Web Browsers

The following describes the certified supported browsers for Blackboard 9.1:

Blackboard™ Learn Release 9.1 SP1 (9.1.452.0) is 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® 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

Firefox 1.5 and 2.0 are not supported for Blackboard Learn. It is recommended that Firefox 1.5 and 2.0 users upgrade to Firefox 3.0 to access the latest security patches and Mozilla support.

Mac OS 10.3 is not supported for use with Blackboard Learn.

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.
 

Blackboard suggests not using:

  • Internet Explorer 6
  • Firefox 1.x, 2.0, and 3.0
  • Safari 2.0
  • Mac OSX 10.4 "Tiger"
  • Java 5

Note: Internet Explorer 8 is tested in Standards Mode. Some known issues can be resolved by using Compatibility Mode (emulates IE7 behavior).