + (Dual processor recommended for 500 or more users) |
Not Supported | Not Supported |
| Memory | |||
| <100 Users | 1 GB | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| 100–250 Users | 2 GB | Not Supported | Not Supported |
| 250–1,000 Users | 3 GB + | Not Supported | Not Supported |
| Disk Space | 20 GB (40 GB Recommended) |
10 GB (20 GB Recommended) |
20 GB (40 GB Recommended) |
| Video | Super VGA (64 MB Recommended) |
Super VGA (64 MB Recommended) |
Super VGA (128 MB Recommended) |
| Sound | On-board | On-board | On-board |
| Network | 100 Mbps or greater | 100 Mbps or greater | 100 Mbps or greater |
This requirement is based on the total number of users who will be training in
the Passport Learning® Academy Suite, not on the concurrent users. It is an
annual requirement. That is, unless a new database is created, for example after
archiving the current year’s database on a different computer, additional
storage space is required each year.
Allow approximately 3 MB per user per year for the Academy of READING®
and 3 MB per user per year for the Academy of MATH®. If the same user is
training in the Academy of READING® and the Academy of MATH®, then the
annual incremental disk space requirement for that user would be 6 MB.
For some sample database storage requirements, see below.
| Total users | 30 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 250 | 500 | 1000 |
| Number using Academy of READING® | -- | 100 | 0 | 25 | 100 | 100 | 500 |
| Number using Academy of MATH® | -- | 0 | 100 | 25 | 150 | 100 | 500 |
| Number using both | 30 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 300 | 0 |
| Disk space in first year and each subsequent year | 180 MB | 300 MB | 300 MB | 450 MB | 750 MB | 2.4 GB | 3 GB |
This section describes the requirements for a student or staff member’s
computer running the Academy of READING, Academy of MATH, or
Management System. Teachers in each lab or classroom should also have
access to a printer.
| Windows Vista (Home Premium, Vista Ultimate, Vista Business) |
Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 Professional (SP4) |
MAC 10.3 or later |
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| CPU Minimum/ Recommended |
800 MHz/1.8 GHz |
450 MHz/800 MHz |
500 MHz/ 800 MHz |
| Memory Minimum/ Recommended |
512 MB/1GB |
128 MB/512 MB |
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| Disk Space Minimum/ Recommended |
Based on your browser cache setting |
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| Video Minimum/ Recommended |
128 MB/128 MB |
Super VGA/64 MB |
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| Sound | On-board sound Headphones (full ear cover recommended) |
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| Browser Software | Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1) Internet Explorer 7.0 Netscape 7.1 or later Firefox 1.5 or later Opera 9.1 or later* |
Netscape 7.1, or 7.2 Firefox 1.5 or later Safari 1.3 (OS 10.3 only) Safari 2.0 (OS 10.4 or later) |
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Adobe Flash 8 or 9 JavaScript, cookies, and pop-ups must be enabled in all browsers. |
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| Network | 10Mbps LAN adapter (or greater) Requires TCP/IP networking connection to the Server Station. |
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*The Opera browser is recommended if you are operating in Kiosk
mode, which restricts students’ access to browser controls.