How to update Mozilla Firefox
Canvas works best when using the most up to date internet browsers, and if your browser is not up to date, Canvas will give you a notification saying that the browser does not meet the minimum requirements. We recommend using Mozilla Firefox when accessing and editing your Canvas courses. Both Firefox and Google Chrome are the preferred browsers. Firefox is already loaded on all computers issued by the school, however it may not be fully up to date.
If you are receiving a notification from Canvas that your browser is not up to date, follow these instructions for updating it:
1. Open Firefox. If you are on a school issued computer (laptop or desktop) and Firefox does not show up on the task bar at the bottom of your screen or on your desktop, go to the Start menu then type “Firefox” and hit enter. It should show up and open Firefox.
2. In the upper left hand corner of the window, there should be an orange box that says Firefox inside. Click on this box to open the menu.
3. Once you open the menu, go to “Help” in the blue on the right side of the menu, then
“About Firefox”
4. A new window should pop up with the Firefox logo. It will automatically start downloading the next update to the browser.
5. Once the download is complete, a button will show up where it was showing the
download progress. This button should say “Restart to Update,” click on this button.
6. This will close Firefox, load the update, and then reopen Firefox when complete. It will look a little different.
If you have any issues with those directions, or still receive a notification from Canvas that your browser it out of date, follow these instructions:
1. Go to the Start menu, then “Control Panel”
2. In the Control Panel if it is organized by Category, go to “Uninstall a program,” if you
are in the large/small Icon view, go to “Programs and Features”
3. This will open a new page with a list of all of the programs on your computer. Scroll down until you can find “Mozilla Firefox”
4. Click on Mozilla Firefox so it is highlighted, then click “Uninstall” above the list of programs.
5. A new window with pop up with the unistaller. Click “Next”
6. Click “Uninstall”
7. Click “Finish”
8. Firefox should now be removed from your computer. Now we can install the newest version from the Mozilla website.
9. Open up a new browser, probably Internet Explorer.
10. Go to google.com and search “firefox installer.” The link you want should be one of the first ones listed. Or click this link: www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
11. On the Mozilla website, click on the green “Firefox Free Download” button in the center
of the window.
12. When the browser asks if you want to run or save the installer, click on the arrow next to
“Save” and click “Save as”
13. Save the installer to your desktop
14. Once the installer is fully downloaded, you will be given the option to run it, click “Run”
15. This will open the installer. If you do not wish to use Firefox as your default browser, uncheck the box to make it your default browser. Then click “Install”
16. Once Firefox is installed, it will automatically update and check for compatible add-ons,
just click “Don’t Check”
17. Firefox will open and it should now be fully up to date with the newest version.