The purpose of this deal is a revenue growth opportunity driven by cross-selling, international growth, and the opportunities to combine products and create new value, particularly at the data level. Once the deal closes, Blackboard will no longer exist as a standalone EdTech company.Sep 13, 2021
Blackboard's current owner, Providence Equity Partners, bought it in 2011 for $1.64 billion, and Blackboard was shopped (but not sold) in 2015 for about $3 billion.Sep 14, 2021
Though previously a public company, following its 2011 buyout by Providence Equity Partners Blackboard now operates as a private company.
Anthology, a relatively new higher education software and services company, is acquiring Blackboard, long one of the most prominent companies in the educational technology space.Sep 13, 2021
Anthology Inc.Reston-based education technology company Blackboard Inc. and Boca Raton, Florida-based Anthology Inc. higher education software company announced Oct. 25 that they had completed their merger.Nov 2, 2021
Blackboard Ally is a revolutionary product that integrates seamlessly into the learning management system and focuses on making digital course content more accessible.
Results indicate that students were generally comfortable with the use of Blackboard as they highly embraced it. Students indicate that their performance improved and communication with instructor was enhanced significantly.
Blackboard Inc. Seventy-five percent of US colleges and universities and more than half of K–12 districts in the United States use its products and services, and 80 percent of the world's top academic institutions reportedly use Blackboard tools, according to Times Higher Education Reputation Ranking.Oct 22, 2020
The winner: Canvas Canvas and Blackboard both provide full features for creating courses, providing on-demand and live training, and managing users. Across the board, however, Canvas's features are better designed and more innovative than Blackboard's.Jan 11, 2021
Who owns blackboard canvas?TypePrivateProductsCanvas, Catalog, Studio, Portfolium, MasteryConnect, Videri, CASE Benchmarks and Item Bank, Navigate Item Bank, Academic Benchmarks, Certify, DataConnectRevenue$209.5 million (2018)Number of employees1,291 (2019)ParentThoma Bravo
Blackboard reinvented how resources in higher education are distributed and consumed and quickly became a ubiquitous tool in American education. We raised $100 million in capital, took the company public in 2004 and later sold it for $1.6 billion.Aug 4, 2016
Blackboard cannot tell if you switch tabs if you have opened it on a normal browser. It can only detect if you are working on a proctored test or using a lockdown browser.Feb 4, 2022