Download Center
Recommended Plug-ins
Click on an image or highlighted text to download all the plug-ins that Blackboard recommends you install on your computer.

Microsoft Microsoft Download Center
Microsoft's Download Center will keep you updated with the latest versions of Internet Explorer and other tools for using the Internet and Microsoft Products.

Apple Quick Time 4 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." (Apple Web site)

Macromedia's Shockwave, Flash, Authorware 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 Adobe Acrobat Reader
View and print millions of documents on the Web with the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.

Real Networks RealPlayer Real Networks RealPlayer
Play online audio and video content.

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

Java Runtime Environment Java Runtime Environment
If your computer does not have Sun Microsystems' Java installed, then you need to download and install the Java Runtime Environment program to use all Blackboard components. When you arrive at the site, click the "Download" link.

Modified Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Provided by CEI - The North Carolina Conference of English Instructors