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Blackboard to Sell Open LMS Product for $31.7 Million

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million for all intellectual property and assets related to the Open LMS, formerly called Moodlerooms and currently considered the largest commercial Moodle provider worldwide, according to a statement Tuesday. The company has 733 clients on Learn and 259 clients on Learn Ultra, and claims to serve 100 million users worldwide.

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4 Items on Instructure’s To-Do List After the Sale of the Canvas LMS Provider

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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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Hack Education Weekly News

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On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. ” Via the BBC : “ Microsoft accused of Windows 10 upgrade ‘nasty trick’ ” Via Campus Technology : “ Moodle Intros Full Support for Competency-Based Ed.”