Enabling JavaScript and Cookies in Internet Explorer

1. Click "Tools" on Internet Explorer's menu bar.

2. Click "Internet Options".

3. We'll enable JavaScript first.  Click the "Security" tab.

4. In the "Select a Web content zone" box, "Internet" should be selected.  

5. Click the "Custom Level" button.

6. Scroll down to the "Scripting" section and look for "Active Scripting".  Click either "Enable" to allow JavaScript applications to be run automatically, or "Prompt" to be asked if you wish the application to run.

7. Click the "OK" button to close the "Security Settings" dialog box.

8. You may need to repeat steps 5 through 7 for the remaining three items in the "Select a Web content zone" box.  Choose one of the zones by clicking it, then repeat the steps.

9. Now, we'll enable the cookies.  Click the "Privacy" tab.

10. You have several different options here depending on the types of cookies you wish to have saved to your computer.

• Most lenient:  To allow any site to save cookies to your computer, move the slider down to "Accept All Cookies".

• Strictest:  To allow only Blackboard to store cookies on your computer, move the slider up to "High".  Then, click the "Edit" button.  In the "Address of web site" text box, enter the following, one a time.  After each address, click the "Allow button:
            http://learn.vccs.edu
  When finished, click the "OK" button.
  Note:  At any time, you can delete all of the cookies saved by Internet Explorer to your computer by clicking the "General" tab, then click the "Delete Cookies" button.

11. Click the "Allow" button and then the "OK" button to close the "Per Site Privacy Actions" dialog box.

12. When finished, click the "OK" button to close the "Internet Options" dialog box.

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