Blackboard Distance Learning

By ItsEmily_Duh
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    Steps in the Blackboard Journey

  • Blackboard LLC founded by Michael Chasen and Matthew Pittinsky

    Blackboard LLC founded by Michael Chasen and Matthew Pittinsky

  • CourseInfo LLC founded at Cornell University

  • Blackboard LLC and CourseInfo LLC form Blackboard Inc. – company serving 15 clients

  • CourseSites, free course system for faculty, launches

  • ASP hosting becomes available

  • More than 500 clients implement Blackboard Learn™

  • Blackboard Learning System (Release 5), the industry's first enterprise course management system, becomes available

  • Launch of Blackboard Transact™ through acquisition of CEI Special Teams and AT&T CampusWide

  • More than 1,200 clients using Blackboard solutions

  • Announcement of 100th K-12 client

  • Blackboard Building Blocks™, the industry's first open architecture program, launches

  • Blackboard acquires Prometheus to offer leading community-source learning system

  • BbOne™, a cashless transaction system, launches

  • More than 2,000 clients using Blackboard solutions

  • Blackboard Content System™, a Blackboard Learn module that provides central management of content, launches

  • Initial public offering for Blackboard Common Stock announced on Wall Street

  • Blackboard opens international ASP hosting center in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Motely Fool reports, "Blackboard Ruins College," and the "era of the student slacker" has ended

  • Launch of Blackboard Academic Suite™ (Release 7)

  • More than 2,200 clients using Blackboard solutions

  • Blackboard completes merger with WebCT, Inc., bringing together two of the industry's premier software brands

  • Wiley Publishes Blackboard for Dummies

  • More than 3,400 clients using Blackboard solutions

  • Blackboard Outcomes System™ launches to help clients assess academic and administrative processes across institutions

  • Scholar, a social bookmarking site for education, launches

  • State of Mississippi licenses the Blackboard Academic Suite, including Blackboard Outcomes System, for all 15 of its community and junior colleges

  • Blackboard acquires the NTI Group, a company offering mass notification services

  • Blackboard offers an integration with Facebook

  • U.S. schools and government leaders send 9.7 million messages during swine flu outbreak using the Blackboard Connect™ plaftorm

  • Based on technology created by Terriblyclever Design, LLC, campus life services and content becomes available on mobile devices through the creation of Blackboard Mobile™

  • First contactless campus card system in North America launches through Blackboard Transact

  • Blackboard Learn wins "Best Course Management Solution" of the year in the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIAA) CODiE Awards

  • McGraw-Hill partnership integrates digital content and tools into Blackboard Learn

  • Blackboard Student ServicesSM, a total student lifecycle management system, launches

  • Blackboard Analytics™, a data warehousing and analytics system, launches based on solutions from iStrategyOver 18.5 million messages are sent in a single day via Blackboard Connect

  • 10th grade American Idol finalist uses Blackboard Collaborate™ to keep up with her studies at California Virtual Academy while competing