MUOnline Download Center

The Download Center contains links to software that will enhance your online course experience.

Your online course syllabus will tell you if any of these products are required.

To download any of the software below, please click on the underlined text.

All the links below are FREE downloads and will launch in an external window.

If you are not sure if any of these programs (Plug-ins), are installed on your computer, please click the link below to run our Plug-in Test.

Plug-in Test

Internet Tools	Adobe Product
Internet Explorer 6 - Service Pack 1 You can download your free copy of the most recent version of Internet Explorer at this site. Sun Java Virtual Machine Download the Java applet for using CHAT and other course tools in your online course. This is a required free program for all online courses.	Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF) Many documents in online courses are presented as PDF files. Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® is free software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
Macromedia Plug-ins	Other Media Tools
Macromedia Flash Player Macromedia Flash Player displays content you may see in your online courses such as interactive animation created with Macromedia Flash. Macromedia Shockwave Player Macromedia Shockwave Player is usually created with Macromedia Director, and provides support for many different forms of multimedia that may be used in your online course.	Windows Media Player 10 (.wav; mp3) Windows Media® Player 9 Series is the latest version of the free windows media player. Many online courses use video or audio that runs in Windows Media Player. RealPlayer (.ram) Real Player is a windows media player. Some online courses use video or audio that runs in Real. QuickTime (.mov) QuickTime is Apple's audio/video player that supports a variety of file formats.
Software Viewers	Miscellaneous
Word 2003 Viewer You can open, view, and print MS WORD files without having WORD installed on your computer. PowerPoint 2003 Viewer You can view PowerPoint presentations without having PowerPoint installed on your computer. Excel 2003 Viewer You can open, view, and print Excel files without having Excel installed on your computer. DWF™ Viewer Design Review lets you review, mark up and track changes to 2D and 3D designs without having the original creation software installed on your computer.	WinZip WinZip is a Windows-only compression utility. Files compressed with this utility will have a ".zip" extension in the name of the file. Once downloaded, the file can be saved, which will activate the WinZip utility to "unzip" the file's contents. Zip files make it easy to transport, e-mail, download and store data and software.