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<p>Classroom - System Requirements</p><p><div id="bodyfont" sizset="0" sizcache="2"> <h1>Classroom System Requirements</h1> <p>Below, please find the supported Operating Systems, supported Internet Browsers, and recommended system specifications for using Blackboard IM.</p> <div> <h3>Definitions of Terms</h3> <div style="margin-left: 32px;"> <p class="thisdoc"><b>Certified</b>: fully tested and supported.<br /><b>Compatible</b>: partially tested and supported.<br /><b>Provisional</b>: untested but supported.<br /><b>Unsupported</b>: impossible or not supported.</p> </div> <p class="note"><b>Note:</b> Later versions of a browser or operating system labeled Compatible or Certified are <b>provisionally supported</b> by Blackboard Collaborate Support unless otherwise noted.</p> </div> <div sizset="0" sizcache="2"> <h2>Classroom</h2> <table id="ki" cellspacing="0" sizset="0" sizcache="2"> <tbody sizset="0" sizcache="2"> <tr><th> </th><th>Internet Explorer 8 & 9</th><th>Internet Explorer 10</th><th>Firefox (Latest Stable Release)<a href="#FirefoxChannel">*</a></th><th>Chrome (Stable Channel)<a href="#ChromeChannel">**</a></th></tr> <tr><th>Windows® XP</th> <td style="font-style: italic; color: #666666;"><span class="Unsupported">Unsupported</span></td> <td style="font-style: italic; color: #666666;"><span class="Unsupported">Unsupported</span></td> <td class="Compatible">Compatible</td> <td class="Compatible">Compatible</td> </tr> <tr><th>Windows Vista®</th> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="certified">Certified</span></td> <td style="font-style: italic; color: #666666;"><span class="Unsupported">Unsupported</span></td> <td class="Compatible">Compatible</td> <td><span class="Compatible">Compatible</span></td> </tr> <tr><th>Windows 7</th> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="certified">Certified</span></td> <td style="font-style: italic; color: #666666;"><span class="Unsupported">Unsupported</span></td> <td class="Compatible">Compatible</td> <td><span class="Compatible">Compatible</span></td> </tr> <tr><th>Windows 8</th> <td style="font-style: italic; color: #666666;"><span class="Unsupported">Unsupported</span></td> <td class="Compatible">Provisional</td> <td class="Compatible">Provisional</td> <td><span class="Compatible">Provisional</span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table id="ki" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr><th> </th><th>Safari 4.0</th><th>Safari 5.0</th><th>Safari 5.1</th><th>Firefox (Latest Stable Release)<a href="#FirefoxChannel">*</a></th><th>Chrome (Stable Channel)<a href="#ChromeChannel">**</a></th></tr> <tr><th>Mac OS 10.5</th> <td style="font-weight: bold;" class="certified">Certified</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" class="certified">Certified</td> <td style="font-style: italic; color: #666666;" class="Unsupported">Unsupported</td> <td class="Compatible">Compatible</td> <td><span class="Compatible">Compatible</span></td> </tr> <tr><th>Mac OS 10.6</th> <td style="font-weight: bold;" class="certified">Certified</td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="certified">Certified</span></td> <td><span class="Compatible">Compatible</span></td> <td class="Compatible">Compatible</td> <td><span class="Compatible">Compatible</span></td> </tr> <tr><th>Mac OS 10.7</th> <td style="font-style: italic; color: #666666;"><span class="Unsupported">Unsupported</span></td> <td style="font-style: italic; color: #666666;"><span class="Unsupported">Unsupported</span></td> <td class="Compatible">Compatible</td> <td class="Compatible">Compatible</td> <td><span class="Compatible">Compatible - Please review the end note below if using Java 7 with Mac 10.7 or Mac 10.8 and Chrome.</span></td> </tr> <tr><th>Mac OS 10.8</th> <td style="font-style: italic; color: #666666;"><span class="Unsupported">Unsupported</span></td> <td style="font-style: italic; color: #666666;"><span class="Unsupported">Unsupported</span></td> <td class="Compatible">Compatible</td> <td class="Compatible">Compatible</td> <td><span class="Compatible">Compatible - Please review the end note below if using Java 7 with Mac 10.7 or Mac 10.8 and Chrome.</span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Supported Java</h2> <table style="border: #7f7c75 1px dashed;" id="ki" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr><th style="border: 1px dashed #7f7c75;">Operating System</th><th style="border: 1px dashed #7f7c75;">Java Versions (JRE)</th></tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px dashed #7f7c75;" valign="top">Windows XP, Vista, 7<span id="bodyfont"><span id="bodyfont"> <sup><a href="#3" target="_parent">3</a></sup></span></span></td> <td style="border: 1px dashed #7f7c75;" valign="top">1.6, 1.7 (java 6 & 7)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px dashed #7f7c75;" valign="top">Mac OS X</td> <td style="border: 1px dashed #7f7c75;" valign="top">1.5, 1.6, 1.7 (java 5, 6 and 7)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></p> <p> </p> <h2>Additional Requirements:</h2> <blockquote> <p><span id="bodyfont"><span id="bodyfont"><b>Participant Minimum Requirements:</b><br /></span></span></p> <ul> <li>512 MB RAM (1 GB or Higher Recommended)</li> <li>Internet Access - 56k speed or above  <span id="bodyfont"><span id="bodyfont"><sup></sup></span></span><a href="#4" target="_parent"><span id="bodyfont"><span id="bodyfont"><sup>4</sup></span></span></a> (Broadband connection is HIGHLY recommended)</li> <li>Soundcard with microphone and headphones (A headset containing microphone/headphones is highly recommended)<br /><br /></li> </ul> <p><b>Presenter <span id="bodyfont"><span id="bodyfont"><span id="bodyfont">Minimum </span></span></span>Requirements:</b></p> <ul> <li>1 GB RAM (Higher Recommended)</li> <li>Broadband Internet Access <sup><a href="#4" target="_parent">4</a></sup></li> <li>Soundcard with microphone and headphones (A headset containing microphone/headphones is highly recommended.</li> </ul> <p> </p> </blockquote> <div> <p>1 - For information on Firefox's public development channels, refer to <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/#firefox/firefox-desktop" target="_blank">Firefox's Releases page</a>. All other Firefox channels are unsupported.</p> <p>2 - For information on Chrome's release channels, refer to the <a href="http://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel" target="_blank">Chrome Release Channels</a> page. All other Chrome channels are unsupported. </p> <p style="margin-left: 30px;"><b>Please note</b> - Chrome does not support Java 7 on the Mac platform. <span class="bodytext"><star:answer-text xmlns:star="http://schemas.sun.com/star-ns/">A 64-bit browser (Safari or Firefox, for example) is required to run Java 7 on Mac OS X. 32-bit browsers such as Chrome do not support Java 7 on the Mac platform. </star:answer-text></span></p> <p>3. Windows 7 only support Java version 6 (We have found that some computers shipped with Windows 7 are also shipped with an incompatible version of Java version 5. Users running Windows 7 may need to remove the older Java 5 installed version and install the more recent Java 6 version).</p> <p>4. Internet connection: Blackboard Collaborate recommends a stable broadband connection. Those connecting over wireless broadband and satellite connections may experience poor connection quality due to poor signals. Those connecting over dialup connections should be able to hear audio but may have difficulty displaying media rich content. </p> </div> <div> <p class="link_to_this">Link to this article: <a href="http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336&task=knowledge&questionID=834" target="_parent">http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336&task=knowledge&questionID=834</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <p></p> </div></p><h3>Alternate Questions/Keywords</h3><p>Classroom - Supported Browsers<br>Classroom - Supported versions of Java for Wimba Classroom</p>