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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
Company Website
Year Founded
1988
HQ Location
Boca Raton, FL
Twitter
@AnthologyInc
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LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
4,691 employees on LinkedIn®
Phone
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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What do you like best about Blackboard?

At its best, Blackboard Learn provides you with the information you seek: syllabus, assignments, documents, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

It is very poorly designed. While the software has very many functions, they are never used due to several reasons: some functions are hidden behind a layer of options, preventing your students or instructors from learning of their existence; some functions are completely unexplained, and users have no idea what they do.

This software has problems by both being too simple (not explaining what things are) and being too complicated (having so many functions, buttons, and choices). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

To perform the bare minimum, Blackboard Learn suffices. However, there are many other learning management systems out there which can do the same tasks (and do them even better) while being cheaper.

If you want to use Blackboard Learn just for the purpose of sharing documents, grades, etc., it will not be that difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The primary use of Blackboard Learn is to upload documents, check your grades, assign grades, download documents, etc. It serves as a virtual hub for sharing information with the class. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

The best thing about Blackboard is that it is very easy to use for you as well as for the faculty. We can send messages, submit homeworks, and make groups for learning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

The only thing I dislike about the app is that sometimes the app is not compatible in the portrait version of the phone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I use blackboard learn both as a student as well as a TA. I use it to give assignments and grade to students and also to submit assignments myself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

It's a very simple to use platform for discussions, coursework, and anything learning-based. The design is appealing and very easy to grasp in a short period if time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

The one thing I would change about it would be the ability to upload more than one thing at time when submitting documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

BlackBoard Learn is a great tool for group discussions and knowledge checks instead of having meetings in person. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

How organized each sections are. The availability to post content and keep it hidden till needed. Also copy and pasting content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

I don’t dislike anything about Blackboard Learn Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Viewing grades, discussion boards, and everything needed for a class in one place Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

Blackboard has made learning easy. Whether, in-class or e-learning, it provides a wonderful tool to share content and lecture notes, that can enhance a student learning experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

It can cause major technical issues such as website not functioning properly or the app crashing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

It is a wonderful software if you are in Higher Education or in education business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I am solving the problem of learning remotely. The major benefit is of having asynchronous classrooms as well as incorporating other tools like Panapto into the software. It thus enables for clear communication of goals and objectives to the students besides also making the learning interactive, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

Blackboard Learn is an innovative and novel platform for student learning and collaboration. This is one of the platforms that have been explored a lot during the times of pandemic. It can be used to deliver online course management and other items. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

There are onboarding and timeline limitations while using a platform like this. There is also a learning curve, especially for people not used to modern technologies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

Please take time to learn the tool as well as possibly having expert guidance while implementing this tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Online project and course collaborations for students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

It is a great tool to collaborate online, speciallty in these circumstances where virtual learning is the new normal, blackboard has cool features with smooth flow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

comments section could be more efficient, as you get too many notifications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

I am not an expert enough to provide recommendations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

it has been a great tool to connect with college professors, even group work can be done efficiently Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

Blackboard is very organized and helpful with sharing of documents to the students. It is also good for communication of important announcements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

It takes a while to upload documents onto Blackboard Learn Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

Good for large groups Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Solving the sharing of documents and communicating important messages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

It is a more secure version of zoom, easy to use but harder to hack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

Sharing slides by professors. This function would be much improved if there were a way for you to give students the power to advance and go back in slideshows. TopHat does a good job of this, but it doesn't have a video function so I suggest stealing their platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I'm not solving any problems? It was a nice alternative when COVID first happened, but now school's are looking to streamline and settle into one platform. I doubt this will be it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vladimir M.
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What do you like best about Blackboard?

I like the best that each class can be divided into subcategories (teams) and that those are linked together. When there is a team assignment, there is not need for a teacher to input all the grades individually, it can be done automatically selecting a team option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

Blackboard could be simplified so that it is easier for students to navigate. That is a major complain in the first week of classes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

Excellent platform for schools with large volume of students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

In order to send a whole class an email, there is an option to link Microsoft Outlook to Blackboard and send everyone an email by selecting send to the class. This option is very helpful with classes that have a large volume of students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.