System Requirements for the Online Mental Disability Law Program

The Online Mental Disability Law Program is conducted on the Blackboard Learning Management System, a richly-featured platform, and its many tools require that users meet certain system requirements.

Hardware Requirements

Windows

• 200Mhz+ processor
• 800x600 monitor (1024x768 recommended)
• 56k modem (High Speed Internet, DSL or Cable, recommended)
• 512MB RAM or greater

Macintosh

• G4+
• 800x600 monitor (1024x768 recommended)
• 56k modem (High Speed Internet (DSL or Cable) recommended)
• 512MB RAM or greater

Software Requirements

Blackboard™ Learn Release 9.1 SP6 (9.1.60230.0) are tested with a variety of technologies.

Microsoft® Windows® Operating System

Apple® Mac OS® Operating System

• Blackboard strives to make all its products as accessible as possible. JAWS for Windows 11 and 12 were used during accessibility testing.
• Blackboard Learn requires the latest version of Sun JRE 6. The JRE can be downloaded from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp.
• The following technologies are not supported:
  • Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7
  • Firefox 1.x, 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5
  • Safari 2.0, 3.x  (or any version on Windows)
  • Mac OSX 10.4 "Tiger"
  • Java 5
• Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9 are tested in Standards Mode. Some known issues can be resolved by using Compatibility Mode (emulates IE7 behavior).
• Both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox have moved to a rapid release cycle.  At the time of testing, Chrome 10.0 and Firefox 4.0 were the latest available versions.  Since then, new stable versions have been released and widely adopted.  Blackboard is supporting all newer stable versions of Chrome and Firefox.

Adobe Connect:

Windows

• 1.4GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or faster processor (or equivalent) for Microsoft® Windows® XP or Windows 7; 2GHz Pentium 4 or faster processor (or equivalent) for Windows Vista®
• Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit edition with 32-bit browser)
• 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended) for Windows XP or Windows 7; 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended) for Windows Vista
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later (32 bit only); Mozilla Firefox 3 or later; Google Chrome
• Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 for all users (hosts, presenters, participants, and administrators)

Mac OS

• 500MHz PowerPC® G3 or faster or 1.83GHz Intel Core™ Duo or faster processor
• Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 or 10.7.2 (Intel); Mac OS X 10.4 (PowerPC)
• 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
• Mozilla Firefox 3 or later; Apple Safari 4 or 5; Google Chrome
• Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for all users (hosts, presenters, participants, and administrators)

More information on Mac OS X Lion support can be found here.

Linux

• Presenters/hosts: Ubuntu 10 (32 bit or 64 bit)
• Attendees: Ubuntu10; Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (RHEL) 4.x or 5.x; Novell SUSE® 9.x or 10.x
• Mozilla Firefox 3 or later
• Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for all users (hosts, presenters, participants, and administrators)

Solaris

• Solaris™ 10 for attendees only
• Mozilla Firefox 3 or later
• Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for attendees only

Mobile

• Apple devices running iOS 4 or 5; compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and 4 S, iPad, iPad 2, and iPod touch (3rd or 4th generation recommended)
• Android™ devices running Android 2.2 or later with Adobe AIR® 2.7 or later for Android; compatible with HTC EVO 4G, HTC Flyer, Motorola Atrix, Motorola Droid X, Motorola Xoom, and Samsung Galaxy Tab (7-inch) and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
• BlackBerry devices running BlackBerry® Tablet OS (QNX) 1.0.6 or later with AIR 2.7 or later for BlackBerry; compatible with BlackBerry PlayBook

Note that simultaneous teleconference activity is restricted when using a carrier that does not support simultaneous data and voice.
For devices that do not meet these requirements, meetings can be attended in the browser if the device meets the following requirements: Mobile operating system with Flash Player and AIR support (Flash Player 10.1). Attending via the Adobe Connect™ Mobile app is recommended.

Mediasite Player requirements

Windows

• Microsoft® Windows 7, Windows 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003
•  Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later, Firefox® 2.0 or later, or Google™ Chrome 1.0
•  Windows Media® Player 9.0 or later
•  Microsoft Silverlight 3.0 or later, if using Mediasite’s new Silverlight Players*
•  Broadband Internet connection (256Kbps or more)

Apple

•  Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later
•  Safari™ 2.0.4 or later or Firefox 2.0 or later
•  Microsoft Silverlight 3.0 or later if using Mediasite’s new Silverlight Players or Silverlight 1.0 or later if using Mediasite’s classic Players*
•  Broadband Internet connection (256Kbps or more)

Linux

•  SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, openSUSE 11.0 or later, Ubuntu 8.04, or Fedora Core 9
•  Firefox 2.0 or 3.0 depending on Linux operating system
•  Moonlight™ 1.0
•  Microsoft Media Pack for Moonlight
•  Broadband Internet connection (256Kbps or more)

*If Mediasite does not detect Silverlight on your computer when viewing a presentation, you will be automatically prompted to install the plug-in. Silverlight only needs to be installed once and will
then be available for watching any future Mediasite presentations.
 

Technical Support

New York Law School provides students support for all technical issues 24 hours, 7 days a week through a HelpDesk by a toll free phone number or on a dedicted website.