Why can others open Inspiration files Ive submitted to their Dropboxes?
Note: As of 8/2006 Internet Explorer for Macintosh is no longer supported by eCollege. Because of the way eCollege handles Inspiration files submitted with Internet Explorer, it is possible your Inspiration files will not open easily on your students’ (or faculty member’s) Windows computer. Therefore, please either use Safari, Firefox or Netscape 7.x when you submit an Inspiration document to the Dropbox, or if you are using Internet Explorer, add a new MIME type setting for Inspiration. Here’s how: 1) In Internet Explorer click the “Edit” menu (if you are using Mac OS X, click the “Explorer” menu) 2) Select Preferences 3) On the left hand side, select “File Helpers” (it’s in or under “Receiving Files”) 4) Click the “Add” button 5) In the Description field type “Inspiration” 6) In the extension field type “.ins” 7) In the “MIME type” field type “application/x-Inspiration” (don’t type the quotation marks) 8) Click the “Browse” button under “File Type” 9) Browse to the Inspiration applic
