You've signed-in to our online classroom to take a course. You've launched a video, and it won't play.
There are many possibilities for why videos won't play. We've collected the most common causes with suggested solutions. In some cases, you might need to ask for assistance from your corporate IT department.
Note:
This article will address computers running Microsoft Windows.
Background
We explain the possibilities by categorizing them into 3 large buckets:
- The software being used
- The corporate enterprise IT system & configuration
- The computer being used
Your Software
- Adobe Flash player
- Check if it's installed - Download/Install the latest version of Flash player - Learn how to enable it on your browser
- BTW, Flash was previously a dominant platform for online multimedia content, it is slowly being abandoned as Adobe favors a transition to HTML5, or other platforms. Flash Player has been deprecated and has an official end-of-life on December 31, 2020,
- Historically, our videos used to run on Adobe's Flash Player. We have actively transitioned our course content to avoid the usage of Adobe Flash content, and Adobe Flash Player.
- The web browser
- Make sure that the latest version of your browser is installed
- Ad blocking software - Try turning ad-blocking off
Your Corporate IT System
- Try this easy test
- Take our course on your home personal computer. If you're successful, it suggests that the corporate hardware/software systems are the culprit.
- White listing
- Outside entities can be blocked from a corporate system. Approved entities might appear on a company's "white list." Ask your IT department if this is the case, and how our domain and/or IP address can be added, in order for the video feed to get through.
- Virus scanning & content filtering
- Ask your IT department if outside video content is being scanned/filtered, and preventing the videos from playing.
Your Computer
- Reboot your computer
- As you are opening and closing programs, your computer may or may not relinquish system resources used by these programs which can result in quirky behavior, including locking up, because the computer is not fully utilizing all of its available resources.
- Try using another computer.
- Graphics hardware and associated display drivers must be up to date AND working.
Additional References
- Adobe Flash Player Help - Video Playback Issues - Flash Player has been deprecated and has an official end-of-life on December 31, 2020,
- Microsoft Support - Videos won’t play in Internet Explorer
