Overview *

UTSOnline supports five primary browsers across Windows and Mac OSX operating systems:

• Edge
• Firefox
• Chrome
  
• Internet Explorer
  
• Safari (the latest version – 11.1 – currently has an issue with submitting content)

Several versions of these browsers are supported across Windows and Mac OSX Operating Systems (see below for details).

 

Browser Checker *

Run the browser checker to see whether your web browser and operating system is supported in UTSOnline.

 

Supported Browsers *

Links to the vendor sites for the web browsers are included in the table below.

Browser	Supported desktop browser version	Comments
Chrome	36+	Google Chrome versions 42+ do not support NPAPI-type plug-ins, including Java plug-ins and many media browser plug-ins. UTSOnline doesn't support these browsers for use with the multiple-file upload interface, or embedded media that require NPAPI plug-ins for viewing.
Edge	20+	Microsoft Edge does not support NPAPI-type plug-ins, including Java plug-ins and many media browser plug-ins. UTSOnline doesn't support these browsers for use with the multiple-file upload interface, or embedded media that require NPAPI plug-ins for viewing.
Firefox	31+
Internet Explorer	11+	Windows only
Safari	6+ to 11.0	Mac OS only. The latest version - 11.1 - currently has an issue with submitting content.

Note:

• The above web browsers were tested on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, MacOS 10.8, MacOS 10.9, MacOS 10.10, MacOS 10.11, and Chrome OS.
• Although the mobile app versions of the above browsers are not supported at this time, users may have success using them. For details on accessing UTSOnline on a mobile device, refer to the Blackboard Mobile help page.

 

Other browser plugins *

A handful of features in UTSOnline require additional software to properly function.

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) versions 7 and 8 *

Download link

JRE versions 7 and 8 from Oracle are the recommended versions for utilising the Multiple Files Uploads tool.

Note: On Apple Mac OS X, Google’s Chrome browser does not support Java 7 because of incompatibilities between 64-bit Java and 32-bit Chrome. Firefox and Safari browsers do not have this limitation on Mac OS X.

Adobe Flash Player *

Download link

May be required to play some media content.

 

Technologies that are not supported *

• Windows XP
• Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10
• Firefox 1.x, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 and 3.6
• Safari 2, 3, 4, 5 (or any version on Windows)
• Mac OSX through 10.7
• JRE 5 and 6