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What is Blackboard?

As learner lifestyles change, you need an inclusive, flexible, and insightful LMS to provide engaging educational experiences and meet the needs of learners from all backgrounds. Strategically focused on making instructors more effective and efficient, Blackboard® is pioneering the use of AI to inspire and streamline the course-building process, has new flexible grading tools that make grading less grating, and provides in-line insights that make it easier to identify and engage with students who need support. And with the fastest rate of product development on the market, we're just getting started. Powered by a community of millions of learners, instructors and administrators across more than 70 countries, Blackboard is designed in collaboration with educators, and truly is the LMS for modern teaching and learning. Visit Anthology.com/learn to see what’s new. 

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Blackboard is a scalable, reliable foundation for a world-class learning experience. Our flexible learning platform enables you to extend online learning, increase engagement and optimize learning outcomes.


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Anthology
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Year Founded
1988
HQ Location
Boca Raton, FL
Twitter
@AnthologyInc
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4,691 employees on LinkedIn®
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800.483.9106
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Anthology delivers education and technology solutions so that students can reach their full potential and learning institutions thrive. Millions of students around the world are supported throughout their education journey via Anthology’s ecosystem of flagship SaaS solutions and supporting services, including the award-winning Blackboard® (LMS), Anthology® Student (SIS/ERP), and Anthology® Reach (CRM). Through the Power of Together, we are uniquely inspiring educators and institutions with innovation that is meaningful, simple and intelligent to help customers redefine what’s possible and create life-changing opportunities for people everywhere. www.anthology.com.


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Arabele T.
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What do you like best about Blackboard?

They contact me sometimes and I know that BlackBoard is closed for some time ( usually a couple of hours overnight) so that they can update them. As a consequence, BlackBoard has never been ineffective and can still be used. For my entire college career I used BlackBoard and it was never a problem. The best aspect of Blackboard has to be to quickly fulfill the mission, to know that it is delivered and to be able to use resources such as SafeLearn, which can see how well the work blends in with another person's work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

I guess the only thing that I don't like about Blackboard is that you can't change it too much. I'm on the internet for several hours most days and I want my backdrop to be more than just a few bland colors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

If you want more tools to encourage students to achieve the best possible outcome, Blackboard is an choice. Please contact the support team if you have any problems with BlackBoard. They are highly effective and supportive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard solving and how is that benefiting you?

I complete my online classes via BlackBoard. I'll do my talk posts, my quizzes, my grades, I'm able to directly mail my teacher from BlackBoard and much more. BlackBoard advantage is that everyone is in one spot. It is certainly user-friendly, since Blackboard makes it fairly easy to check your grades and contact teachers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Robert C.
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What do you like best about Blackboard?

The students grades can be monitored and their grades can be seen online. You can also import directly from the blackboard a list of student emails or contact students. For uploading content, it's also quite easy. Saving time and easy to access is a great way. You can engage very easily with your students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

Functionality organization is not intuitive. Even fundamental tasks often involve multiple clicks and page updates. The loading and navigation takes a long time. Sometimes it may be slow, and when you register a student, it may take time, and student messages may be delayed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

A good tool for classmates and teachers, certainly. It is easy to implement, it is innovative, and very interactive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard solving and how is that benefiting you?

The listing of courses and qualifications is a simple method. It permits instructors to keep a website with the course materials that have been written. As they are published, students can view and track their degrees in real time. I can allow many people to take part in my workshops and it allows others to see if they can also attend the workshops. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kaya M.
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What do you like best about Blackboard?

The organization of blackboard is great. Both teachers and students do well with the ease of use and organization of blackboard. It is great how blackboard contains everything. You can upload videos, pictures, messages, have discussions, and so on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

There is no google drive feature that would potentially allow for multiple people to collaborate on a document. It can also break down sometimes which can be frustrating. It doesn't let you upload videos frequently due to a cut off on file size. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

It is good for uploading assignments, having timed tests, and recording live videos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard solving and how is that benefiting you?

Moving class from in-person to online in an effective way. It helps people world from all around the world remotely. It is a good resource for students and educators. The benefits are so vast in helping students to learn online with different tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Richard S.
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What do you like best about Blackboard?

While exploring Blackboard Learn there is a complete guide. The basic and very helpful research to check off is very easy to use and teach. Saving time and easy access is a great way to save. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

I don't like it when they do some updates on the platform because it's happened that things change places and it takes a while to adapt again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

Great benefits for students and teachers I recommend its implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can access all my resources and tasks, which I might want to accomplish all day long. Enable some people to enter my sessions and encourage others to see if they do want to enter the sessions. This is so people will review me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

It is one place where you can do everything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

Not dislike but it could have better UI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard solving and how is that benefiting you?

There are times when you have to google to figure out how to add let's say an extra credit column. The design could be more intuitive so you don't need to go through an entire Help article to figure it out. Also, many times when you try to send an email, after you've hit 'send', it says 'no valid recipients' when there was an entire class. This has you type the email all over again unless you had it saved elsewhere. It hangs and goes to the previous session or to the entire master course when you're just grading one class. That's an issue too. There are a lot of benefits: you can check for plagiarism, post & schedule assignments and announcements, create quizzes, grade, calculate overall grades, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Summer W.
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What do you like best about Blackboard?

Streamlines education, especially during a time when nearly every university is operating virtually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

Could be a fluke on my end, but I find the program glitches often and doesn’t display tasks/information correctly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard solving and how is that benefiting you?

Eases the stress of online university, for both professor and student. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

I like how I can preview what students will see on their side. I love how easy it is to create assignments and ability to organize the grade center. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

I dislike how it is difficult to navigate issues, technology accessibility concerns on blackboard meeting, and having too many options or tools that I don't understand how to use without a tutorial. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am able to teach more students who would otherwise not attend class. I do love how students with social anxiety can interact with others and still feel comfortable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

When I used this program, back when I was a student, It was a handy tool to keep up with what was goin gon in class. It was a one stop shop for homework, taped lectures, and communication with the professors as well as the other students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

The interface was not very intuitive, you really had to know your way around blackboard to find exactly what you were looking for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard solving and how is that benefiting you?

Blackboard helped resolve organizational problems for students an provided us with tools to stay ahead of upcoming deadlines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

I love that you can keep up to date with everything. My favorite feature is to the grade book tab. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

Sometimes the tab selections get confusing if you have a lot going on.

Some information might get hidden if you do mot select the proper tabs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

Takes a bit to learn but then easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard solving and how is that benefiting you?

Communicate assignments, grades, submitting assignments, syllabus Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

Blackboard is a user friendly product. It is utilized by both students and instructors. It provides easy communication and grading for education. There is always an app the provides convenient, on the go usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

Depending on the browser, blackboard occasionally does not adjust to fit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard solving and how is that benefiting you?

Blackboard allows students to submit work for the professor to grade, allows professors to upload important documentation for students, and organize class information. It allows both students and professors to remain on track for the course and share vital information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.