If a test is setup with a time limit, students taking the test will see a timer float in the upper right corner of the test window. In recent versions of the IE web browser, a bug was introduced by Microsoft which causes the page to scroll very slowly.
A workaround for this involves changing a security setting for your trusted sites in IE.
- Click on Tools then Internet Options.
- In the Security Tab, click on the Checkmark for Trusted Sites, then the Custom Settings button.
- In the “Scripting” section, near the bottom, is one called “Allow status bar updates via scripts”. Change this from disable to enable.
Alternatively, within the Trusted Sites section, if you set the Security slider to Medium Security or lower, this will include enabling of “Allow status bar updates via scripts”.
Each person using IE to take a test will need to perform this operation. This bug does not affect people using Firefox or Safari to take Blackboard tests.
As this is a Microsoft bug, there is no word yet from Blackboard when or if a fix will be coming from them.