SAC eLearning Flash Player and CD­ROM Courses Introduction SAC eLearning courses use the Adobe Flash Player. The latest versions of Flash Player – from 8 onwards – have security settings that may prevent ‘local’ Flash files (that is, files on a CD or on the hard drive of your computer) from communicating with the internet, or from linking to web pages on the CD or hard drive, without your permission. There is no security risk from SAC courses. However, if you have Flash Player version 8 or above, you may find that the standard security settings are preventing some features of a course from working. These features might include: the glossary in some courses, the ‘close’ button in some types of window, and some links to pdf files and web pages. The Flash Player should warn you about this the first time you try to carry out a blocked operation, and allow you to adjust the security settings, but this doesn’t always happen. In any case, it is worth knowing how to adjust your Flash Player settings without waiting for these warnings to appear. It is a very straightforward procedure. In order to adjust the Flash Player settings, you have to be connected to the internet. The adjustments are carried out in the ‘Flash Player Settings Manager’ on the Adobe web site. N.B. You will not need to adjust the Flash Player for on line courses. Testing for Flash Player version New SAC eLearning courses have a link on the main index that will take you to some information about Flash Player, including a test for your Flash Player version... Alternatively, if you click your right mouse button over any Flash file, you will see a menu that includes the Flash Player version...
Flash Player and CD­ROM courses 1 SAC eLearning Adjusting your Flash Player Settings Step 1: Find the address of the course First, you need the address of the course’s main index page. Put the course CD in your CD/DVD drive and allow it to start up. The main index page should open automatically. If the index doesn’t open automatically, find it on the CD and double­click to open it. It will be called ‘sac­index.htm’ on recent SAC courses. The index page will open in your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.). You will see its address in the address bar. In this example it is ‘D:\sac\sac­ index.htm’... In some courses you will find that the main index is in the 'root' CD directory ­ in the example below, the address is 'D:\sac­index.htm'... 'D:\' is the CD drive. The address that you need for the Settings Manager is what you see in the address bar, not including the actual file name.
Flash Player and CD­ROM courses 2 SAC eLearning Step 2: Find the Settings Manager The Settings Manager is on the Adobe web site, so first, make sure that you are connected to the internet. Click your right mouse button anywhere on a Flash file. If you are using a course that includes the test for Flash Player version, the box that you click to find out which version you have is a convenient Flash file to use... Click ‘Settings’ in the menu and you will see the Flash Player Settings window... Click the ‘Advanced’ button in the Flash Player Settings window. This will take you to the Settings Manager on the Adobe web site (remember you have to be on line to adjust these settings).
Flash Player and CD­ROM courses 3 SAC eLearning Step 3: Adjust the security settings In the Flash Player Settings Manager select ‘Global Security Settings Panel’... This is what you will see...
Flash Player and CD­ROM courses 4 SAC eLearning Once you have the Global Security Settings Manager on screen, click the arrow beside ‘Edit Locations’. You will see that you have the option to add or delete locations... Click ‘Add location’. You will see a text field. Either type or copy and paste the address of the course index into the text field, but leave out the actual name of the index file itself... Using the address from the first example above, the ‘trusted location’ would be D:\sac\ In the second example it would be D:\
Flash Player and CD­ROM courses 5 SAC eLearning Click ‘Confirm’ to apply your selection. The address will appear in the settings manager window… or... You also get the options 'Always ask', 'Always allow' or 'Always deny' ... These can be left just as you find them. Finally, to complete the procedure, close the Adobe web site.
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