When a site or web app isnt working as you expected it to, 2 weeks earlier in my Practical Ed Tech Newsletter I described six things to try. Based upon click-through, that was my most popular newsletter of the year! For those who have not seen it, the handout from that edition of the newsletter is included listed below. Do not hesitate to share it with your good friends. (Click on the image to see it completely size).

These are the 6 things to attempt:

An easy way to discover out is to go to downforeveryoneorjustme.com then get in the URL of the website youre trying to utilize. If youre familiar with the Windows command terminal you can also attempt pinging the address of the website youre trying to utilize.

This isnt as common as it utilized to be, however in some circumstances of a site not working appropriately the cause can be traced to utilizing an obsoleted variation of a web browser. If youre utilizing an older variation of a browser, not only will some websites not work properly, you are also opening yourself up to more potential security risks.

3. Do you have cookies allowed? Lots of sites need cookies in order to use you the very best possible experience.

Are you using a pop-up blocker? It is not uncommon for a website to utilize a pop-up window for account log-ins.

5. Have you enabled electronic camera and or microphone access? Youll require to make sure your camera and microphone are available if youre trying to utilize a web-based video or audio editing tool.

6. Rebooting your computer simply may be the thing that fixes your issue if none of the steps above have actually dealt with the problem. In reality, you might be surprised how often that works. Its the reason IT assist desks ask you to do that when they answer the phone.

Two weeks earlier in my Practical Ed Tech Newsletter I laid out 6 things to attempt when a site or web app isnt working as you expected it to. Based on click-through, that was my most popular newsletter of the year! An easy method to find out is to visit downforeveryoneorjustme.com then go into the URL of the website youre attempting to utilize. If youre familiar with the Windows command terminal you can also try pinging the address of the website youre attempting to utilize. If youre attempting to utilize a web-based video or audio editing tool, youll require to make sure your video camera and microphone are available.