Blackboard

Blackboard builds a teaching and learning environment centered on a learning management system (LMS), with AI-powered tools that go beyond course management, plus accessibility and institutional-effectiveness solutions. The brand states it was founded on the conviction that technology should make teaching and learning better, and that it is now embracing AI as a further means to improve teaching and learning. Its solutions are described as built to work together, and its global services are described as in-house, integrated, and spanning the entire customer lifecycle with a singular focus on education. Blackboard cites adoption of 980+ institutions actively building with Blackboard LMS across higher education, government, business, and K-12 worldwide, and 10M+ AI-assisted learning interactions processed across Blackboard institutions in production.

Blackboard states it was founded on one conviction: technology should make teaching and learning better. It set out to build a digital environment where great teaching could happen at any scale, for any learner, and says that conviction remains the same today while the technology around it has evolved. The brand describes itself as still focused on learning and still grounded in education, and says that with AI-powered innovation and a learner-centered approach it helps educators achieve more meaningful outcomes. Blackboard describes its role as providing the platform that makes exceptional learning possible at the scale of an institution, not just a single classroom, and cites examples such as a faculty member at South Texas College using the AI Design Assistant to build a course that earned QM Exemplary certification, and Grand Valley State's eLearning team bringing LMS data into Provost cabinet meetings to improve retention. It also reports 980+ institutions actively building with Blackboard LMS across higher education, government, business, and K-12 worldwide, 10M+ AI-assisted learning interactions processed across Blackboard institutions in production, 350+ user-requested features shipped in the last 12 months directly from faculty and administrator input through the Idea Exchange, and 4M+ accessibility improvements. Blackboard also describes its global services as the only in-house, integrated, end-to-end global services spanning the entire customer lifecycle, with a singular focus on education.

An AI-powered, deeply accessible teaching and learning platform designed with educators in mind, grounded in education and focused on learning.

• Blackboard LMS

  A complete platform for modern teaching and learning, with LMS at the core and AI-powered tools that go beyond course management.

• Blackboard Ally

  Accessibility tools intended to make learning experiences accessible for everyone, described as a commitment rather than a compliance checkbox.

• Institutional effectiveness tools

  Tools that help institutions measure and hit goals, demonstrate mission, drive improvement, and make decisions grounded in evidence.

• AI Design Assistant

  An AI tool cited as used by a faculty member at South Texas College to build a course that earned QM Exemplary certification.

• AI Conversation

  An AI-based tool recognized in awards listings.

• 2021.09.13

  Reported2021.09.13

  Anthology and Blackboard announce plans to merge[5]Anthology 与 Blackboard 宣布合并计划govtech.com

  Anthology and Blackboard announced plans to merge. The merger was expected to close by the end of the year; the companies had not disclosed exact terms.

• 2021.07.19

  Blackboard and AWS announce integration partnership[6]Blackboard与AWS宣布整合合作campustechnology.com

  Blackboard announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services to integrate Amazon Chime SDK into Blackboard Collaborate.

• 2021.03.02

  Reported2021.03.02

  Blackboard partners with Qatar’s Education Development Institute[7]Blackboard与卡塔尔教育发展研究所建立合作prnewswire.com

  Blackboard announced that Qatar Foundation’s Education Development Institute selected Blackboard Learn and Blackboard Collaborate to provide professional learning services for more than 1,300 pre-K–12 educators at 13 schools in Qatar and across the Middle East.

• 2020.03.12

  Reported2020.03.12

  Blackboard launches Collaborate Self-Service Portal[8]Blackboard 推出 Collaborate 自助服务入口网站prnewswire.com

  Blackboard announced the launch of the Blackboard Collaborate Self-Service Portal, which allows educational institutions and organizations to implement its virtual classroom solution within hours.

• 2019.12.13

  Reported2019.12.13

  Eiffel Corp gives notice to end its Blackboard partnership[9]Eiffel Corp通知终止与Blackboard的合作itweb.co.za

  Eiffel Corp sent Blackboard notice of its intention to terminate their long-standing partnership; the article says the separation was planned from 2020 onwards.

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1. 1AI-Powered LMS for Transformational Teaching & Learning | Blackboardblackboard.com
2. 2About Blackboard | Transforming Teaching and Learning with AIblackboard.com
3. 3Blackboard Global Services & Support for Education Success | Blackboardblackboard.com
4. 4Awards & Achievements in Education Technology | Blackboardblackboard.com
5. 5Anthology 与 Blackboard 宣布合并计划govtech.com
6. 6Blackboard与AWS宣布整合合作campustechnology.com
7. 7Blackboard与卡塔尔教育发展研究所建立合作prnewswire.com
8. 8Blackboard 推出 Collaborate 自助服务入口网站prnewswire.com
9. 9Eiffel Corp通知终止与Blackboard的合作itweb.co.za