| Type | Privately held |
|---|---|
| Number of employees | 3,000 |
| Parent | Providence Equity Partners |
| Website | www.blackboard.com |
The companies did not share any financial data, but the combined entity is likely to be among the sector's biggest educational technology firms. 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
Blackboard is a learning management system (LMS), which is used not only as a repository of information, i.e. course materials and course information but also used as a tool for communication through emails, announcements, discussion boards and podcasts etc.
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 has launched a free hosted course management service, one aimed at wooing individual instructors who lack access to automated course management or who are disaffected by the systems in use at their schools.Feb 10, 2011
What is Blackboard? Known as a "learning management system" (LMS) or "course/content management system" (CMS), Blackboard is UR's standard LMS. All courses with an instructor-of-record will automatically have a Blackboard course generated.
The blackboard is an adaptable technology and extremely reliable. As Puryear (1999) defends, the chalkboard is inexpensive to produce, easily distributed, and portable.Oct 28, 2012
Though previously a public company, following its 2011 buyout by Providence Equity Partners Blackboard now operates as a private company.
Moodle has a well designed architecture, so its faster as compared to Blackboard, where students have faced problems while loading pages. Moodle does not allow you as a student to work offline but Blackboard lets you complete your courses and activities offline.Oct 16, 2017
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
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The color change came in the 1960s, when companies sold steel plates coated with green porcelain-based enamel instead of the traditional dark slate. The new material was lighter and less fragile than the first blackboards, so they were cheaper to ship and more likely to survive the journey.Nov 24, 2017
As an old method of teaching aid, the blackboard has advantages of being inexpensive reusable, allow students to keep pace with the teacher and not dependent on electricity. The chalk used for writing requires no special care, is cheaper, without any smell, good impact on presenting written and visual ideas.Jan 17, 2022