Using Plato, What You Need to Know
Plato has been a resource for classroom literacy programs for several years. PLATO has a number of lessons that deal with more basic skills in math, reading and writing. More advanced lessons are outlined by a number of National Occupation Codes (NOC) and packaged lessons dealing with Essential Skills required for each code are available. This is an extremely valuable tool for learners with employment related goals.
Separate courses can be taken such as:
- Writing in the Workplace
- Life and Job Skills
- Business Basics
- Technology Fundamentals
- Job Skills for the Real World
If you have signed up for Independent Study and your LearningHUB Practitioner recommends you work on Plato, an account will be created for you and login instructions will be sent to you by email.
Your LearningHUB Practitioner will be in touch with you regularly to support you through your online upgrading using Plato.
Technical Requirements for Plato
PLATO AND WEB BROWSERS
Plato does not run properly using Internet Explorer 9. If you are using Internet Explorer 9 you will need to set your browser to compatibility view by following these instructions:
- On the Internet Explorer menu, select Tools > Compatibility View Settings.
- Enter the address http://www.platoweb.com, then click Add.
- Enter the address http://www.platoweb01.com, then click Add.
- Try to run the PLATO lesson again.
- If a yellow bar appears near the top of the window, select the option to run the file for all sites.
INSTALLING PLATO PLUGINS
When you log into Plato for the first time you will be prompted to install specific plug-ins to run the Plato program. Plato plugins are safe and may take few minutes to download to your computer. View tutorial.
ALLOWING POPUPS
You will need to allow popups to run Plato on your computer. If you are not prompted, make sure that a tab at the top of your screen says Popups Okay. If you have a course that uses audio, you may be prompted to download Shockwave or Flash Player. Just click OK again. Once you have installed these items, Plato should run smoothly for you. View tutorial.