Blackboard Learn by Anthology

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Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Blackboard Learn by Anthology	Score 8.4 out of 10	N/A	Blackboard Inc. is an enterprise learning management systems vendor. Blackboard was founded in 1997 and became a public company in 2004. The company provides education, mobile, communication, and commerce software and related services to clients including education providers, corporations and government organizations. As of December 2010, Blackboard software and services are used by over 9,300 institutions in more than 60 countries. Blackboard Learn is the company's flagship LMS, supporting…	N/A

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	Blackboard Learn by Anthology
Considered Both Products	Blackboard Learn by Anthology Sherby Gully Teacher Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology Blackboard is definitely more in touch with older students, particularly high school and college age students. Helpful? Verified User Team Lead Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology I used Canvas as a student at a university in town. The feature set was comparable to that of Blackboard Learn with the mobile app was far, far superior. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Administrator Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology Blackboard Learn is way far behind Canvas. Many schools are switching to Canvas as it is better integrated with other solutions, it is much more user friendly and provides better user experience. Canvas is cloud native, unlike Blackboard Learn. They are trying to catch up with … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Project Manager Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology Blackboard is the all around better fit for our intuition. It provides the "bells and whistles" we require in having a diverse faculty and flexibility in course delivery. The "bells and whistles" aren't cheap, but we have found that budgeting for this large expense has been … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology Coursera offers a variety of modules in which a team is able to work on then, but [Blackboard Learn] offers more options to understand how are the team members developing and which tasks have offered a harder challenger for them. [Blackboard Learn] also offers a variety of … Incentivized Helpful? Meena B Information Technology Project Manager Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology I have not reviewed Brightspace till now but I have heard good things about it from my peers Incentivized Helpful? Craig Smallish Instructor Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology I did not select Blackboard Learn. Helpful? QT Quincy Tamaribuchi Student Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology Google Classroom has the same objective, and that is to connect students to their teachers along with the organization. Google Classroom is organized easy to read and customizable by the teacher. Very user friendly. I can say that Blackboard is a much better platform to take … Helpful? Becca Guler Learning Specialist Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology Zoom is better equipped for live streaming and recording lectures and tutoring sessions, research interviews, etc. and does allow content files to be attached through live chat function but does NOT have a student management component for grading and instructions or a … Incentivized Helpful? Brandon Cluff Associate Game Designer Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology I personally prefer Udemy because of its simplicity. Blackboard Learn has more options for how the content can be delivered to its users; Udemy only provides instructors the ability to upload videos and insert multiple choice questions for tests. Ultimately, it depends on the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Administrator Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology Blackboard Learn is very similar to Canvas by Instructure since they are both essential Learning Management Systems. Canvas is a bit more rigid in the structure and does not permit faculty to customize the course navigation menu fully. Blackboard Learn allows faculty to … Incentivized Helpful? RD Renee DiBiasio Assistant Principal Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology We use another product just like Blackboard Learn, and I also have used Google Classroom. I like Blackboard for this because the system and tabs are easy to map and navigate. I also think it appeals more to the students we have today who can connect better with technology than … Incentivized Helpful? Nicolas Hanhan Distance Education Instructional Coordinator Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology Blackboard Learn is more user-friendly than Moodle. Blackboard offers support to customers which is not available effectively when using open-source learning management systems such as Moodle. Incentivized Helpful? Amy Westby High School Counselor Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology Blackboard has been good for putting together course work and class discussion, which Google Classroom does not feature and Moodle is too laggy to work well. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology . Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology Blackboard Learn is more robust because it allows for much more dissemination of materials for higher-level courses. Assignments are seamlessly connected in Blackboard Learn versus Google Classroom, where you have to access Google Docs to see your instructor's comments. Edmodo … Incentivized Helpful? Anissa Harris Senior Faculty Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology I am not a decision-maker about our learning platform but I have used both Canvas and Blackboard Learn for several years. From a teaching perspective, Canvas is SIMPLE and clean for a new user. However, Blackboard offers more options and creativity for integration and exporting … Incentivized Helpful? Rick Lupton Systems Programmer Analyst Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology Blackboard has a vast training system to allow for supporting the product. While Moodle provides OpenSource code to allow for customization, it requires and investment in technical staff to program the software to do what you want. Blackboard has on-premise and hosted … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology Very similar, equally effective in my experience. Perhaps the communication features in Blackboard are stronger. Incentivized Helpful? Matthew Deakyne Academic Services Manager Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology We did a formal evaluation of the LMS a few years ago, and selected to remain self-hosted on Blackboard Learn. At the time, we were not ready to upgrade or migrate and it was easier to remain with the system we already had. If we started from scratch - Canvas is the clear … Incentivized Helpful? Mark Fitzgerald Adjunct Professor Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology It can be configured to do anything you want. It is Blackboard's blessing and curse. I think it has the biggest feature set in the industry. It confuse people and leads to strange UIs. But some organization and working together you can find something that will work well for … Incentivized Helpful? Lori Riegel Alumni Representative Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology I have used Schoology before, and I think Blackboard Learn has many more features, and is easier to navigate. It is well organized, and easy to customize for each user. Schoology might be better suited for a mobile device, but when the mobile version of Blackboard is not up … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology Blackboard Learn compares favorably to the other learning management solutions out there but has a leg up if you are using other Blackboard products. We liked Absorb a lot but it was ultimately more costly for us based on our current infrastructure. Moodle and Canvas are … Incentivized Helpful? Timothy Sawah IT Project Manager Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology Blackboard is more expensive than its direct competitors but has better customer support and a wider variety of features. Courses are more structured in blackboard. The graphics are less messy compared to Moodle and Edmodo. Blackboard has more interactive features and the code … Incentivized Helpful? Erica Terry Advising and Admissions Coordinator Chose Blackboard Learn by Anthology I believe that blackboard is more user-friendly than the other modalities I have used and taken online course work in as well. I think it is setup in a logically way, making it easy to navigate. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Blackboard Learn by Anthology

Learning Management

Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
	Blackboard Learn by Anthology 8.6 30 Ratings 5% above category average
Course authoring	9.024 Ratings
Course catalog or library	9.024 Ratings
Player/Portal	8.021 Ratings
Learning content	6.127 Ratings
Mobile friendly	9.030 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications	7.024 Ratings
Assignments	9.030 Ratings
Compliance management	9.017 Ratings
Learning administration	10.025 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics	9.026 Ratings
Social learning	9.022 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning	9.01 Ratings

User Ratings
	Blackboard Learn by Anthology
Likelihood to Recommend	9.9 (58 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	4.6 (11 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (5 ratings)
Support Rating	7.7 (14 ratings)
Online Training	7.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Blackboard Learn by Anthology
Likelihood to Recommend	Anthology, Inc A school with a well-established technology imprint with their students (for example, ours is a BYOB school where every student has their own laptop and must bring it to school every day and where over 99% of our families have reliable broadband at home) is a reasonable scenario for using The arrogance and intransigence of the sales force is quite disconcerting… They are no longer the only game in town and don't yet realize it. Less well-off schools/families may find it a challenge if students must be on campus or at a public library in order to use the technology. Obviously, during the pandemic, this became problematic for some districts. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Anthology, Inc Blackboard Learn makes submitting assignments electronically simple and provides a variety of built-in Web-based tools like e-portfolios, wikis, and blogs that our students use to create their own content. Blackboard Learn is intuitive and easy to navigate from a students perspective Blackboard Learn has many integrations available for connecting this LMS to other tools we use at our institution. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Anthology, Inc Blackboard Learn has some limitations when it comes to submissions It is not that user friendly, I had to spend some time to get a hang of it in the beginning I have been struggling a bit with deletion of manually added courses Incentivized Meena Dakuru Information Technology Project Manager Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Anthology, Inc There are several aspects of Desire2Learn that outweigh the benefits of using Blackboard. I find that the Desire2Learn system is a bit more user friendly and looks more up-to-date. However, the decision to renew systems is not up to me because the entire University uses the same system. Regardless, I think I would choose Desire2Learn over Blackboard because of its improved user interface. James Gurney Research/Teaching Assistant Read full review
Usability	Anthology, Inc It is very usable for both faculty and students. The interface is pretty intuitive and most students can use it without a lot of additional training. Faculty do need some training to effectively use the interface, but they usually get it pretty quickly. We have had to create some additional programming to give faculty a way to delve deeper into the content. Inez Whipple E-Learning Instructional Designer Read full review
Support Rating	Anthology, Inc My Blackboard support comes from the university I work with. They are responsive--eventually... but it takes them sometimes a week to respond to a reported issue. For example, I reported 2 issues last week and one was resolved and I was contacted about one still open option today. That is too long for a tech issue. I have not contacted any support offered directly by Blackboard, which may be a completely different experience altogether. Incentivized Anissa Harris Senior Faculty Read full review
Implementation Rating	Anthology, Inc Blackboard's Managed Hosting was top-notch in getting us up and running quickly. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Anthology, Inc Coursera offers a variety of modules in which a team is able to work on then, but [Blackboard Learn] offers more options to understand how are the team members developing and which tasks have offered a harder challenger for them. [Blackboard Learn] also offers a variety of reports that can be generate by a team lead. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Anthology, Inc At one of the institutions that I worked for, the ROI was excellent for the number of users we were serving; however, I could not speak to other instances as I was not aware of the overall cost of the contract. Incentivized Rachel Hudish Instructional Designer Read full review
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