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| Blackboard Browser Configuration Guide |
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| Internet Explorer for PC |
Under the View menu, check to be sure there is a check beside Status Bar; if not select Status Bar
Under the Tools menu select Internet Options...
- Click the Security tab
- In the Select a Web content zone to specify its security settings section
- Click the Internet icon
- In the Security level for this zone section, click the Default Level button
- Use the slider to set the Security Level to Medium or Medium-low
- Click the Custom Level... button
- Scroll down to the Scripting section
- Under Active scripting, click the radio button beside Enable
- Under Scripting of Java applets, click the radio button beside Enable
- Click the OK button in the Security Settings window
- Click the Trusted Sites icon
- In the Security level for this zone section, use the slider to set the Security Level to Low
- Click the Sites... button
- Type odessa.edu in the text box below Add this Web site to the zone
- Click the Add button
- Click the OK button in the Trusted Sites window
- Click the Privacy tab
- In the Settings section
- Click the Sites... button
- Click the Remove All button
- Type odessa.edu in the text box below Address of Web site
- Click the Allow button
- Click OK in the Per Site Privacy Actions window
- In the Pop-up Blocker section
- If the check box beside Block pop-ups is selected do the following steps
- Click the Settings... button
- In the Exceptions section
- Type odessa.edu in the text box below Address of Web site to allow
- Click the Add button
- In the Notifications and Filter Level section
- Click to check the boxes beside Play a sound when a pop-up is blocked and Show Information Bar when a pop-up in blocked
- Under Filter Level select Medium: Block most automatic pop-ups
- Click the Close button in the Pop-up Blocker Settings window
- Click the Advanced tab
- In the Browsing section, click to check the boxes beside Disable Script Debugging (Internet Explorer) and Disable Script Debugging (Other)
- In the Java (Sun) section, click to check the box beside Use JRE 1.5.0_06 for <applet> (requires restart)
- In the Multimedia section, click to check the boxes beside Play animations in web pages, Play sounds in web pages, and Play videos in web pages
- Click the Apply button
- Click the OK button in the Internet Options window
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| Firefox for PC |
Under the Tools menu select Options...
- Click the Privacy icon on the left
- In the Cookies section
- Click the Clear button on the right
- Click the + symbol beside Cookies to display further options
- Click to check the boxes beside Allow sites to set cookies and for the originating web site only
- Click the Exceptions button
- Type odessa.edu in the text box below Address of web site
- Click the Allow button
- Click the OK button in the Exceptions window
- Beside Keep Cookies select until they expire
- Click the Web Features icon on the left
- If the box beside Block Popup Windows is selected do the following steps
- Click the Allowed Sites button
- Type odessa.edu in the text box below Address of web site
- Click the Allow button
- Click the OK button in the Allowed Sites window
- Click to check the boxes beside Load Images, Enable Java, and Enable JavaScript
- Click the Advanced... button
- In the Allow scripts to: list
- Check to be sure the box beside Hide the status bar is NOT selected
- Click to check the box beside Change status bar text
- Click the OK button in the Advanced JavaScript Options window
- Click the OK button in the Options window
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| Firefox for MAC |
Under the Firefox menu select Preferences...
- Click the Privacy icon at the top
- Click the Cookies tab
- Click the Clear Cookies Now button on the bottom right
- Click to check the box beside Allow sites to set Cookies
- Click the Exceptions button
- Click the Remove All Sites button
- Type odessa.edu in the text box below Address of web site
- Click the Allow button
- Click the X on the top left corner to close the Exception - Cookies window
- Click to check the box beside for the originating site only
- Beside Keep Cookies select until they expire
- Click the Cache tab
- Click the Clear Cache Now button on the bottom right
- Click the Content icon at the top
- If the box beside Block Popup Windows is checked do the following steps:
- Click the Allowed Sites button
- Type odessa .edu in the text box below Address of web site
- Click the Allow button
- Click the X on the top left corner to close the Allowed Sites - Popups window
- Click to check the boxes beside Load Images, Enable Java, and Enable JavaScript
- Click the Advanced... button
- In the Allow scripts to: list
- Check to be sure the box beside Hide the status bar is NOT selected
- Click to check the box beside Change status bar text
- Click the OK button
- Click the X on the top left corner to close the Preferences window
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| Safari for MAC |
Under the Safari menu select Preferences...
- Click the General icon at the top
- Click to check the box beside Open "safe" files after downloading
- Click the Security icon at the top
- In the Web Content section, click to check the boxes beside Enable
plug-ins, Enable Java, and Enable JavaScript
- In the Accept Cookies section, click the radio button beside Only from sites you navigate to
- Click the Show Cookies button
- Click the Remove All button
- Click the Remove All button in the warning box
- Click the Done button
- Click the X on the top left corner to close the Preferences window
Under the View menu select Show Status Bar
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