diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a8b499edc..30dbfa979 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'factory_girl_rails'
   gem 'capybara'
   gem 'launchy'
+  gem 'selenium-webdriver'
+  gem 'database_cleaner'
   gem 'coveralls', require: false
   gem 'fuubar'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e85919f7f..a7861385d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ GEM
     crass (0.2.1)
     daemons (1.1.9)
     dalli (2.7.2)
+    database_cleaner (1.3.0)
     delayed_job (4.0.2)
       activesupport (>= 3.0, < 4.2)
     delayed_job_active_record (4.0.1)
@@ -358,6 +359,11 @@ GEM
       tilt (~> 1.3)
     scrollToFixed_rails (1.0.5)
       railties (>= 3.1)
+    selenium-webdriver (2.35.1)
+      childprocess (>= 0.2.5)
+      multi_json (~> 1.0)
+      rubyzip (< 1.0.0)
+      websocket (~> 1.0.4)
     simplecov (0.9.1)
       docile (~> 1.1.0)
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
@@ -404,6 +410,7 @@ GEM
     uuidtools (2.1.5)
     warden (1.2.3)
       rack (>= 1.0)
+    websocket (1.0.7)
     win32-process (0.7.4)
       ffi (>= 1.0.0)
     win32console (1.3.2-x86-mingw32)
@@ -442,6 +449,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   coveralls
   daemons
   dalli
+  database_cleaner
   delayed_job_active_record
   devise (= 3.0)
   exception_notification
@@ -480,6 +488,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   sanitize
   sass-rails (~> 3.2.3)
   scrollToFixed_rails (~> 1.0.0)
+  selenium-webdriver
   simple_form!
   slugged (~> 2.0)
   spork-rails
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index 7b5b13da5..0855be853 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -8,13 +8,6 @@
 Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each { |f| require f }
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
-  # ## Mock Framework
-  #
-  # If you prefer to use mocha, flexmock or RR, uncomment the appropriate line:
-  #
-  # config.mock_with :mocha
-  # config.mock_with :flexmock
-  # config.mock_with :rr
 
   # Remove this line if you're not using ActiveRecord or ActiveRecord fixtures
   config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures"
@@ -22,7 +15,7 @@
   # If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your
   # examples within a transaction, remove the following line or assign false
   # instead of true.
-  config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
+  config.use_transactional_fixtures = false
 
   # If true, the base class of anonymous controllers will be inferred
   # automatically. This will be the default behavior in future versions of
@@ -35,8 +28,13 @@
   config.include Warden::Test::Helpers
 
   config.include Capybara::DSL
+
   Capybara.default_wait_time = 3
 
+  Capybara.register_driver :selenium_chrome do |app|
+    Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(app, :browser => :chrome)
+  end
+
   config.before(:each) {
     Warden.test_mode!
   }
diff --git a/spec/requests/announcement_pages_copy_spec.rb b/spec/requests/announcement_pages_copy_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc0e10eef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/requests/announcement_pages_copy_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe "AnnouncementPages", :type => :request do
+
+  let(:admin) {FactoryGirl.create(:admin)}
+  let(:course) { FactoryGirl.create(:course) }
+  before do
+    sign_in admin
+    create_course course
+  end
+
+  describe "Announcement Creation", :js => true do
+    before do
+      visit course_announcements_path(course)
+    end
+
+    describe "Test 1" do
+      it "shows the new button" do
+        expect(page).to have_link('New', href: new_course_announcement_path(course))
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "create action" do
+      before do
+        click_link 'New'
+      end
+
+      it "displays the content"  do
+        expect(page).to have_field("announcement_title")
+        expect(page).to have_selector("iframe.wysihtml5-sandbox")
+      end
+
+      describe "with valid information" do
+        let(:announcement) {FactoryGirl.build(:announcement)}
+        before do
+          fill_in 'announcement_title', with: announcement.title
+          page.execute_script("$('#announcement_description').attr('value','abcd');")
+        end
+
+        it "should create an announcement", :js => true  do
+          expect(page).to have_selector("textarea[value='abcd']", visible: false)
+          expect { click_button 'Create'}.to change(Announcement, :count).by(1)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/support/database_cleaner.rb b/spec/support/database_cleaner.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1ebc5d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/database_cleaner.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+
+ config.before(:suite) do
+  DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation)
+  load Rails.root + "db/seeds.rb" 
+  # puts "before suite"
+ end
+
+ config.before(:each) do
+  DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
+  # puts "Before Normal"
+ end
+
+ config.before(:each, :js => true) do
+ 	Capybara.current_driver = :selenium_chrome
+  DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
+  # puts "Before JS"
+ end
+
+ config.before(:each) do
+  DatabaseCleaner.start
+  # puts "Before all"
+ end
+
+ config.after(:each, :js => true) do
+  load Rails.root + "db/seeds.rb" 
+  Capybara.use_default_driver 
+  # puts "After JS"
+ end
+
+ config.after(:each) do
+  DatabaseCleaner.clean
+  # puts "After all"
+ end
+
+end