Setting Preferences in Firefox for Macs

To open the course content in a new window, you must first set your Preferences to "open in new window." 

In the menu bar, click on Firefox and select Preferences.

In the top menu click on Tabs. Depending on the version of your browser, you will see one of the following screens. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select "in a new window." 

The content will now open in a new browser window in front of the current window.

To return to other areas of the Blackboard course (e.g., discussion area, announcements, assignments) you can either:
- click on the browser window behind the active window to activate it     OR
- close the browser window displaying the course content