University Technology Services provides online training, to all USC faculty and staff at no charge, through Element K, our online training provider.

With online training, you have access to training 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from anywhere with Internet access. Training is available in all Microsoft Office applications, as well as Publisher, FrontPage, HTML, GroupWise, Netscape, Internet Explorer, Windows, Mac OS and more. For a complete list of currently available courses, please view the ElementK Course Catalog.

To successfully connect to Element K, you must:

• Meet USC faculty or staff eligibility requirements
• Abide by the participation guidelines
• Meet Element K hardware and software requirements; use an approved browser and system platform from the list below.
• Have Internet access with a 28.8K modem or faster.
• Accept browser cookies.
• Enable JavaScript on your Web browser.
• Set your browser to refresh at every page.

Hardware/Software Minimum Requirements:
Pentium 90-MHz or better, or a Macintosh PowerPC
Screen resolution of 800 x 600 @ 256 colors

Supported System Platforms:
Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP Home Edition, XP Professional 2000
Macintosh OS 8.6, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1

Supported Browsers:
America Online 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0x, 5.5, 6.0
Netscape 4.5x, 4.6, 4.7x, 6.2, 7.0

Online Training Participation Guidelines
Participation Verification