You should have access to an installation of Moodle 2.0, either locally hosted or online. If you plan to install Moodle, the requirements are as follows:
PHP must be 5.2.8 or later
One of the following databases:
MySQL 5.0.25 or later (InnoDB storage engine highly recommended)
PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
Oracle 10.2 or later
MS SQL 2005 or later
One of the following browsers:
Firefox 3 or later
Safari 3 or later
Google Chrome 4 or later
Opera 9 or later
MS Internet Explorer 7 or later
If you are upgrading, you need in addition to the above you will need to have Moodle 1.9. If you have an earlier version of Moodle, you will need to upgrade to 1.9 before proceeding.