Supported Browsers

Look below, or view the official Blackboard and OS compatibility chart

Microsoft Windows Operating System

Browser	Operating System
Internet Explorer 9	Windows 7 (64-bit, 32-bit), Windows Vista (64-bit, 32-bit)
Internet Explorer 8	Windows 7 (64-bit, 32-bit), Windows Vista (64-bit, 32-bit), Windows XP (32-bit)
Firefox (Final Release Channel)**	Windows 7 (64-bit, 32-bit), Windows Vista (64-bit, 32-bit), Windows XP (32-bit)
Firefox 3.6	Windows 7 (64-bit, 32-bit), Windows Vista (64-bit, 32-bit), Windows XP (32-bit)
Google Chrome (Stable Channel)***	Windows 7 (64-bit, 32-bit), Windows Vista (64-bit, 32-bit), Windows XP (32-bit)

 

Apple Mac OS Operating System*

Browser	Operating System
Safari 5.1	Mac OSX 10.7 "Lion", Mac OSX 10.6 "Snow Leopard"
Safari 5.0	Mac OSX 10.6 "Snow Leopard", Mac OSX 10.5 "Leopard"
Safari 4.0	Mac OSX 10.6 "Snow Leopard", Mac OSX 10.5 "Leopard"
Firefox (Final Release Channel)**	Mac OSX 10.7 "Lion", Mac OSX 10.6 "Snow Leopard", Mac OSX 10.5 "Leopard"
Firefox 3.6	Mac OSX 10.6 "Snow Leopard", Mac OSX 10.5 "Leopard"
Google Chrome (Stable Channel)***	Mac OSX 10.7 "Lion", Mac OSX 10.5 "Leopard", Mac OSX 10.6 "Snow Leopard"

*Note: Firefox 8 and Mac OS are not compatible with the drag and drop functions on Blackboard Learn.

**The Firefox Release Channel is the fully tested version by Mozilla and intended to be the most stable. This channel is updated roughly every 6 weeks. For further detail on Firefox, please review the material available at http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/04/13/new-channels-for-firefox-rapid-releases/.

***The Chrome Stable Channel is the fully tested version by Google and intended to be the most stable as the name implies. This channel is updated roughly every 2-3 weeks for minor releases and 6 weeks for major releases. For further detail on Chrome, please review the material available at www.chromium.org.

JRE Support
Blackboard Learn requires the latest version of Sun JRE 6 or JRE 7. The JRE can be downloaded from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html. Windows System Administrators who want to provide auto-download for users can find the.cab file link for the appropriate JRE at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/autodownload-140472.html.