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Technical Specifications

Browser Specifications

Great Minds products are fully supported on the last two stable versions of the following browsers. Select your browser below for instructions on updating to the latest version. 

⚠️ Browser extensions can sometimes interfere with platform functionality. If you are having technical issues, try disabling any active browser extensions.

⚠️ If you are unable to download files in Chrome, navigate to chrome://settings/content/automaticDownloads and verify the following settings:

  • Sites can ask to automatically download multiple files is enabled. 
  • Add the site URL digital.greatminds.org under Allowed to automatically download multiple files.

If the issue persists after you've verified these settings, contact our support team for assistance.


Device and Operating System Specifications

Our digital platform is optimized on laptops and desktop computers with a minimum of:

  • 1 GB RAM and 2 GHz processor
  • Broadband internet connection

Great Minds products use a responsive web design and do not include native iOS or Android mobile applications.
 

iPad Compatibility

Great Minds digital products are iPad compatible. We recommend accessing our products using the latest stable iPadOS version (or one version prior) with Chrome or Safari. For an optimal learning experience, we recommend that students use a full-size iPad in landscape orientation. While our products can be accessed from older iPadOS versions and other browsers, these are not supported.

Student Device Requirements

Great Minds has two methods for students to complete and submit assigned PDFs: 

  1. Complete Online: Students can use our in-browser PDF annotation and assignment submission tool. (No file downloads or uploads are required.)

  2. File Upload: Students can download the assigned file, complete it offline or locally on their device, and then upload the completed file. (The device must be able to complete fillable PDFs using a PDF editor or browser plugin.)   


Keyboard Settings

We recommend "U.S. English" as the assigned language setting on hardware and software keyboards for an optimal experience with digital interactives. 


Firewall Safelist

District IT admins should allowlist the following domains to their email and web proxy servers. If you prefer to allowlist specific domains instead of root domains, subdomains are listed below under our root domain (*.greatminds.org).

  • *.greatminds.org (root domain)
    • cms.greatminds.org
    • cdn.digital.greatminds.org.s3.amazonaws.com/*
    • digital.greatminds.org
    • digitalsupport.greatminds.org
    • 3454910t.greatminds.org
  • learnosity.com 
  • googleapis.com
  • google-analytics.com
  • greatminds-sso.read.inkling.com
  • www.didax.com/math/virtual-manipulatives.html
  • fast.wistia.net
  • wistia.com
  • greatminds-org.mail.protection.outlook.com
  • e.issuu.com/
  • pendo.io
  • geogebra.org
  • cdn.jsdelivr.net
  • prod-dp-cms-api.s3.amazonaws.com/*
  • prod-dp-digital-lessons-lambda-slide-thumbnails.s3.amazonaws.com/*
  • prod-dp-digital-lessons-authoring-backend-media.s3.amazonaws.com/*
  • prod-dp-digital-lessons-lambda-slide-screenshot-preview.s3.amazonaws.com/*
  • gmpbc.link
  • eurmath.link
  • eurekamath.link
  • phdsci.link
  • phdscience.link
  • witeng.link
  • witandwisdom.link
  • sfapi.formstack.io
  • greatmindsupdates.com
  • configuration.speechstream.net
  • greatmindsorg.sharepoint.com
  • apis.google.com
  • classroom.google.com
  • accounts.google.com


IP Addresses

To receive email communications from Great Minds, IT administrators should allowlist the following IP address(es):
  • 3.233.10.83

WebSockets

WebSockets enable a secure, real-time connection between a user’s browser and Great Minds servers.

WebSockets transmit assessment status signals only, such as:

  • Student has started an assessment

  • Student is actively working

  • Student has completed an assessment

⚠️ Assessment content and student responses are delivered using standard secure web traffic and are not transmitted via WebSockets, which supports applicable student data privacy requirements. Connections are encrypted using TLS 1.2 or higher.

Network Requirements

  • Protocol: WebSocket over HTTPS (WSS)

  • Port: TCP 443

  • WebSockets use the same port as standard secure web browsing.
    No additional or non-standard ports are required.

  • Exclude WebSocket traffic from SSL inspection if applicable

  • Configure proxy/firewall timeouts to allow long-running connections



AWS Regions

Great Minds utilizes the below AWS regions to provide services. IT administrators should allow access to these regions:

  • us-west-1
  • us-west-2
  • us-east-1
  • us-east-2


Notes: