Marketplace K-12

JULY 5, 2016

In the latest dealmaking news, Workday acquired online learning platform Zaption, while Blackboard teamed with Dreamit to support ed-tech startups. Dreamit, Blackboard Partner to Support Startups : Startup accelerator Dreamit and Blackboard Inc. Dreamit is currently accepting applications for the next cohort.

Blackboard 53

Blackboard Company Industry EdTech 53

ProfHacker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

I’ve never been a fan of Blackboard, the monolithic learning management system that’s the standard at so many schools. Recently, however, my attitude changed (slightly) when a colleague introduced me to BB Grader, a free iPad app for Blackboard designed to make the grading process in Blackboard mobile-friendly.

Blackboard 40

Blackboard LMS Android iPad 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2017

It turned out that Blackboard Collaborate, the LMS that WBU’s Anchorage satellite campus uses, is not compatible with Safari, the internet browser the student was using. It would make teaching not only online classes but in-person classes easier, because even our in-person classes use Blackboard [too],” he says.

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Company LMS Blackboard Classroom 106

eSchool News

JULY 21, 2015

Blackboard is launching a new platform, called the New Learning Experience, which aims to bring together all of its various products and services under one roof, with the goal of making it seem more focused on students and learners, not administrators. The company describes the new platform as a simplification of its existing offerings.

Blackboard 40

Blackboard LMS Learning Mobility 40

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

For example, despite increased activity on the platform—concurrent users on the Canvas LMS were up 60 percent from typical use patterns and video submissions are up tenfold from typical use patterns pre-Covid-19—the costs of moving more data and training more educators will keep the company from a short-term windfall, Benson says.

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LMS Blackboard Company Moodle 101

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

But as the company itself will tell you, it didn’t spring up overnight. While post-pandemic growth has slowed as schools resume in-person learning, the company is still flush with cash, reporting over $1 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2021. In the future, there may be many such companies piggybacking off Zoom’s popularity.

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Online Learning Gamification Blackboard Company 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Just in the past few months, a law student sued an automated proctoring company , students have complained about their use in student newspaper editorials and professors have compared them to Big Brother. They used a feature of the Blackboard learning-management system to randomize questions for an exam in an introductory chemistry course. “We

Chegg 173

Chegg Respondus ProctorU Blackboard 173

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. based education and workforce technology companies, together amounting to more than $150 billion in market capitalization.

EdTech 186

EdTech Chegg Udemy Company 186

Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

There are always new products coming out in the edtech landscape, but somehow a couple software platforms monopolize the industry and are used by teachers everywhere, leaving smaller companies and edtech startups facing an uphill battle. Also, many edtech companies have engineers who don’t have teaching experience or knowledge about pedagogy.

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Industry EdTech Digital Divide Blackboard 178

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Where Instructure planned to go with Bridge, its learning management system for corporate and enterprise customers, has been an open question for over a year, when the company was still publicly traded. Goldsmith is no longer CEO, and the Salt Lake City-based company is now privately owned by private equity firm Thoma Bravo.

LMS 151

LMS Moodle Blackboard Company 151

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2022

A consultant recently noticed a company announcement about the features in the U.K. The company did not respond to questions about the program. But recent reports have speculated that the company could “bootstrap an online course ecosystem.” version of the platform and shared a screenshot on Twitter.

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Facebook Course EdTech Video 133

The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 1, 2019

In this blog post, I’ll share my review of this product from a company founded in 2000 and will talk about its benefits and features. I tested Urkund inside Google Classroom, however it integrates with most modern Learning Management systems including Blackboard, Moodle, and more. See the graphic below.)

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Secondary Moodle LMS Blackboard 292

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Specifically, he tried to get into some of the learning and student management systems built by Blackboard and Follett, which are two of the most widely used edtech systems in the country. EdSurge: The student reported the security holes to both companies. Blackboard didn’t respond either, which also frustrated him.

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System EdTech Industry Blackboard 136

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The report, Empowering and Engaging Student Voice to Create Equity in Education , comes from Project Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit supporting the implementation of research-based learning experiences, and Blackboard Inc., a global edtech software and solutions company.

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Blackboard EdTech Survey Software 97

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

But I want to call out Proctorio in particular in this talk because this company has demonstrated it has no business in schools; its products have no business in classrooms. A critic of the company, Linkletter posted links to unlisted YouTube videos — that is, publicly available information — on Twitter. What kind of leader does that?

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Blackboard Coursera LMS ProctorU 96

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

When Instructure was a fledgling at the turn of this decade, it proudly branded itself as a rebel with a cause—to become the anti-Blackboard by building a better learning management system. Now, as a publicly traded company with more than 1,200 employees, things are different. We can’t be the “not Blackboard” company.

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Blackboard LMS Company Data 113

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The board of learning management system provider Instructure is open to taking the publicly traded company private. In a statement Thursday , Instructure said it may sell to a strategic partner or continue as a standalone public company as part of an exploration of “strategic alternatives in order to maximize shareholder value.”

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LMS Blackboard Company Report 61

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As early excitement about Zoom gave way to questions and concerns about privacy, security and unequal access, other companies seized the opportunity to elbow their way into the new competition for digital communication tools appropriate for preschoolers and college students alike. But Zoom has held on. I like early market. It’s high energy.”

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Company Education Kaplan Learning 191

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2019

A third shareholder in Instructure , the publicly traded provider of the Canvas learning management system used by colleges and K-12 schools, has come out against a proposed $2 billion sale of the company to a private equity firm. Blackboard itself went from a publicly traded company to private equity owned in 2011.

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Blackboard LMS Company Report 80

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Marissa's passion for education came early in her career when she was producing "edutainment" CD-ROM products for The Learning Company. Higher education institutions, edtechs and learning companies are using Alexa to enhance experiences for students and provide access to information and learning resources in a more convenient way.

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Technology Kickboard Education Coursera 192

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2021

This path has led the Austin-based company to compete head-on against one of the most established players in the business: Naviance. The company charges districts an annual license fee based on the number of students they serve. Today, SchoolLinks serves about 500,000 students across 14 states.

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Blackboard Company Industry System 163

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

The firm plans to invest up to $5 million into Series A, Series B and recapitalization rounds for education companies serving pre-kindergarten to professional learners, with a focus on digital learning, learning sciences, analytics and workforce development services. The firm aims to invest in up to another seven U.S.

EdTech 123

EdTech Blackboard Kaplan Company 123

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The company says its tools are used by more than 30 million people across the education and corporate learning markets. Instructure is currently a public company, and its leaders say a move to private ownership will allow it to invest more in its software and potentially make more acquisitions. “We

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LMS Company Software Blackboard 154

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In bringing affordable education to the workplace, companies like InStride, Guild, Degreed and EdAssist are addressing the biggest issues in higher education: career relevance and student debt. DreamBox, (another portfolio company) invests in efficacy research led by independent third-parties including Harvard and SRI International.

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Trends EdTech Education Company 180

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2019

The latest quarterly earnings for publicly traded education technology companies was especially rough for 2U , which revised its loss guidance for the year and stated that it expected enrollment challenges to its core business of running online graduate programs with universities. based company tumbling to historic lows. (It

Chegg 91

Chegg EdTech Blackboard Company 91

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 24, 2019

Dusty blackboards, smudged overhead projectors, and over saturated photocopies - Surely this sounds like many people’s education experience. Thus far, adaptive learning has been largely experimental, with companies and competitors having spent the past couple of years working out the kinks and engaging in small-scale execution.

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Trends Gamification Adaptive Learning LMS 397

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2020

It may not be the only publicly traded edtech company to be taken private. That led to record-setting traffic for many providers—along with a flurry of pitches from companies trying to capitalize on the moment (annoying more than a few school leaders in the process). Ultimately, the sale went through in March.

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EdTech Coursera Udemy LMS 96

Lightspeed Systems

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Experienced EdTech Professional to Align Functions and Drive Growth Chanoff comes to Lightspeed Systems with over 20 years of executive leadership experience at education technology firms Blackboard, EVERFI, and most recently, Pearson.

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System Pearson Blackboard EdTech 69

Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

They have lodged accusations against Instructure that include a lack of transparency in how Instructure executives found a buyer and securing a deal that undervalues the company. “I The deal also brings to mind the case of Blackboard, which was taken from a publicly traded LMS provider to private equity ownership in 2011.

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Blackboard LMS Company Data 78

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 19, 2023

According to the investment company, Goldman Sachs , Augmented Reality “has the potential to become a standard tool in education and could revolutionize the way in which students are taught, for both the K-12 segment and higher education.” Students can ‘see’ Mount Fiji in its active form, complete with smoke and lava emerging from it.

eBook 91

eBook Education Blackboard Company 91

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The world of credentials and school transcript providers has gotten smaller after the merger of two companies that facilitate more than 18.5 On Tuesday, the Los Angeles-based private equity firm completed its purchase of Parchment , which becomes the new name of the combined companies. million academic records exchanges a year.

Digital Badges 85

Digital Badges Blackboard Company Data 85

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 28, 2011

Long before I took a job at Elluminate, the company''s flagship program had become a significant part of my work. Even though the acquisition of Elluminate and Wimba by Blackboard ultimately has resulted in that dream job being reduced to part-time status, my passion for the product is unabated--and I know many of you feel the same way.

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Blackboard Company Classroom 46

The Electric Educator

JANUARY 17, 2011

After interviewing many prospective companies I became frustrated with the lack of innovation and impressiveness of their products. While Blackboard dominates the marketplace, BrainHoney is a very impressive CMS geared toward the K-12 market. After researching the company and their product I felt comfortable aligning myself with them.

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Company CMS Camtasia Blackboard 71

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

New Markets has supported 43 companies since its launch in 2003; edtech startups make more than 90 percent of its deals in the past five years, Palmer adds. Part of the new fund will also be used for what Palmer calls “recapitalization,” a scenario that companies want to avoid. A fourth deal is expected to close sometime this month.

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EdTech Kaplan lynda.com Company 144

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

The report looks at 15 popular video-conferencing apps, some of which have been adopted for use by companies and schools, including Zoom, Google Hangouts and Microsoft Teams. Researchers also reached out to the companies to clarify confusing policies and for additional information, she added.

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Report Video Schoology Microsoft 171

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

In our latest “New Gig Hotseat,” the Blackboard alum opens up about about education access, kegerators and what it means to put the “Ed” in NovoEd. It was also licensed as the core of Blackboard’s content management system. After our acquisition by Blackboard, I continued to be involved in a variety of educational technologies.

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Blackboard Company System Accessibility 60

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2023

Freitas (Garden of English, LLC) Most Innovative Ed Tech Company Age of Learning, Age of Learning, Inc. on behalf of CDWG Best Science Instructional Solution for Grades PK–8 STEMscopes Science, Accelerate Learning Inc. Freitas, Timothy G. Shift iQ, InSite Information Systems PowerSchool, PowerSchool Realityworks, Inc., Realityworks, Inc.

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IXL Learning Technology Pearson Education 61