The following hardware and software are minimum system requirements to work with the Blackboard application:

Platform: Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, or ME; MacOS 9 or MacOS X
Hardware: 64 MB of RAM, 1 G of free disk space
Browser: Client Browser Configuration Guide
Modem: 56 K
Software: To open many documents saved in Blackboard, you may need MS Word Reader or MS Word unless the document is saved as an .rtf file and Adobe Acrobat Reader if the document is saved as a .pdf file.
Note: JavaScript and Cookies must be enabled on your browser. You can have Microsoft automatically check your operating system and recommend updates (including for Internet Explorer) by going to this web site: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com