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Blackboard 9.1, SP 6

Browser Compatibility

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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
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® 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.

Internet Explorer 9 Concerns:

Please Note: Blogs, Journals, etc do not display properly in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9.

To resolve the issue, log into Blackboard and in IE9, go to Tools > Compatibility View. Please note, for Grade Center to display properly, Compatibility View must be turned off.

To downgrade from IE9 to IE8,
1. From the Windows (Start) button, Go to Control Panel and open Add/Remove Programs
2. Click the View installed updates link to the upper-left
3. Find and select Windows Internet Explorer 9 from the list of available applications.
4. Click the Remove button.
5. Restart your system.

Still having issues?

E-mail: blackboard@towson.edu



 

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