General Technology Requirements

United States University uses Brightspace D2L as our Learning Management System. Students are able to use the following devices:

  • Windows computers
  • Mac computers
  • Android mobile devices
  • iOS (Apple) mobile devices

We recommend students have the following applications installed:

Each student will be provided with a USU Google G Suite for Education account. This includes:

  • Email
  • Calendar
  • Google Drive
  • YouTube

We also recommend students registering for a free Office 365 account using their USU email; this will allow online access to all of Microsoft’s Office Applications (Excel, PowerPoint and Word). Instructions on how to register will be made available during your orientation course.

Some courses may require additional software to complete the course successfully; more information will be provided upon registration.