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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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What do you like best about Blackboard?

Blackboard is useful for many purposes. Although I am not a current user, I used the software daily for four years and had little issues with it. It makes it easy to see notifications and grades. Additionally, the mobile app is a great asset! It has all the features the online version does, but makes it easy to see as you're on the go. I did not discover the mobile app until my last year of using Blackboard, and now I tell everyone who uses it to get it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

Blackboard experienced crashes fairly often when I used it. It would crash at random, inconvenient times and hinder anyone from using it. These crashes were unexpected and obviously not conducive to a work environment. If there were a way to fix those, I would give Blackboard a 10/10. However, the crashes came about once every other month, so I rate it a 9/10. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

I would recommend this software to others. I think it is efficient and solid. However, it does experience crashes that come at random times, so I recommend being prepared for that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Blackboard makes it easy and convenient to relay important learning information to hundreds of individuals from one source. This allows for easy, clear communication all across the board. It is also easy to collaborate with others on Blackboard through the Groups pages and Discussion pages, saving time and bolstering efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

I like how all my grades are under one place and once you get the interface down it’s super convenient. I also like how you can email professors directly from the application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

Experiences a lot of bugs!! Also hard to navigate until you get used to it. I’ve used it for 7 years and I still get lost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

It’s a bit hard to navigate at first but don’t be afraid to use it it’s so handy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It’s easy to keep track of my grades and have my professors contact me and reach out right away. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

The best feature of Blackboard has to be the instant gratification of completing an assignment, knowing it’s turned in, and being able to use tools like SafeLearn, which searches to see how much of your work matches the work of another. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

What I dislike about Blackboard is the server itself - there are issues with connectivity and it shutting down regularly throughout the year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

If you want something that has more tools to enable students the best possible outcome for education, Blackboard over Canva any day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Blackboard makes checking your grades and connecting with professors fairly simple, it is definitively user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

It is the one-stop-shop for professors and students. Communication, file uploading, and resources are all a click away. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

The objects are less than ideally categorized, and navigating takes some time when you first use it. In particular, when you are on the main screen trying to jump between classes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

Customization is pretty standard however necessary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

In today's digital age bridging the gap between connecting teachers and students is paramount. Being able to offer the ability to upload projects, make changes in real-time to course projects and syllabus reduces the disconnect of previous in-person 1x week meeting to handle all these tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

Blackboard has features that can be used for classroom management. Grading, attendence, all the basic features needed to management classroom. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

blackboard is not user friendly, the system is not easy to use and is not intuitive. I use two systems because I work at two institutional systems and I do not want to use blackboard, it it is dificult to use and requires much training. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

I do not recommend Blackboard for classroom management. Canvas is a much better LMS and I prefer and would recommend that other institutions use for their instructors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I am able to do the work needed, such as keep grades, get reports, import assingments from Cengage, and have modules to divide the term work is to weekly assignments However, it is not quick nor it is easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

The system works well. It is used friendly and you are able to find what you need. The app works well also and is a convenient way to look at things on the go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

Sometimes the site is down randomly which can cause disruption to the day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Communicating and posting updates for the group. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

It is easy to use. It is not a cookie cutter approach, as you can customize it to your needs and likes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

development of new technologies that can be used in the lms is somewhat limited. Mobile app development has not continued as it should have. Does not allow for email replies to messages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

This is a family of software that has been around for 20+ years and was one of the first. They continue to improve at a constant rate, sometimes not as fast as we like, but it gets done. I continue to look at other products and I keep coming back to Blackboard. It is easy to use and I have come very accustomed to the setup and layout in different institutions servers and it is very intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

In a higher education, there are not many other products to look at. This is one of the top systems that allows for lots of customization and ease-of-use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

The best thing about Blackboard Learn is the user interface, it is SO simple and clear, unlike other similar educational organizational companies, it does not attempt to "over-simplify" the process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

I dislike how the login process currently takes you through a Microsoft online login page. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

10/10 would recommend using Blackboard over similar services because it really is the easiest. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Blackboard is streamlining the way for Professors and Teachers all over the school communicate with the student, we are no longer getting hundreds of calls about "lost" messages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

There is a whole guide while you are exploring Blackboard Learn. Its very easy to use and teach, simple and very useful to check off tasks. it is a great way to save time and easy to access. you are able to engage with your students very easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

sometimes it may be slow and sometimes if you are registering a student it may take time, there may be some delay with student messages coming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

Definitely a good tool for fellow students and teachers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I am able to do access all my resources and task that I may nee to complete throughout the day. allow multiple people to join my sessions, and the fact that people can review me it allows other people to see if they may want to join the sessions as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.