Distance Education
In addition to on-site learning, South Florida Institute of Technology offers Distance Education. This is only offered for students registered for evening school.
The website created by the school for distance education is www.miapromo.com. The school acquired the necessary education licensure from Zoom to allow instructors to host several students. We are offering lecture courses to students who are enrolled in distance education via Zoom. These classes are offered only to lecture classes that exceed 25 students in size, and only in the evening school. The lecture that students (or any evaluator) would see is the same as that which they would see in person. The methodology used (Zoom) was appropriate to use and filled the need to protect our students without sacrificing the ability to be able to communicate the subject material to them and to allow them to Interact with the instructor and with the other students on a real time basis.
The equipment and technology continue to be the same as previously approved by the Commission. If a student attending an evening shift does not feel comfortable with their own device to communicate via on-line, the Institution provides the student with a tablet and ensures the student is comfortable working with the tablet before the course begins.
Instructors take attendance for every class conducted and can see students and speak with them in real time in order to ascertain their true identity. Students who do not log on and are not seen on screen by the instructor are counted as absent.
In addition, all students complete their laboratory and practical lab hours in person.
Distance Education Technical Requirements
South Florida Institute of Technology uses miapromo.com System Platform as the technological tool to support its online courses. Miapromo.com and its hosting infrastructure are designed for maximum compatibility and minimal requirements.
Minimum technical requirements to miapromo.com
Institutional E-mail Account
This institutional email account is being used to login using the miapromo.com platform, student portal, email account, contact professors, classmates and to receive official notifications from the Institution. (Do not mix it up with your personal e-mail.)
Operating Systems
Windows 7 and newer
Mac OSX 10.10 and newer
Linux – ChromeOS
Mobile Operating System Native App Support
OS 12 and newer (versions vary by device) Android 5.0 and newer
Computer Speed, Processor and Peripherals
Use a computer 5 years old or newer when possible 1GB of RAM minimum 2GHz processor minimum Audio Card (integrated) Webcam Headset for virtual class sessions and develop audio presentations
Internet Speed
Minimum of 512kbps. Wired connection preferable. Wireless connections are sensitive to weather changes; thus, they are unstable and may cause trouble when you are working or taking a test in the platform.
Browser Compatibility
Chrome 80 and 81
Firefox 74 and 75 (Extended Releases are not supported)
Internet Explorer 11 (Windows only—functionally supported; may exhibit slight visual differences from other browsers, but these differences do not restrict product functionality)
Edge 80 and 81 (Windows only)
Safari 12 and 13 (Macintosh only)
Mobile Browsers Compatibility
iOS
Safari (default browser with limited Canvas support) Chrome
Android
Chrome (default browser with limited Canvas support)* Internet Firefox
Software1 and Plugins2
Adobe Acrobat Reader1
Flash Player1
Java Player2 (Latest version. Uninstall previous versions.) Should be enabled in your browser
Apple Quicktime1 (Optional)
Windows Media Player2 (Optional)
Microsoft Office2 2007 or latest: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access. (Windows User)
Office for MAC2 2008 or latest: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Institutional Microsoft Office for Students – Web Apps and Installer Open Office2 (Microsoft Office Alternative) Freeware