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Class Agreed to Acquire Blackboard Collaborate. Here’s What That Means

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The fast-growing startup Class Technologies will acquire the virtual classroom tool Blackboard Collaborate, according to an announcement last week. Blackboard Collaborate is a videoconference platform that operates in the popular Blackboard learning-management system. The name will change, too.

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Blackboard to Merge With Anthology, Forming a New Edtech Giant

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Today one of the largest providers of course-management software for colleges and schools, Blackboard, announced that it plans to merge with Anthology, a company formed last year from the combination of three other edtech companies. Blackboard is one of the largest LMS providers.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Class Acquires Blackboard Tool; Byju’s Great Learning Acquires PD provider

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Startup Class Technologies has acquired Anthology's Blackboard Collaborate, and India-based Byju's company Great Learning has acquired Northwest Executive Education. The post K-12 Dealmaking: Class Acquires Blackboard Tool; Byju’s Great Learning Acquires PD provider appeared first on Market Brief.

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5 Digital tools for making the virtual classroom more inclusive

Neo LMS

Education used to be associated with classrooms and chairs, desks, and blackboards. 5 Digital tools for an inclusive virtual classroom. There are numerous digital tools teachers can use for mixed ability classes, while offering a sense of inclusion to every learner. Equity Maps. Explain Everything.

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Former Blackboard CEO Raises $16M to Bring LMS Features to Zoom Classrooms

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Its product is called “Class for Zoom,” and what it’s building is pretty much that—a suite of tools that let instructors take attendance, distribute and grade assignments, and deliver online assessments through Zoom. All of these tools are still in development. The Washington, D.C.-based

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Smartphones in Education: Redirecting Distraction with Mobile Learning

ViewSonic Education

Read on for a list of creative ways you can transform a distracting mobile device into a learning tool. These powerful handheld devices not only enable access to the Internet and a universe of educational apps, but their fast speeds and vast processing power make them essential tools, particularly for engineering and science students.

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Blackboard Co-Founder Urges ‘Disarmament’ Between Edtech Companies and Academics

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He has seen the situation from both sides, having spent years as a leader of Blackboard (he co-founded it 20 years ago), then heading back to school to get a PhD and become a professor, all before returning to business to become CEO of Parchment. Let’s rewind 20 years, to when you co-founded Blackboard.