Basic Setup

Note:

The settings configuration as handled in this chapter is based on the assumption that you use Internet Explorer's default settings and default security levels. If you use a custom security level, read the chapter Custom Setup to ensure your settings match the requirements.

Playback of contents located on the Internet/intranet

  1. To apply Internet Explorer Security Settings, open Internet Explorer and navigate to the Internet Options command in the Tools menu.
  2. Click on the Tab Security and select Local Intranet or Internet, depending on where your lessons are located.
  3. Click on Custom level... to open the Security Settings dialog. Enable the settings shown below.


    1. Contents located on your intranet (Default security level: Medium-low)

      Section/Setting

      Set to

      Why?

      ActiveX controls and plug-ins

      Display video and animation on a webpage that does not use external media player

      Enable

      Playback videos and animations embedded in book pages and quizzes directly with the browser, without loading an installed media player.

    2. Contents located on the Internet (Default security level: Medium-high)

      Section/Setting

      Set to

      Why?

      ActiveX controls and plug-ins

      Display video and animation on a webpage that does not use external media player

      Enable

      Playback videos and animations embedded in book pages and quizzes directly with the browser, without loading an installed media player.

      Miscellaneous

      Allow script-initiated windows without size or position constraints

      Enable

      Display lesson modes in trainer and book pages in book reader with correctly positioned control elements.

      Allow websites to open windows without address or status bars

      Enable

      Display the frameless top-most-window of the Concurrent Mode.

Tip:

In Internet Explorer 9, turn off the Protected Mode for the network zone that is the source of the contents. This ensures correct window handling for links that open content in a new window. Not doing so might result in the window being opened in full screen mode, without the possibility to close the lesson before it is finished.

Note:

Using Internet Explorer 8 you have to activate the Protected Mode for your Intranet Zone to gain full playback functionality for contents played back from Intranet Zone.

Playback of local contents
If your contents are stored on a local hard drive or if your contents were delivered on a CD/DVD, you have to allow active contents to be run locally.

  1. Open Internet Explorer and navigate to the Internet Options command in the Tools menu.
  2. Click on the Advanced tab and scroll to the Security section. Enable the settings as described in the following table.

    Section/Setting

    Why?

    Allow active content to run in files on My Computer*

    Playback contents from your local hard drive(s). This is especially important if you want to preview your authored contents from Producer or Instant Producer.

    Allow active content from CDs to run on My Computer*

    Playback published contents on CD/DVD.


Common settings