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Computer/Browser/Plug In Requirements

Hardware and software specifications for Blackboard 9.1 SP8

• Minimum Requirements
• Supported browsers and operating systems
• Browser Settings
• Plug-ins
• Accessibility

   Minimum Requirements:

• Windows XP SP2 or later
• MAC 10.5 (Leopard) or later
• 512M of RAM
• Sound card with speakers
• Ethernet or Wireless card
• Internet Access

Blackboard 9.1 supported browsers and operating systems:

• 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

Windows

Operating System	Internet Explorer 9	Internet Explorer 8	Firefox (Final Release Channel)	Firefox 3.6	Chrome (Stable Channel)
Windows XP (32bit)	Unsupported	Compatible	Compatible	Compatible	Compatible
Windows Vista (32 bit)	Certified	Compatible	Certified	Compatible	Compatible
Window 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

Mac

Operating System	Safari 5.1	Safari 5.0	Safari 4.0	Firefox (Final Release Channel)	Firefox 3.6	Chrome (Stable Channel)
MAC OSX 10.5 Leopard	Unsupported	Compatible	Compatible	Compatible	Compatible	Compatible
MAC OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard	Compatible	Certified	Compatible	Certified	Compatible	Certified
MAC OSX 10.7 Lion	Compatible	Unsupported	Unsupported	Compatible	Compatible	Compatible

Note:

Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9 are tested in Standards Mode.

Both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox have moved to a rapid release cycle. New stable versions may have been released and widely adopted. Blackboard is supporting all newer stable versions of Chrome and Firefox.

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, 3.0x (or any version on Windows)
- Mac OSX 10.4 "Tiger"
- Java 5

Browser Settings Guide:

• Enabling Javascript
• Enabling Cookies
• Enabling Popup Windows

Plug-ins:

• Adobe Reader
• Adobe Flash Player
• Sun Java Runtime
• Quicktime
• Windows Media Player Plugin
  • Windows Users
    • Internet Explorer (Already installed) 
    • Firefox
    • Chrome (Not supported)
  • Mac Users
    
    • Install Flip4Mac Free, click here for instruction

Accessibility

• Blackboard strives to make all its products as accessible as possible. Blackboard measures and evaluates accessibility using two sets of standards: the WCAG 2.0 standards issued by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act issued in the Untied States federal government.
• JAWS 11 and 12 for Windows were used during accessibility testing.

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