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Some courses use additional applications for viewing documents, visuals, and animations. Below is a listing of these.
FireFox Browser Recommended Browser for Blackboard.
Java Should be installed for Blackboard usage.
Adobe Acrobat Reader Easily view and print PDF files.
Microsoft Office Word Viewer Allows you to view, print and copy word documents, even if you don't have Word installed.
Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer Lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions.
Adobe Flash Player Allows you to view video, graphics and animations.
Adobe Shockwave Player Allows you to view online learning applications.
Quicktime Plays most audio, video and media task.
Real Player Plays all major audio and video formats.
Microsoft Windows Media Player May be required for streaming video.
Microsoft Compatibility Pack Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats. Install this compatibility pack if you would like to open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations that were created in the newer versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
OpenOffice.org Apache OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. Apache OpenOffice can be downloaded and used entirely free of any license fees.