The University of the West Indies (UWI), at Cave Hill, Barbados

The University of the West Indies

at Cave Hill, Barbados

Blackboard Online Learning Blackboard Learning System

Blackboard: Supported Browsers

Listed below are the supported operating systems and browsers for use with the Blackboard Learning System (formerly WebCT). The Learning System 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.

Microsoft® Internet Explorer® Web Browsers
Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista Desktop Mac OS 10.2 Mac OS 10.3 Mac OS 10.4
Internet Explorer 5.2 Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested
Internet Explorer 5.5 Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested
Internet Explorer 6 Compatible Certified Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested
Internet Explorer 7 Not Tested Certified Compatible Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested
 
Netscape® and Mozilla® Firefox Web Browsers

 

Windows 2000

Windows XP

Windows Vista Desktop

Mac OS 10.2

Mac OS 10.3

Mac OS 10.4

Netscape 7.1

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Netscape 8.0

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Firefox 1.0

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Certified

Certified

Certified

Firefox 1.5

Compatible

Compatible

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Firefox 2.0

Compatible

Certified

Compatible

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

 
Apple® Safari® Web Browsers


UPDATE For Vista 4.2/CE 6.2, Service Pack 3, Safari 3.0 is now supported on Mac OS 10.4.

 

Windows 2000

Windows XP

Windows Vista Desktop

Mac OS 10.2

Mac OS 10.3

Mac OS 10.4

Safari 1

Not tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not tested

Not Tested

Safari 1.1

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Safari 1.3

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Compatible

Compatible

Safari 2

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Certified

Certified

Safari 3

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Not Tested

Certified

Certified

 

Notes:

  • All configurations marked as Compatible and have undergone a limited engineering analysis to test areas of the application that may have browser issues.
  • Mac OS 10.5 is fully supported in CE & Vista 8.0 only.