Tech Requirements

Tech Requirements

In order to fulfill the Technology Requirements of Viridis Graduate Institute course curriculum all students are expected to have or have access to:

1) A personal computer,

2) Keep an active VGI Gmail student e-mail account,

3) Have an appropriately working web camera for class meetings,

4) A headset with microphone is REQUIRED for online classes,

5) Reliable Internet connection for online classes (preferably hardwired / Ethernet connections for online class meetings).

PLEASE BE SURE YOUR COMPUTER IS UPDATED AND HAS A VIRUS PROTECTION PROGRAM.

ZOOM Technology

Viridis Graduate Institute utilizes ZOOM Meeting for all live real-time classes. Students are required to participate via computer, laptop, or iPad for all classes. In case of an emergency and Internet access is lost, students may join via TELEPHONE or iPhone.
Zoom training is provided at the Student Orientation Meeting.

POPULI

POPULI is VGI’s Student Information System: POPULI (https://viridis.populiweb.com)

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