Press Releases
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December 01, 2015Recognized Predictive Analytics Leader, Mike Sharkey, to Head Analytics Business Line on Behalf of the Company
Today, Blackboard announced the acquisition of Blue Canary, a higher education predictive analytics company that helps institutions glean powerful data-driven insights and use them to improve...
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November 10, 2015Lawrence Public Schools' Paula Barr Receives Award for Blended and Online Learning
Blackboard Inc. congratulates Paula Barr, 2nd grade teacher at Quail Run School in Lawrence, Kansas, recipient of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning's (iNACOL) Blended and...
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October 29, 2015Flagship Learning Management System and Open Source Offering See Strong Market Momentum
Blackboard Inc. ("Blackboard") today announced that their flagship learning management system (LMS), Blackboard Learn™, along with its Moodle-based platform Moodlerooms, has experienced strong...
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October 28, 2015Over 110 new customers since January 2015
Blackboard today announced that during 2015 more than 110 new customers have chosen one of its Moodle-based solutions to deliver a superior learning experience for their learners. Active in the...
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October 27, 2015Company's Browser-Based Web Conferencing Solution Continues to Meet Industry Standards for Accessibility
Blackboard Inc. ("Blackboard") today announced two accessibility milestones for the latest version of its online virtual collaboration tool Blackboard Collaborate™. Today's announcement marks...
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October 27, 2015Company Committed to its Flagship LMS Through Continued Innovation
Blackboard Inc. ("Blackboard") today announced an update to the 9.1 version of its flagship learning management system Blackboard Learn™. Today's announcement represents the latest evidence of...
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October 20, 2015New Milestone for the Cloud-Based Learning Object Repository
More than 100,000 educational resources, including lessons, assignments, tests, and more, have been added to Blackboard xpLor, the company's cloud-based, cross-LMS repository system. This new...
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October 15, 2015Two Universities to Leverage Jointly Created Learning, Analytics and Content Solution
Blackboard Inc. ("Blackboard") today announced that Virginia Commonwealth University ("VCU") and Marshall University are the latest institutions to reaffirm and expand partnerships with Blackboard...
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October 14, 2015Campus Technology Readers Give Blackboard Top Spot in Three Categories Including Learning Management and E-Learning
Blackboard Inc. ("Blackboard") earned first place in Campus Technology's 2015 Readers' Choice Awards' 'Learning Management and E-learning' category, the company announced today. Blackboard also...
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October 14, 2015Leading EdTech Company Provides Skilled Technology Sector Jobs and Career Training in Pulaski County
Blackboard Inc. ("Blackboard"), the world's leading education technology company, today welcomed Congressman Hal Rogers and representatives from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to its...
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September 25, 2015Edtech leader to help university increase enrollment and retention on campus
Blackboard Inc. ("Blackboard") today announced a new partnership with Trevecca Nazarene University (TNU) that will deliver a more engaging digital teaching and learning solution at the university...
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September 03, 2015Five Blackboard-powered school districts receive Gold Medallion Award for outstanding educational public relations campaigns
Blackboard Inc. congratulates Brevard County Public Schools, Eden Prairie Schools, Oklahoma City Public Schools, Portland Public Schools and West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan Area Schools,...
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August 26, 2015Mission-Critical Solutions Receive Federal Backing in Process Toward Cloud Compliance
Blackboard Inc. announced today that it is being sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army, Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) to begin the federal process for compliance of cloud...
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August 13, 2015Companies to Bring More Solutions and Services to the Open Source Community in Latin America
Blackboard today announced the acquisition of Nivel Siete, a leading Moodle provider operating in Latin America. By joining their forces, the two companies will be able to offer more services and...
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August 04, 2015Flagship LMS Blackboard Learn Earns Highest Satisfaction Score in New Crowdsourced Report on G2 Crowd
Blackboard Inc.'s flagship learning management system (LMS) Blackboard Learn® earned the highest scores in a report published by G2 Crowd, an independent software review platform that ranks...
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July 23, 2015Two Companies Aim to Improve Student Experience using NFC-Capability
Blackboard Inc. today announced that, in collaboration with NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI), they have shipped more than one million near-field communication (NFC)-compatible campus cards...
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July 23, 2015Qwickly Building Block Lets Teachers and Students Seamlessly Integrate Third-Party Cloud Content into Courses
Blackboard Inc. announced that teachers and learners in K-12 schools will now be able to easily integrate content from third-party cloud repositories like DropBox, Google Drive, and OneDrive, into...
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July 22, 2015Powerful Tools for Professional Development Promotes Lifelong Learning
Blackboard Inc. today announced a partnership with Skillsoft, an industry leading content provider, enabling direct delivery of high-quality content to professional learners via Blackboard's...
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July 22, 2015New Report from National Campus Leadership Council Highlights Need for Improved Federal Policy, and NCLC Partners with Blackboard Inc. to Become a Catalyst for Change
Student body presidents feel high college costs limit career opportunity, yet student leaders are vastly underutilized as stakeholders on and off campus. High college costs price students out of...
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July 21, 2015Tech Leader Brings Learner-Centric Focus to Education
Blackboard Inc. launches the 'New Learning Experience' – an innovative approach to education that focuses on the learner and promotes better engagement, interaction and quality learning by...
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July 20, 2015Company Passes Rigorous Conformance Certification Test Cementing its Commitment to Learning Analytics and its Role as a Good Steward of Educational Data
Blackboard today announced that it has certified its flagship software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based LMS Blackboard Learn™ to provide data about learner and teacher use, as specified by the IMS...
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July 02, 2015Company Acquires X-Ray Analytics for Integration into Moodlerooms and Enterprise Moodle
Blackboard today announced the acquisition of X-Ray Analytics, a research-based, predictive analytics technology that helps instructors and organizations meet the learning needs of their students....
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June 30, 2015Learners Also Say They Are More Interested in Learning When Using Technology According to New Report
More than 90 percent of K-12 administrators say that effective use of technology within instruction is important for achieving their school or district's core mission of education and preparation...
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May 27, 2015Improved Integration of Industry Leading Solutions Creates Easy Data Management
Blackboard Inc. today announced the availability of an improved integration between Blackboard's teaching and learning solutions and Pearson's PowerSchool student information system (SIS) that...
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May 19, 2015District to Deliver New Digital and Blended Learning Experiences
Following an evaluation of the industry's leading learning management systems, Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS) in Georgia has selected Blackboard's innovative classroom solution for K-12, the...