To ensure the best possible experience of ALEKS for your students, we recommend that you check the computer lab in which ALEKS will be used before the first session. This means installing and testing the plug-in on some or (preferably) all of the computers in the lab. If security measures are in effect, you will need the cooperation of the lab administrator to install the plug-in. For instructions on how to install and test ALEKS, see Sec. 3.3.

If the ALEKS plug-in is not pre-installed and tested in this way, it will be installed when your students first access the system. This will take away a certain amount of time from their use of the system. Also, if there is some problem in the lab that makes installation difficult, it is better to resolve it before the students arrive.