Blackboard mobile apps support most common text and media files. Some file types aren't supported because specific operating systems don't support them. For example, iOS devices don't support Flash files.
Text and documents
Android, iOS, and Windows
- PPT, PPTX
- DOC, DOCX
- XLS, XLSX
- TXT
iOS only
- Pages
- Key
- Numbers
Not supported
- RTF (can work with 3rd-party app on Android or iOS 11+)
- HWP (Hangul Word Processor)
Video
For the best viewing on phones, set video dimensions small to 320 x 480.
| File Type | Blackboard Learn | Windows | Android | iOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M4V | YES | YES | NO | YES |
| WEBM | YES | NO | YES | NO |
| MP4 | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| MOV | NO | NO | NO | YES |
| MPEG | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| WMV | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| RM | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| ASF | NO | NO | NO | NO |
Audio
| File Type | Blackboard Learn | Windows | Android | iOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MP3 | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| OGG | YES | NO | YES | NO |
| RA | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| WMA | NO | NO | YES | NO |
| WAV | NO | NO | NO | NO |
| AIFF | NO | NO | NO | NO |
Images
| File Type | Blackboard Learn | Windows | Android | iOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMP | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| GIF | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| JPEG | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| JPG | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| PNG | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| WEBP | YES | NO | YES | NO |
| ICO | YES | NO | YES | YES |
| SVG | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| TIF | NO | YES | NO | YES |
