I’ve never been a fan of Blackboard, the monolithic learning management system that’s the standard at so many schools. I’ve always found it slow, poorly designed, and very awkward to use. Recently, ...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Fairfax County Public Schools officials announced that they are moving away from using Blackboard Learn 24-7 after students and parents experienced technical issues accessing the ...

A growing number of schools are moving their learning management systems away from Blackboard, which Georgetown uses for its LMS. Blackboard’s nearly 90 percent market share has slipped to about 44 ...

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate unanimously passed a bill on March 17 urging the university to encourage more professors to use Blackboard’s Gradebook feature, which allows ...

Blackboard Ultra is William & Mary’s learning management system (LMS), used to deliver digital course content, assignments, tests, and communication tools. While the platform itself supports ...

If you have reached the 2GB course storage limit, schedule an instructional design consultation to have your course reviewed by an instructional designer. During the consultation, the instructional ...

Blackboard Inc. has teamed up with programmers at Syracuse University to let its course-management software connect with Sakai, a free open-source alternative. But some fans of open-source software ...

While the university community can begin looking around the new system today (Oct. 24), courses will not be hosted in Canvas until next semester. Faculty can continue using Blackboard through the end ...

Signaling a dramatic shift in strategy and product offerings, Blackboard Inc. last week purchased two companies built on the Moodle platform, the free learning-management system popular mostly because ...

Faculty preparing for classes this fall will find the UBlearns Web server hosting an updated version of Blackboard, the course management software in use at the ...

You track student performance in Blackboard Ultra using built-in Course Analytics for engagement overview (activity, grades, time in course) and Progress Tracking for detailed content completion ...