Browser Information

Your choice of browser affects your Blackboard experience.

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® 5.1

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

  • 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.  JRE 7 is not supported.
     
  • 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 16.0 and Firefox 9.0 were the latest available versions.  Since then, new stable versions may have been released and widely adopted.  Blackboard is supporting all newer stable versions of Chrome and Firefox.

 


Update your Browsers!

Safari

For instructions on how to install Firefox, Click here to learn
how to import your bookmarks and set your home page.

 IE 8  download

Click here for a full list of supported browsers.

If you need assistance, please contact the Helpdesk
Helpdesk@gvsu.edu or 616-331-2101
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Page last modified June 27, 2012