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Operating systems and browsers supported by Blackboard

For more details, see Blackboard's Release 9.1 SP8 Supported Browsers & Operating Systems

Blackboard Learn requires the latest version of Sun JRE 6. Download it free at java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp. JRE 7 is not supported.

Certified: fully tested and supported. 
Compatible: partially tested but should function properly. 
Unsupported: either impossible or not tested.

JAWS for Windows 11 and 12 were used during accessibility testing.

Microsoft® Windows®  IE® 9 IE 8 Firefox (final release channel) Firefox 3.6 Chrome (stable channel)
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

 

Apple® Mac OS® Safari® 5.1 Safari 5.0 Safari 4.0 Firefox (final release channel) Firefox 3.6 Chrome (stable channel)
Mac OSX 10.5 "Leopard®" Unsupported Compatible Compatible Compatible Compatible Compatible
Mac OSX 10.6
"Snow Leopard®"		 Compatible Certified Compatible Certified Compatible Certified
Mac OSX 10.7
"Lion®"		 Compatible Unsupported Unsupported Compatible Compatible Compatible

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