Equipment & Software

Blackboard Browser Requirements Check

Important: At a minimum, Blackboard requires JavaScript and Cookies to be enabled in your browser.  For more information regarding Blackboard browser requirements, please refer to the Browser Settings Guide.

If you pass all checks listed below, you should be able to use the main features of Blackboard.

 
Browser
Check		 Warning
Browser:
Version:
Platform:
For a list of supported Browsers, please refer to the Browser Support Matrix.
 
JavaScript
Check		 Fail If this check fails, refer to the Browser Settings Guide for instructions on enabling Javascript for your browser.
 
Cookies
Check		 Fail If this check fails, refer to the Browser Settings Guide for instructions on enabling Cookies for your browser.
 
Popup
Window
Check		 Fail If this check fails, refer to the Browser Settings Guide for instructions on enabling Popup Windows for your browser.
 
Port 80
Check		 Fail This check works by trying to download an image through the specified port.  Port 80 is the standard web (http) port.
 
Java
Check
No Java Support.
If you see nothing to the left (or just a gray box) then Java functionality is not available.


Blackboard Learn requires the latest version of Sun JRE 7.  JRE 6 will continue to work with SP 10 and SP 11.  JRE 5 is no longer supported but might continue to work.  If you're experiencing problems with Blackboard, you should update your Java Plug-in.

***INB users should not install JRE7 but should upgrade their JRE 6 to Update 39 ***

 


BrowserCheck code courtesy of Mr. Shannon Meisenheimer
University of Central Missouri.