{"id":7372,"date":"2025-08-13T11:05:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T10:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/?p=7372"},"modified":"2026-01-23T16:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:33:51","slug":"enable-your-computer-for-blackboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-students\/enable-your-computer-for-blackboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Enable your Computer for Blackboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Content on this page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#Check-your-browser-and-enable-third-party-cookies\">Check your browser and enable third party cookies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Add-Turnitin-to-the-list-of-sites-allowed-to-use-third-party-cookies\">Add Turnitin to the list of sites allowed to use third party cookies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#How-to-enable-third-party-cookies?\">How to enable third-party cookies?<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#Google-Chrome\">Google Chrome<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Mozilla-Firefox\">Mozilla Firefox<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Safari\">Safari<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Microsoft-Edge\">Microsoft Edge<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Clearing-your-Cache\">Clearing your Cache<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Workarounds\">Workarounds<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Get-support\">Get support<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Check-your-browser-and-enable-third-party-cookies\">Check your browser and enable third party cookies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Blackboard supports most of the latest browsers. 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