Technical Requirements / Instructions
Technical Requirements and Instructions
For this course, you will be participating in four kinds of activities. These include:
(1) Taking the COMET/NWA modules that provide the instructional content and also completing quizzes thereon.
Note: you will need to schedule your own time to go through these modules. You will use them individually, and not take these as part of a group.
(2) Participating in 2 live webinar sessions (one at the start and one at the end of the course)
(3) Using the course forum to ask questions and discuss with the faculty and fellow participants.
(4) Completing and uploading a short writing assignment.
Technical requirements for each of these is outlined below:
COMET Modules
The links to the COMET Modules ( as per the weekly schedule) will be available on this course website.
The following are the ways you may access the modules:
Online from MetEd site ( Preferred Option)
If you have sufficient internet connection speed, you can open the modules directly from the MetEd site. There are links on the front page of this course website to go directly to each module on MetEd. The links to the COMET Modules are made available as per the weekly schedule.
If you have problems with running modules from the Website, after having read all provided instructions, please contact support@comet.ucar.edu via email.
You may download each module individually by accessing it on the MetEd site, for offline reading. It is advised that you access the COMET modules through the links given on this course website to ensure that you open the correct version of the module. Open each module, click on "Begin Lesson" and then click "Download" from the next page.
All the hydrology & hydraulic modules of COMET can be accessed from the following page:
Print Versions
Modules on MetEd website also provide a "print version" which may be printed, or can be viewed more easily over a slower internet connection, or on a computer that is not able to play the flash animations.
If the Flash animations will not play, even though you have the Flash player installed, you may need to change the settings in the " Global Security Settings Panel". See details here:
http://www.meted.ucar.edu/about_support.htm#A
The COMET modules are best viewed in Internet Explorer .
If viewed in Firefox (or in Microsoft edge ), it may give you following warning message depending on the settings and the version.
To resolve the issue, Change the settings or try to view in an older version of Internet explorer or Google Chrome.
Tech Notes for MetEd modules
For any other difficulties viewing any of the modules, be sure to read the Tech Notes page for each module.
Live Sessions
The live sessions will be conducted using the Cisco webex Webinar program. You will receive a link through the Course forum to join the webinar.
Some of the participants may not be able to participate in the webinar due to internet-speed constraint. They are encouraged to go through the powerpoint presentation available on Course website.