New Chrome Policies Blocks Screen Sharing Through iFrames




 
New Chrome Policies Blocks Screen Sharing Through iFrames

Date Published: Apr 11,2025 Category: Planned_First_Fix_Release:Learn_9_1_3900_67_0_Release; Product:Blackboard_Learn_SaaS; Version:Older_Release   Article No.: 000076163

Producto: Learn SaaS

Versión: 9.1;SaaS

Paquetes de servicio: Older_Release

Descripción: New Chrome Policies released on October 16th (https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5144822362931200) now prevents iFrames from capturing the content of the screen, this breaks integrations that records the screen to create content.

Pasos para repetir:

  1. Log into Blackboard Learn as an Administrator 
  2. Go to "View course & Institution tools"
  3. Open the Developer tools of the browser and go to the Console tab
  4. Click on Media gallery > Start meeting (Upper right corner)
  5. Allow Microphone and Camera use
  6. In the session Screen, go to Tools > Desktop Share or, click on Start Screen Share in the middle of the screen.

Observed Behavior:
Browser does not show anything and an error is logged in the Browser Console. 

Expected Behavior:
System asks for permissions and starts sharing the screen.
 

 


Resolución/Solución alternativa: Issue can be solved by adding the header "allow="display-capture *"

Versión de destino: Learn 9.1, 3900.67.0 Release

SaaS - Fixed (v3900.67.0)