Blackboard Vista 8 - Supported Browsers, Plugins, & Operating Systems

Blackboard™ Learning System Vista/CE Enterprise is tested with a variety of technologies.

Certified: Fully tested and supported. Compatible: Partially tested but should function properly. Not Compatible: DO NOT USE THIS BROWSER. 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	Not Compatible
Windows Vista® (32-bit)	Certified	Compatible	Certified	Not Compatible
Windows Vista (64-bit)	Compatible	Compatible	Compatible	Not Compatible
Windows 7 (32-bit)	Certified	Unsupported	Certified	Not Compatible
Windows 7 (64-bit)	Compatible	Unsupported	Compatible	Not Compatible

 

Apple® Mac OS® Operating System

	Safari® 5.0	Safari 4	Safari 3.2	Firefox 3.6	Firefox 3.5
Mac OS 10.5 "Leopard®"	Provisional	Certified	Compatible	Compatible	Compatible
Mac OS 10.6 "Snow Leopard®"	Provisional	Certified	Unsupported	Certified	Compatible

*Mac OS X: Click here to update your Java software.

• Internet Explorer 8 was tested in Standards Mode only.
• Deprecations from Service Pack 3
  • Internet Explorer 6
  • Internet Explorer 7 (Windows XP only)
  • Firefox 3.0
  • Mac OSX 10.4 "Tiger®"
• Google Chrome is not supported.
• Blackboard strives to make all its products as accessible as possible. JAWS 9 and 10 are used during accessibility testing.
• In the past some clients have experienced trouble using the Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6. Vista/CE 8.0 SP4 was tested with both Sun JRE 5 and JRE 6. We support these versions and if issues arise please contact Blackboard Client Support for full support.