What Internet browser or mobile apps work best with SMUMN online applications?
For most applications, any browser will be just fine, however, Chrome and Firefox do tend to be a little bit faster than Internet Explorer or Safari. See below for some specific applications.
Tegrity:
Windows/PC:
- This is the prefered browser for using Tegrity. You will want to make sure IE is up to date.
- If using Chrome, go to chrome://plugins and make sure TegRunnerPlugin, Window Media Player, Adobe Flash Player are checked to Always allowed to run.
Edge
- This would be on Windows 10 computers and accessed through Blackboard.
- Safari or Chrome should paly Tegrity recording and playback.
For Blackboard or Tegrity, The apps from the Play Store or iTunes work best.
The Tegrity app does allow recording, but does NOT work with all phones\tablets.
Windows 8 / 8.1:
If the address bar (http text box) is at the bottom or the top of the screen will affect application function.
If at the bottom, change to use the desktop version of Internet Explorer, Firefox or Chrome via the Desktop.
The "Desktop" Internet Explorer has the address bar at the top and is opened from the desktop icon on the start screen and launched from the IE icon on the lower left of the desktop view. This is the version that works best with Blackboard and Tegrity. (except edit mode\instructor view, see IE11 notes)
If you, as a student, experience an issue during a test please contact your instructor immediately and take a screen shot of the issue.