Setting Up Your Browser

*** What is a browser?

We recommend you use Netscape Communicator versions 4.0-4.75. WebCT does not fully support America On Line (AOL) or previous versions of Internet Explorer. WebCT does not support Netscape Navigator or the latest versions of Netscape Communicator (6.0) and Internet Explorer (5.5).

For some of WebCT's tools to work properly with your browser, you must enable Java and JavaScript and set your cache properly.

Netscape Communicator 4.0-4.75

Windows

Step 1. Enable Java and JavaScript.

Ø      Select the Edit menu and then Preferences.

Ø      In the left side of the dialog box that appears, click Advanced.

Ø      In the right side of the dialog box, select Enable Java and Enable JavaScript.

Step 2. Set the cache.

Ø      In the left side of the same dialog box, click the "+" next to Advanced to expand the menu.

Ø      Under Advanced, click Cache.

Ø      In the right side of the dialog box under a phrase similar to "Document in cache is compared to document on network," select "Every time" from the list of options.

Ø      Click OK.

Internet Explorer 5+

WebCT does not fully support Internet Explorer. WebCT does not support the latest version of Internet Explorer (5.5).

Windows

Step 1. Enable Java and JavaScript.

Ø      Select the Tools menu and then Internet Options.

Ø      In the dialog box that appears, click the advanced tab.

Ø      Scroll until you see a section titled Java VM, and then click "Java JIT compiler enabled" and "Java logging enabled".

Step 2. Set the cache.

Ø      In the same dialog box, click the General tab.

Ø      Under Temporary Internet Files, click Settings.

Ø      In the Settings dialog box that appears, you will see this statement "Check for newer versions of stored pages:" Under this click every visit to the page.

Ø      Click OK in the Settings dialog box.

Click OK in the Internet Options

AOL

WebCT does not fully support AOL. If you use AOL for Web access, you will need the AOL 4+ client and the Netscape Communicator browser.

To access WebCT while connecting through an AOL client, you first connect with AOL and then minimize the AOL client while maintaining an Internet connection. Then use a Netscape Navigator browser to access WebCT. You will need to configure the Netscape Communicator browser for WebCT to function properly.

If you use earlier versions of the AOL client and Netscape Communicator, you will experience many difficulties when using WebCT's features