STEP 2:  Setup Internet Explorer (IE) (Optional)

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Setup Internet Explorer (IE) (Optional)

Modify Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) settings to allow Blackboard to function without the interruption of security prompts by designating Blackboard as a trusted site and allowing the following operations to occur unprompted for trusted sites: Document Downloading, Mixed Content Pages, and Pop-up Windows.

  1. Set Blackboard as Trusted Site
  2. Modify Trusted Site Settings
  3. Disable Content Advisor
  4. Activate Open OR Save Microsoft Documents
     
Downloading Problems?
If you use Internet Explorer (IE) to access Blackboard, there are a few important setting changes that must be made to allow file downloads to be trouble free. Please follow the instructions given in Setup Internet Explorer (IE) to make the necessary setting changes to your browser.
Set Blackboard as Trusted Site
  • Open the Internet Explorer Web browser
  • Select Tools , then Internet Options

  • Select the Security tab
  • Select the zone Trusted Sites
  • Press the Sites button

  • Uncheck Require server verification (https:)
  • Add *.uidaho.edu to the zone
    OPTIONAL:     Add *.blackboard.uidaho.edu instead to trust just sites in the Blackboard domain.
  • Press the Add button
  • Close the Trusted sites window

add *blackboard.uidaho.edu to trusted sites list

 
Modify Trusted Site Settings

  • In the Internet Explorer web browser, select Tools , then Internet Options
  • Ensure that Trusted Sites is selected under the Security Tab for Internet Options.
  • Select the Custom level... button

  • Scroll down to the Downloads section
  • Select Enable under Automatic prompting for file downloads

  • Scroll down to the Miscellaneous section
  • Select Enable under Display mixed content

Enable the Display mixed content

  • Scroll down to Use Pop-up Blocker within the Miscellaneous section
  • Select Disable and press OK to finish

  • Restart Internet Explorer (IE) and you are ready to use Blackboard.
 
Disable Content Advisor

There is a known incompatibility between Blackboard and Internet Explorer's Content Advisor. The content advisor should be disabled while using Blackboard. more...

  • In the Internet Explorer web browser, select Tools, then Internet Options
  • Click on the Content tab
  • Ensure that the Content Advisor is turned OFF. In the screen shot below, the button displayed shows Enable... which indicates the Content Advisor is OFF. This is correct and is compatible with Blackboard. If instead, the button displayed on this screen shows Disable... press the button to disable this feature and turn it OFF. The button will change to display Enable... , making your browser compatible with Blackboard.

 
 
Activate Open OR Save Microsoft Documents

In Windows XP, the default behavior for Internet Explorer is to open Microsoft documents (doc, docx, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx, etc.) automatically. This can be troublesome when all you want to do is save the document to your local computer. You may set your computer to not open Microsoft documents by default, but rather to ask you if you want to open or save the file.

  • Open My Computer (aka Windows Explorer)
  • Select the Tools menu
  • Choose Folder Options...

  • Go the File Types tab
  • Scroll down and select the file type you want to open
    For example: Word documents have an extension DOC/DOCX. PowerPoint documents have an extension of PPT/PPTX. Excel documents have an extension of XLS/XLSX.
  • Press the Advanced button

  • Uncheck the Browse in Same Window box
  • Press OK on the Edit File Type window
  • And OK again on the Folder options window


 
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