Blackboard News

WASHINGTON, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Babson College , a global leader in business and entrepreneurship education, has chosen Blackboard to support an integrated set of teaching and learning tools to help expand Babson's online learning capabilities and to create a more dynamic and interactive learning experience for students and faculty, the ... (more)

May 16, 2012 - Blackboard Inc. today announced the newest release of Blackboard Connect for Teachersa , a notification platform that helps to increase parent engagement by making it easy for teachers to send important information directly to parents through phone or email messages.

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackboard Inc. today announced an expanded program for BbWorld 2012 , the company's education technology conference scheduled for July 10-12 in New Orleans, La.

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackboard Inc. today announced the expansion of its mobile offerings for Blackboard Connect with the release of a native application for Android smartphones and devices.

Blackboard has updated its mobile app to accommodate test taking and to deliver alerts to students when changes happen to their courses without the learning management system app being opened.

WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackboard Inc. took home one of the software industry's most prestigious honors last week when Blackboard Learn was named the Best Postsecondary Course/Learning Management System at the Software & Information Industry Association's 2012 CODiE Awards.

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackboard Inc . today announced a major update to its popular mobile learning app with the release of Blackboard Mobile Learn 3.0, continuing the company's investment in mobile innovation.

May 14, 2012 - In addition to this week's NewsBreak , the editors have compiled the Weekly News Digest, featuring stories from the week just past that you should know about.

WASHINGTON, D.C. The Software & Information Industry Association , the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries, this week recognized three ed tech solutions with five awards for their originality, innovation, and industry promise.

Cengage Learning and Blackboard have partnered in an effort to give instructors and students more streamlined access to Cengage Learning's digital learning solutions and core curriculum materials through the Blackboard Learn learning management system.

BackOffice Associates, LLC , a worldwide leader in data migration and information governance solutions, today announced key additions to their executive management team; including John Kinzer as Chief Financial Officer, Rex Ahlstrom as Chief Strategy Officer, and Mark Logan as Chief Sales Officer.

STAMFORD, Conn. and WASHINGTON, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cengage Learning, a leading global provider of innovative teaching, learning and research solutions and Blackboard Inc.

Continuing to bring the latest in mobile technology to the student experience, Blackboard Inc.

At a downtown D.C. hotel this week, Republicans are training a volunteer force of women to run grassroots operations this fall.

I continue to be skeptical of solutions that start with "all you have to do is install our infrastructure..." That's an uphill battle! A Spanish company is hoping to put the word on the street inside the pavement under your feet , starting this summer.