Hardware Requirements

  Windows Mac
Operating System XP Vista Windows 7 Mac 10.5 Mac 10.6
Processor Speed/Type 300 MHz recommended; Intel Pentium/ Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/ Duron family, or compatible processor recommended 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor Intel, Power PC G5, or Power PC G4 (867 MHz or faster) processor Intel processor
CPU Memory (minimum*) 128 MB of RAM 1 GB of RAM 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) 512 MB of RAM 1 GB of RAM
Monitor Resolution 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver 1024 x 768  
Free Hard Disk Space (minimum*) 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of free disk space 40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of free space 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) 9 GB of free disk space 5 GB of free disk space
Other Considerations
Internet Connection Minimum: 56 kbps Dial-up Modem
Recommended: Any high-speed connection (e.g. Cable Broadband or DSL)

  • Minimum requirements do not guarantee optimal performance nor do they consider any background tasks or programs such as anti-virus, spyware, etc., which may be using memory.
  • All popup blockers on your computer should be turned off before logging into Blackboard.
  • Javascript and Cookies must be set to "enabled' or "true" and Java must be enabled.