Technical Requirements
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Listed below are the supported operating systems and browsers for use with the Blackboard Academic Suite. The Academic Suite is a Web-based application. Other browsers and operating systems may work well, however, the listed configurations are the only configurations that are tested and supported by Blackboard.
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USEFUL INFORMATION |
| All configurations marked as Compatible have undergone a limited engineering analysis to test areas of the Blackboard Academic Suite that may have browser issues. |
| Computer & Technical Requirements for LPN-RN Online Program |
| 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. |
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
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XP (32-bit)
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Compatible
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Compatible
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Compatible
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Compatible
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Vista (32-bit)
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Certified
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Compatible
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Certified
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Compatible
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Vista (64-bit)
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Compatible
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Compatible
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Compatible
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Compatible
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Windows 7 (32-bit)
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Certified
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Unsupported
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Certified
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Compatible
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Windows 7 (64-bit)
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Compatible
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Unsupported
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Compatible
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Compatible
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Apple® Mac OS® Operating System
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Safari 5.0
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Safari 4.0
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Safari 3.2
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Firefox 3.6
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Firefox 3.5
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OSX 10.5 "Leopard"
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Provisional
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Compatible
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Compatible
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Compatible
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Compatible
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OSX 10.6 "Snow Leopard"
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Provisional
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Certified
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Unsupported
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Certified
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Compatible
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- Blackboard strives to make all its products as accessible as possible. JAWS for Windows 9 and 10 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.
- deprecation
- Internet Explorer 6
- Firefox 1.x, 2.0, and 3.0
- Safari 2.0
- Mac OSX 10.4 "Tiger"
- Java 5
- Internet Explorer 8 is tested in Standards Mode. Some known issues can be resolved by using Compatibility Mode (emulates IE7 behavior).
* Note: You need to have Adobe Reader installed to view and print PDF files.
