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Find answers to frequently asked questions about IEEE Expert Now.
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What are the system/software requirements to
run the courses?
How long does each course take?
Do I have to be connected to the Internet to
take a course?
Do I need to have sound to take a course?
When I click on the IEEE Expert Now course
title, the course won’t launch.
What are IEEE Continuing Education Units
(CEUs) and how can I earn them?
What are Professional Development Hours (PDHs)?
If I stop in the middle of a course and come
back later, can I still complete the course?
How do I navigate to a specific place in the course?
How can individual IEEE Expert Now courses
be purchased by IEEE Members?
Where can I find a list of all IEEE Expert
Now courses?
What do I do if I receive an "Adobe Flash
Player Security" error message?
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What are the system/software requirements to run the courses?
Windows 2000/NT/XP/2003
Mac OS 9.0, OS X, and Above
Other Platforms, i.e, RedHat, Linux, and Solaris
How long does each course take? Courses range from 1 to 2 hours. Do I have to be connected to the Internet to take a course? Yes. The courses require a live connection to the host site to play correctly. You cannot download a course and run it later. Do I need to have sound to take a course? It is
preferable to have sound since all of the courses
use audio narration. When I click on the IEEE Expert Now course title, the course won't launch. Check to make sure that you have disabled ‘Pop-up blockers’ from your system. Pop-up’s can be temporarily disabled for one-time viewing, or you can select ‘always allow’ to avoid this problem for future IEEE Expert Now course viewing. Consult your pop-up blocking software for disabling instructions. What are Continuing Education Unites (CEUs) and how can I earn them? The CEU is a unit that measures a person's participation in a formal, non-credit continuing education program, such as a workshop, seminar, tutorial, or self-study course. IEEE maintains an official registry of all CEUs awarded. All one-hour IEEE Expert Now courses include a quiz, which upon successful completion makes you eligible to earn .3 CEU; .6 CEUs for two-hour courses. What are Professional Development Hours (PDHs)? A
Professional Development Hour (PDH) is a contact
hour (nominal) of instruction or presentation.
IEEE maintains an official registry of all
PDHs awarded. All one-hour Expert Now IEEE courses
include a quiz, which upon successful
completion makes you eligible to earn 1 PDH; 2 PDHs
for two-hour courses. If I stop in the middle of a course and come back later, can I still complete the course? Yes, you can return to the course and complete it in separate sittings. How do I navigate to a specific place in the course? Use the MAP/Course Outline button in the lower left corner of the course screen to open the course chapter navigation. How can individual IEEE Expert Now courses be purchased by IEEE members? IEEE members can now purchase individual courses from the IEEE Expert Now collection directly through the IEEE Xplore digital library. IEEE members can purchase each one-hour course for $69.95, with unlimited online access for 30-days from date of purchase. View the course catalog. Where can I find a list of all IEEE Expert Now courses? You can access the IEEE Expert Now course catalog by visiting the Course Catalog. What do I do if I receive an "Adobe Flash Player Security" error message? Read this Articulate article and follow the steps listed there. |
