The Northcentral Technical College Blackboard system has a few requirements to work properly.
Use this page to check whether you have required plug ins and features installed or enabled.

QUICK CHECK

Your browser

The following plug ins and features must all be successfully installed or enabled to ensure you can view Blackboard correctly with minimal problems:

Cookies		not tested
JavaScript		Incorrectly Installed or NOT ENABLED.
Adobe (Acrobat) Reader		not tested	Check for Update
Adobe/Macromedia Flash		not tested	Check for Update
Apple QuickTime		not tested	Check for Update
.wma/.wmv player (Windows Media Player/Flip4Mac)		not tested	Check for Windows | Mac
Java		not tested	Check for Update
Word, PowerPoint, etc.		not tested (see below)
Note: Your instructor may require additional software as well.

POPUPS

Some features of the Blackboard system (e.g. online quizzes and the collaboration tool) generate popup windows. If you have installed a popup blocker, it may interfere with your use of Blackboard. Click the buttons below to test if your browser allows popups.

USE THE RIGHT BROWSER VERSION

If the tests above reported that your browser was not compatible with Blackboard, you may need to update your browser version, or change to a different browser. Blackboard officially certifies various browsers, but we have found and recommend these for the best results:

Operating system		Recommended Browser	Notes
Windows XP (SP 3 is current)	PC	MS Internet Explorer 7 or 8 Firefox 3.0 or 3.5	Internet Explorer 6, user must upgrade Firefox 2.0, user must upgrade
Windows Vista (SP 2 is current)	PC	MS Internet Explorer 7 or 8 Firefox 3.0 or 3.5	Internet Explorer 6, user must upgrade Firefox 2.0, user must upgrade
Windows 7	PC	MS Internet Explorer 8 Firefox 3.5	Blackboard has not yet fully tested Windows 7, but Blackboard expects no issues.
MacOS 10.5 (Tiger and Leopard)	Mac	Firefox 3.0 or 3.5 Safari 3 or 4	Firefox 2.0, user must upgrade
MacOS 10.4	Mac	Firefox 3.0 or 3.5 Safari 3 or 4	Firefox 2.0, user must upgrade
MacOS 10.3	Mac		Users must upgrade
For a complete list of browsers click here.

The VC recommends the use of Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3.5, or Safari 5

COMMON FILES

Acrobat acrobat.pdf (14 Kb) Office 2003 Office 2007 Excel excel03.xls (37 Kb) Excel excel07.xls (28 Kb) PowerPoint powerpoint03.ppt (171 Kb) PowerPoint powerpoint07.ppt (80 Kb) Word word03.doc (45 Kb) Word word07.docx (29 Kb)     If you are unable to open the Office 2007 files try installing the compatibility pack.