Listed below are the supported operating systems and browsers for use with the Blackboard Academic Suite. The Academic Suite is a Web-based application and other browsers and operating system may work well, however, the listed configurations are the only configurations that are tested and supported by Blackboard.
Term
Definition
Certified
fully tested and supported
Compatible
key application areas tested
Not tested
specified Browser is not supported for the Operating System
Useful Information
Microsoft Windows 2000 supported configurations are considered compatible when run on Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME.
All configurations marked as Compatible and have undergone a limited engineering analysis to test areas of the Blackboard Academic Suite that may have browser issues.
The Visual Text Box Editor is only available to users with Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft® Internet Explorer® Web Browsers
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Mac OS 10.2
Mac OS 10.3
Internet Explorer 5.2
Not Tested
Not Tested
Compatible
Certified
Internet Explorer 5.5
Compatible
Compatible
Not Tested
Not Tested
Internet Explorer 6
Certified
Certified
Not Tested
Not Tested
Netscape® and Mozilla® Firefox Web Browsers
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Mac OS 10.2
Mac OS 10.3
Netscape 4.78
Compatible
Compatible
Compatible
Compatible
Netscape 7.1
Compatible
Compatible
Compatible
Compatible
Firefox 1.0
Certified
Certified
Compatible
Compatible
Notes Gecko is the shared rendering engine at the heart of the Firefox 1.0, Netscape 7.1 and Mozilla 1.0 browsers, which are all considered compatible browsers. Only Firefox has undergone testing that qualifies it as Certified.
The preview version of Mozilla Firefox (version 0.10.0) is not supported.
Apple® Safari® Web Browsers
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Mac OS 10.2
Mac OS 10.3
Safari 1
Not tested
Not Tested
Compatible
Not tested
Safari 1.1
Not Tested
Not Tested
Not Tested
Compatible
Safari 1.2
Not Tested
Not Tested
Not Tested
Certified
Notes The Safari Web browser and the Gecko browsers for Apple do not currently fully support the Live Connect technology used by some features in the Blackboard Learning System. The Equation Editor, Collaboration tool and SCORM Content type may experience issues when these browsers are used.
