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System Requirements

Helpful Plug-Ins for Blackboard

Apple Quick Time 6
The free QuickTime Player is an application for playing, interacting with, or viewing any video, audio, VR, or graphics file that is compatible with QuickTime. This includes MPEG-4, the new standard for digital media, new in QuickTime 6.

Shockwave, Flash & Authorware
Macromedia's Shockwave, Flash and Authorware Player plug-ins let you experience automation and entertainment in your Web browser. The new Shockwave 7 provides auto-updating of the player.

Adobe Acrobat Reader
View and print millions of documents on the Web with the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.

Real Networks RealPlayer
Play online audio and video content.

Microsoft Media Player
Windows Media Player supports Windows Media (WMA, ASF), MP3, WAV, MIDI, AVI, and other formats.

Java Software & Sun Java Plug-in
Run web applications developed in Java. You need to install this plug-in if you are planning to use the Blackboard Virtual Classroom and the Lightweight Chat.

Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer
For users who don't have MS PowerPoint; allows them to view PowerPoint presentations.

Microsoft Word Viewer
For users who don't have MS Word; allows them to open and view Word documents in a browser