#1 most frequent
United States of America
82.3%853 installations of 1,037
What is Blackboard Learn by Anthology?
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 course management, test & assessment design and administration, and is extensible via Blackboard's suite of addable modules.
Categories & Use Cases
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Screenshot of A modern and intuitive learning management system (LMS) designed in collaboration with the global education community, providing students and faculty with a more inclusive, flexible, and insightful experience.
Top Performing Features
Learning administration
Administrators can manage the content and people (students/employees, course authors, instructors, etc.) on the platform.
Category average: 7.6
Course authoring
Users can develop and assemble online learning content.
Category average: 7.9
Course catalog or library
Learning content is organized into a course catalog or browsable library.
Category average: 8
Areas for Improvement
Player/Portal
Students or employees can engage with content and take courses using this interface, which may be called a player or portal.
Category average: 8.2
Progress tracking & certifications
The system tracks individuals’ progress on courses, scores, transcripts, certificates, etc.
Category average: 8.1
Learning content
The vendor offers high quality pre-made courses or assets. These may be specific to certain industries or technologies.
Category average: 7.7
Who Buys & Uses Blackboard Learn by Anthology
#2 most frequent
Canada
4.2%44 installations of 1,037
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2.3%24 installations of 1,037
Great for high school and college age students!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I used it as an alternative to our learning website during our COVID year of school. Some of our students understood how to use Blackboard better than they did Google Classroom. It helped me to better reach out to our students and gave them an alternative to Google Classroom. Some of my students even chose Blackboard over Google Classroom.
Pros
- Easier setup
- easier to upload materials
- easier to communicate with individual students
Cons
- I cannot think of an area where Blackboard Learn needs to improve.
Most Important Features
- Very organized
- User-friendly
- Worth every penny
Return on Investment
- Helps to get organized with classes
- Very user-friendly for me and my students
- Very well maintained by the organization
Alternatives Considered
Google Classroom
Learning Made easy
Pros
- Hosting of courses associated with a particular semester
- Integration with zoom and panopto
- Grading of the respecitive courses and also hosts the submission of student work related to the particular home work assignments, quizzes etc.,
Cons
- 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
Most Important Features
- Tools
- Notification dashboard
- Announcements
- Goals
Return on Investment
- It has answered all my needs for distance learning and met most of the objectives
- The only negative I can think of is not having access to the past course material and not being able to download the lectures
- Another positive is the zoom integration feature
Alternatives Considered
Brightspace
Other Software Used
Brightspace, Panopto
Blackboard, more beta perhaps?
Pros
- Good for organizing content
Cons
- The content formatting features are, well, how should I say this, terrible.
Return on Investment
- I do not have direct knowledge of what the annual cost for implementation of this resource is, so i cannot speak to the ROI.
Other Software Used
Google Classroom, Adobe After Effects, Adobe InDesign
Blackboard Learn Review
Pros
- It does what it is intended to do such as connecting students and teachers alike.
- It allows teachers to upload assignments online to eliminate the use of paper.
- Good platform to take tests and quizzes.
Cons
- Sign-on errors are common and it may inhibit the students' ability to submit and receive assignments as directed.
- It is hard to navigate at times if you are unfamiliar.
- Not exactly user friendly.
- Sometimes locations of assignments are not clear, very obscure.
- Not a very appealing layout.
Return on Investment
- I can say it has allowed me to stay in touch with teachers and so can the 17,000 other institutions who currently use Blackboard.
Alternatives Considered
Google Classroom
Other Software Used
Google Classroom
Blackboard Learn- When you Need the Basics in Content Delivery and Instructional Management
Pros
- Accepts wide variety of file types.
- Choice of layout options to fit different styles of courses.
Cons
- Interface isn't very modern.
- Low use of icons and heavy text make it tricky to navigate.
Return on Investment
- Simple distribution and repository of information, so helps efficiency and equal access: +
- Students and staff aren't fans of the low navigability (grumbling): -
Alternatives Considered
Zoom and Moodle
Other Software Used
Zoom, Canva, Prezi, Titanium Cloud, Kronos Workforce Central
