Technical Specifications

	Minimum	Recommended
CPU	1 GHz or faster x86 with at least two	64 bit Intel/AMD multi-core processor @ 2.00 Ghz or higher
RAM	4GB (64 bit)	8GB + RAM (64 bit)
Hard Drive	150MB	150MB
Display	HD 1360 x 768	WSXGA+ ( 1680 x 1050 for 16:10 ratio ) / FHD ( 1920 x 1080 for 16:9 ratio ) or better
Operating System	Windows 10 22H2 with ESU	Windows 11 LTS or MS supported GA channel
Browser	Firefox, Edge or Chrome	Current versions of Edge or Chrome
Network Connection	100Mbps	1Gbps or above
Internet Connection*	3Mbps (for a single user)	30Mbps or higher
Excel**	Office 2016	Office 365 current channel

* An Internet Connection is required. Note that bandwidth requirements vary depending on the number of simultaneous users and type of content.

** Used for reports and various data imports.

There is minimal preparation required on the client side for cloud-based LMS instances, as your LMS instance is hosted and maintained on one of Intellek 's secure data centers. However, for the LMS to operate correctly there are several important settings which need to be applied to User's systems to ensure a seamless connection to the LMS.

Important settings that must be applied firm-wide

•The web address for the Client’s LMS instance must be added to the Trusted Site Security Zone on all workstations.

•For clients on LMS v4, add the SSO callback URL to the Trusted Site Security Zone and Pop-up Blocker Settings Exceptions.

•The web address for the Client’s LMS instance must be added to the Pop-up Blocker Settings Exceptions.

•IT will need to whitelist the following URLS for ALL users. This ensures they can see the icons throughout the LMS.

o//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css

ohttps://fonts.goOgleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons

ohttps://fonts.goOgleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,300i,400,400i,600,600i,700,700i,800,800i

•Make sure Font download is enabled in your browser. Control Panel > Network and Internet > Internet Settings

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•Users will need to whitelist the LMS URL in their uBlock Options (in the Trusted Sites tab as shown in the screenshot below)

1.This is achieved by pasting your LMS URL into the box and clicking Apply changes.

Note - make sure to put an '*' at the end of the URL so that the whole LMS is excluded from uBlock

2.In the example below we've whitelisted our LMS testing instance. Once Apply changes is clicked, content will correctly launch. Also note the asterisk mentioned above. uBlock

The LMS will send emails to Users for assorted reasons including course assignment notifications, reminder notifications, User import reports to LMS administrators, etc. Intellek has chosen SMTP2Go as our transactional email provider for this purpose.

Why transactional emails?

To avoid delivery issues. Email protection systems have increasingly put stricter security controls in place to try and protect against ever more sophisticated phishing attacks and spam. As this can sometimes cause delivery issues when sending via Intellek's legacy email relay servers, Intellek has chosen to use transactional emails via SMTP2Go for all communication sent from your LMS.

Why SMTP2Go Transactional Emails?

SMTP2Go offers a number of benefits including the use of a dedicated, built-for-purpose, email infrastructure for delivering emails to our Client Family’s end-users. In addition, the Intellek support team, you, and your technical team, will be able to access real-time statistics and historical logs empowering them to resolve email issues more quickly.

SMTP2Go has a world-class SMTP infrastructure. The service will use your own email domain and we can be confident your emails from the LMS will reach your learners.

What’s the Process?

To ensure emails from the LMS can be sent from your organization's LMS administration team, we need to authorize SMTP2Go to send from your domain. This requires adding two CNAME records to your domain's DNS - one for DKIM signing and one for the SMTP host. The process will take just 10 minutes.

1.A member of your IT department will need to schedule a call with Adrian, our Head of Networks & Security, to complete the next steps.

2.During the call, Adrian will register your email domain with SMTP2Go:

a.SMTP2Go will ask for some entries to be added to your domain's DNS so they can verify you and authorize them to send emails.

b.Once you are verified Intellek will send a quick test message to make sure it goes through okay.

c.We will reconfigure your LMS to use SMTP2Go at an agreed-upon time.

Considerations During Setup

Dependent on how existing rules are configured, mail filtering systems such as MimeCast or Proofpoint may need to have some rules updated or added to ensure mail delivery.

Intellek uses two dedicated IP addresses for sending via SMTP2Go, they are:

103.2.142.87 and 203.31.38.129

You may need to add these to an allow or whitelist in any mail filtering systems ( e.g. Mimecast or Proofpoint ) you are using.

Please schedule a short call to discuss these rules with the Intellek networks team to ensure a smooth implementation.

Switching to SMTP2Go if currently on SendInBlue

Why switch from SendInBlue to SMTP2Go for transactional emails?

If you have already switched from the Intellek mail relays to transactional emails through SendInBlue you may wonder why you should consider moving to SMTP2Go. It is a reasonable question given that SendInBlue offers similar facilities. Simply put, when some of our larger clients switched from our mail relays to SendInBlue, it raised a couple of issues we had not encountered during our testing and as a result, our network went back to the shortlist and completed some further evaluation.

We think SMTP2Go offers some nice features for our clients over and above what SendInBlue has to offer as well as not having the issues we found with SendInBlue. A feature our Head of Networks and Security is particularly enthusiastic about is being able to provide our clients access to their own account area which allows you to review emails sent from your LMS, your IT team to log in and check the system for any delivery issues.