Online Technical Requirements
Blackboard 9.1 Service Pack 7
Certified: fully tested and supported.
Compatible: partially tested but should function properly.
Provisional: future technologies considered supported by Blackboard Support.
Unsupported: either impossible or not tested.
| Microsoft Windows Operating System | |||||
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Internet Explorer 9 |
Internet Explorer 8 |
Firefox (Final Release Channel) |
Firefox 3.6 |
Chrome (Stable Channel) |
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Windows XP (32-bit) |
Unsupported |
Compatible |
Compatible |
Compatible |
Compatible |
|
Windows Vista (32-bit) |
Certified |
Compatible |
Certified |
Compatible |
Compatible |
|
Windows Vista (64-bit) |
Compatible |
Compatible |
Compatible |
Compatible |
Compatible |
|
Windows 7 (32-bit) |
Certified |
Compatible |
Certified |
Compatible |
Certified |
|
Windows 7 (64-bit) |
Compatible |
Compatible |
Compatible |
Compatible |
Compatible |
Note: A significant number of students have reported that Firefox performed better overall in the Blackboard LMS over IE. The Service Desk has recommended that students use Firefox as the standard browser when possible.
| Apple Mac OS Operating System | |||||
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Safari 5.0 |
Safari 4.0 |
Firefox (Final Release Channel) |
Firefox 3.6 |
Chrome (Stable Channel) |
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Mac OSX 10.5 "Leopard" |
Compatible |
Compatible |
Compatible |
Compatible |
Compatible |
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Mac OSX 10.6 "Snow Leopard" |
Certified |
Compatible |
Certified |
Compatible |
Certified |
Configuration Notes:
- Blackboard strives to make all its products as accessible as possible. JAWS for Windows 11 and 12 were used during accessibility testing.
- Blackboard Learn requires the latest version of Sun JRE 6. The JRE can be downloaded from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp.
- The following technologies are not supported:
- Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7
- Firefox 1.x, 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5
- Safari 2.0, 3.x (or any version on Windows)
- Mac OSX 10.4 "Tiger"
- Java 5
- Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9 are tested in Standards Mode. Some known issues can be resolved by using Compatibility Mode (emulates IE7 behavior).
- Both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox have moved to a rapid release cycle. At the time of testing, Chrome 10.0 and Firefox 4.0 were the latest available versions. Since then, new stable versions have been released and widely adopted. Blackboard is supporting all newer stable versions of Chrome and Firefox.
