Supported Browsers and Operating Systems: Online Teaching / Learning Solutions: Blackboard Learn 9.1

Release 9.1 SP6 Supported Browsers & Operating Systems

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Blackboard™ Learn Release 9.1 SP6 (9.1.60230.0) 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® 9 Internet Explorer 8 Firefox (Final Release Channel)
Firefox 3.6
(see note below)
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

Note: The latest version of Firefox is recommended.  Visit http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ to download.


Apple® Mac OS®
Operating System


Safari® 5.0
Safari 4.0
Firefox (Final Release Channel)
Firefox 3.6
Chrome (Stable Channel)
Mac OSX 10.5 "Leopard®"
Compatible Compatible Compatible Compatible Compatible
Mac OSX 10.6 "Snow Leopard®"
Certified Compatible Certified Compatible Certified
  • 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.
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