Enable cookies

1. Click Tools
2. Click Internet Options
3. Click the Security tab
4. Click Custom Level
5. Scroll down to Cookies
6. Under "Allow cookies that are stored on your computer" choose "Enabled"
7. Click OK

(First connect to Blackboard, so the cookies option below applies to the Blackboard site)

1. Click Tools
2. Click Cookie Manager
3. Click Cookies
4. Choose "Unblock cookies from this site"

Enable Java

1. Click Tools
2. Click Internet Options
3. Click the Advanced tab
4. Under "Microsoft VM" check "Java console enabled" and "Java logging enabled"
5. Click OK
6. Restart your computer

1. Click Edit
2. Click Preferences
3. Click Advanced
4. Check "Enable Java"
5. Check "Enable JavaScript" object scripting""Enable native object scripting"
6. Click OK

Refresh page on every visit

1. Click Tools
2. Click Internet Options
3. Click the General tab
4. Under Temporary Internet Files, click Settings
5. Under "Check for newer versions of stored pages," choose "every visit to the page"
6. Click OK

1. Click Edit
2. Click Preferences
3. Expand the Advanced menu
4. Click Cache
5. Under "Compare the page in the cache to the page on the network," choose "Every time I view the page"
6. Click OK

Suppressing all Security Alerts

1. Tick 'In the future, do not show this warning' and 'OK' on the dialogue box when entering a secure page
2. Tick 'In the future, do not show this warning' and 'Yes' on the dialogue box when leaving a secure page

1. This is not an issue in Netscape/Firefox/Safari browsers :-)

Showing secure/non-secure items

1. Click 'Yes' on the dialogue box when asked if you wish to display secure and non-secure items
2. To allow secure and non-secure content all the time:
3. Click Tools > Internet Options
4. Click the Security tab
5. Click Custom Level
6. Scroll down to the section marked 'miscellaneous' and look for 'Display mixed content'
7. Select 'Enable'
8. Click OK
9. Accept these changes when you see the warning

1. This is not an issue in Netscape/Firefox/Safari browsers :-)

If your Internet Service Provider has a built-in browser, such as with AOL, follow these procedures to connect to Blackboard:

1. Connect to the internet as usual with AOL
2. Minimize AOL (click the minus sign at the upper right)
3. Start up an external browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape
4. Connect to Blackboard at http://blackboard.tees.ac.uk.