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Compatible Browsers

Release 9.1 SP1 Supported Browsers & Operating Systems

 

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

  Internet Explorer® 8 Internet Explorer 7 Firefox 3.6 Firefox 3.5
Windows® XP (32-bit) Compatible Compatible Compatible Compatible
Windows Vista® (32-bit) Certified Compatible Certified Compatible
Windows Vista (64-bit) Compatible Compatible Compatible Compatible
Windows 7 (32-bit) Certified Unsupported Certified Compatible
Windows 7 (64-bit) Compatible Unsupported Compatible Compatible

 

Apple® Mac OS® Operating System

  Safari® 5.0 Safari 4.0 Safari 3.2 Firefox 3.6 Firefox 3.5
Mac OSX 10.5 "Leopard®" Provisional Compatible Compatible Compatible Compatible
Mac OSX 10.6 "Snow Leopard®" Provisional Certified Unsupported Certified Compatible

  • Blackboard strives to make all its products as accessible as possible. JAWS for Windows 9 and 10 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.
  • deprecation
    • Internet Explorer 6
    • Firefox 1.x, 2.0, and 3.0
    • Safari 2.0
    • Mac OSX 10.4 "Tiger"
    • Java 5
  • Internet Explorer 8 is tested in Standards Mode. Some known issues can be resolved by using Compatibility Mode (emulates IE7 behavior).