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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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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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Verified User in E-Learning
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What do you like best about Blackboard?

I like that I can send out announcements to my students. I also like that I can upload course documents for students to view. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

I do not like that I sometimes send out announcements on Blackboard and I'm still getting complaints from my students that they are not getting notified by their email. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The conversations tab is really useful. It's nice that my students can all have a discussion in one place, and if one student has a question they can ask it to the class, which is nice because another student probably has the same question. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

Surely one of my favorite applications used to stay in sync and keep in contact with my peers, professors, and other school staff in a timely and efficient manner, very savvy, completed with user friendly keys and settings Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

The downsides would likely be that there's often a bit of a downtime which is RARE but mainly towards the start of the semester where so many users are logged on the servers crash Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Computer based skills, Visual Fine Arts techniques and case studies, Building tools, and fully detailed instructions based on third party links Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

I like that Blackboard is always accessible. You can log into the platform and see announcements from professors and colleagues at any time of the day. It also has a discussion platform, for people to communicate. The dialogue aspect of blackboard is the most valuable aspect of the program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

If I were to add anything to Blackboard, I would add a video feature - where people could engage in video chats in discussion boards. In addition, when first starting with the program, it can be difficult to navigate. So, if there were a way for the program to do a walk through of the site, and where things can commonly be found, it would make it more user friendly. In addition, there should be features to make it customizable. It could also be improved by linking with other platforms such as google calendar. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

I would have the potential users of the program go through a training together, in which they have a set time to work on navigating the platform in a shared space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Blackboard has been pivotal in addressing the problem of student user accessibility to material, especially in cases where users cannot physically meet, but would still like to contribute to the work tasks at hand. One of the benefits of using Blackboard is that all of the people within a team or on the same page, and have a similar viewing platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

Very useful for larger campuses, ease of access for professors to link information with students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

Not as many applications within the system as we’d like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Student-professor interactions are increased therefore grades and learning are boosted. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

The best part of using a software such as Blackboard Learn, is being able to group all the courses into one website for easy and quick access.. It makes it easy for students to go to a course in Blackboard and have all the information a professor has in to review online instead of having the professor print any necessary information students need to know. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

If you are new to using Blackboard Learn, it can be kind of confusing and difficult to navigate through and learn the basic of the tabs. Each professor creates and sorts their documents and other mataterials in different ways. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

For professors that don't use Blackboard, it is a great and easy way to put all the course work in a file. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Sometimes there are problems with being in the middle of a quiz and the timer incorrectly running. IT is working on fixes for that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

I liked the design of the homepage and that I could easily see my grades on the dashboard. It was overall an easy site to use and follow. I also liked that it was easy to take quizzes and upload assignments directly to the website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

I didn't like that you had to sign in every time there was a period of inactivity. Since it was for school, I wanted to be able to just have it open on my computer and be able to access it at anytime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I was not using the software to solve business problems so I cannot comment on the benefits of the program from a business standpoint. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

I find that Blackboard is an awesome LMS. Everything is very organized and orderly. Easy to manipulate for adding information such as test, quizzes, and message boards. Also is very user friendly with regard to tallying my grades for my classes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

The major issue I have had with the software is my inability to create my own content. However, I discovered that it was a feature that had been disabled by administrator. My other issue is that Blackboard doesn't have the best mobile interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard:

Blackboard is an awesome package with great support. But make sure that whomever your campus administrator is gives creative freedom to the professors using the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

One major issue with our school is the inability to tap in the market of non-traditional student market. Blackboard gives us that flexibility by allow is to provide hybrid courses and so fully online courses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

The part that I liked of Blackboard learn was the overview. For me as new user it was really clear where I could find the information that I needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

I disliked the maintenance, sometimes the site was down for maintenance. So that could be a problem, because at that moment I needed the information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Most of the time I used it for learning for, because i'm a student. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard?

Blackboard is easy to maneuver through, especially when you are taking multiple courses at once. The sections are laid out clearly within each course and you can easily find what you are looking for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

There are definitely some glitches. I have had posts that have not gone through and projects that I’ve had trouble submitting on time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It’s a great way to have all assignments and class information accessible at one time. It makes organizing and time management easier for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jennifer R.
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What do you like best about Blackboard?

I like it because me and my workers understand it. The students get on and review their class work and assignments and can send us question or remarks right on there without having to get off and email or call. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard?

Its a old system. There are so many updated systems and it feels old and slow compared to other networks i have worked with Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Getting students and staff to collaborate together. I like that the students and other staff members can get in touch with each other. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.