Courseware browser settings

To use Moodle and WittLink portal, enable cookies and popups in your web browser.
Internet Explorer
To accept cookies:
- Click Tools, Internet Options.
- Click the Privacy tab.
- Change the slide bar under Settings to "Medium." This allows first-party cookies but still blocks any unwanted third-party cookies.
- Click Apply, then click OK.
To enable popups:
- Click Tools, Internet Options.
- Click the Privacy tab.
- Remove the check from the box "Block pop-ups."
- Click Apply, then click OK.
Firefox
To accept cookies
- Click Tools, Options.
- Click Privacy on the left.
- Click the plus sign to the left of "Cookies".
- Check both "Allow sites to set cookies" and "for the originating web site only".
- Click OK.
To enable popups
- Click Tools, Options.
- Click Web Features on the left.
- Remove the check from the "Block Popup Windows" box.
- Click OK.
Safari
To accept cookies
- Choose Preferences from the Safari menu and click Security.
- Click "Only from sites you navigate to" to prevent storing cookies that come from websites other than those you open. Select this option to prevent advertisers on websites you visit from storing cookies on your computer.
- To see the cookies you have accepted, click Show Cookies. You can then remove cookies.
Turn off the popup blocker
- Choose Preferences from the Safari menu and click Security.
- Choose Security Settings and remove the check from the Block Popup Window option.
Netscape (version 8.1)
To accept cookies
- Select Tools, Options and then select the Privacy panel.
- In the Privacy panel, click on the Cookies category to display options for that category:
- In the Keep Cookies field, select until I close Netscape.
Turn off the popup blocker
- Hover your mouse over the pop-ups icon to display the options drop-down menu
- Check this option to toggle between allowing and not allowing pop-ups.
This document last reviewed November 26, 2007.