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Supported Systems/Browsers

Client Technology:  

Blackboard™ Learn Release 9.1 SP8 (9.1.82223.0) are tested with a variety of technologies.

 

 

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® 9Internet Explorer 8Firefox (Final Release Channel)Firefox 3.6Chrome (Stable Channel)
Windows® XP (32-bit)UnsupportedCompatibleCompatibleCompatibleCompatible
Windows Vista® (32-bit)CertifiedCompatibleCertifiedCompatibleCompatible
Windows Vista (64-bit)CompatibleCompatibleCompatibleCompatibleCompatible
Windows 7 (32-bit)CertifiedCompatibleCertifiedCompatibleCertified
Windows 7 (64-bit)CompatibleCompatibleCompatibleCompatibleCompatible

Apple® Mac OS® Operating System

 Safari® 5.1Safari 5.0Safari 4.0Firefox (Final Release Channel)Firefox 3.6Chrome (Stable Channel)
Mac OSX 10.5 "Leopard®"UnsupportedCompatibleCompatibleCompatibleCompatibleCompatible
Mac OSX 10.6 "Snow Leopard®"CompatibleCertifiedCompatibleCertifiedCompatibleCertified
Mac OSX 10.7 "Lion®"CompatibleUnsupportedUnsupportedCompatibleCompatibleCompatible
  • 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.  JRE 7 is not supported.
  • 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 16.0 and Firefox 9.0 were the latest available versions.  Since then, new stable versions may have been released and widely adopted.  Blackboard is supporting all newer stable versions of Chrome and Firefox.
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