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District to Use Blackboard for Blended Learning WASHINGTON, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a two-year-long evaluation of six of the industry's leading learning management systems (LMS), Masconomet Regional School District has selected Blackboard Learn((TM)) as part of its strategy to implement a 21st-century learning environment for staff and students. In the evaluation, one of the most comprehensive in the industry, Blackboard Learn was the only platform to meet every...
New Integrations Make it Easier to Use Web Conferencing Platform with Any LMS WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackboard Collaborate((TM)), the leading online collaboration platform built for education, now supports IMS LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) specifications, making the platform available to institutions using any learning management system (LMS) compliant with LTI industry standards, the company announced today. This latest software update enables...
Ambitious Effort Spans All Undergraduate, Graduate Programs WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ottawa University has partnered with Blackboard Inc. to support a major expansion of its blended and online degree programs, the company announced today. Under the multi-year deal, Kansas-based Ottawa, which currently operates six different campus locations nationwide, will grow and scale existing and future residential, hybrid and online undergraduate and graduate degree programs....
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackboard Inc. today announced an agreement with the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education, which governs the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities system (ConnSCU), for a new, statewide platform for online and mobile learning to support ConnSCU's 17 institutions and 96,000 students. With the deal, each of the campuses will gain access to Blackboard Learn((TM)) and Blackboard Mobile Learn((TM)) for the next three...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Virginia's Community Colleges (VCCS) have selected Blackboard Mobile(TM) to provide custom campus life mobile applications for its 23 colleges, the company announced today. With an engaging and interactive mobile platform, system officials aim to increase the connection between the system's 400,000 students and their campus communities. Blackboard will provide a customizable enterprise application platform that VCCS will use to build...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Tennessee at Martin (UTM) has selected Blackboard Mobile((TM)) to replace its current mobile app with an app that will offer access to campus services, information, and courses, Blackboard Inc. announced today. The deciding factor in the change to Blackboard Mobile was that UTM officials wanted to have a single, integrated app for all elements of the campus experience in order to simplify things for users and increase...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Putnam County School System has selected Blackboard Learn((TM)) to replace its current learning management system (LMS) after determining the need for a more flexible and secure platform for online and blended learning, Blackboard Inc. announced today. The deal will bring Blackboard technology to 11,000 students and the largest non-metropolitan high school in Tennessee. In a review of commercial and open source LMS options, a committee of...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The City University of New York (CUNY), the largest urban university system in the nation, is partnering with Blackboard to establish a full teaching and learning platform across all of its campuses. The 10-year agreement includes the provision of core technology infrastructure and services to support significant growth and expansion in online learning. Blackboard will provide a dynamic platform - built around Blackboard's flagship...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of an effort to boost enrollment and retention, Coker College has selected Blackboard Learn((TM)) to replace its current learning management system (LMS), Blackboard Inc. announced today. The decision followed an evaluation of multiple commercial and open source systems by officials at the small South Carolina liberal arts college. A campus review rated the latest version of Blackboard Learn's features more robust and interface...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackboard Inc. and Ellucian have partnered to enable an integration between two of the industry's leading educational products, Colleague by Ellucian and Blackboard Learn((TM)). As part of the partnership, the companies will work to achieve real-time data transfer between the two products, making it easier for institutions to access and manage classroom information from their administrative and academic systems. An integration, expected to...
