Blackboard LMS Offering Receives Top Industry Recognition, Awards

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackboard Inc. ("Blackboard") today announced that their flagship learning management system (LMS), Blackboard Learn™, along with its Moodle-based platform Moodlerooms, has experienced strong momentum in recent months through industry accolades and positive market movement.

Blackboard Learn received top honors in a wide field of LMS's in the Campus Technology 2015 Readers' Choice Awards. Blackboard also received top honors in the 'E-Portfolios' and 'Emergency Notifications' categories. Campus Technology surveyed hundreds of education professionals to give their take on products in 29 categories, aimed to "help short-list shopping and fuel decision-making."

In August, Blackboard Learn was identified as a market leader and topped overall satisfaction rankings in a crowdsourced report by G2 Crowd. Blackboard was the only company identified as a Leader in the latest Grid? report for Learning Management Systems. According to G2 Crowd, "Leaders offer learning management system (LMS) products that are rated highly by users and have substantial scae, market share, and global support and service resources."

According to the education blog Edutechnica, "Blackboard Learn has seen a significant increase in users over the last year, and to Blackboard's credit, the organization continues its commitment to keeping its Moodlerooms customers up-to-date. Blackboard became the single largest source of institutions running Moodle 2.8 during the past quarter." The report further cemented Blackboard's LMS offerings as the most widely used in the world: "Blackboard Learn and Moodle continue to dominate LMS usage for universities across the US, Canada, UK, and Australia."

Following BbWorld 2015, the company's annual user conference, analyst firm Eduventures wrote the following, "With such heavy investment in developing out such a comprehensive product roadmap, Bb has started down a path that will push this company forward and in the right direction." Focusing on Blackboard's long-term strategy, Eduventures continued, "This, coupled with Bb's already widespread install base and vast global presence, are but obvious reminders that it will only grow stronger and more strategic over time."

"We work hard every day to make sure that our products are having a meaningful impact on the people who use them – learners around the world," said Jay Bhatt CEO of Blackboard. "We are committed to continuing to deliver updates and innovation that makes learning more engaging. While it starts with having a best-in-breed LMS, it doesn't end there. We will continue to deliver solutions that serve the entire learning lifecycle – from K12 to higher education and beyond."

About Blackboard Inc.

Blackboard is the world's leading education technology company. We challenge conventional thinking and advance new models of learning in order to reimagine education and make it more accessible, engaging and relevant to the modern-day learner and the institutions that serve them. In partnership with our customers in higher education and K-12 as well as corporations and government agencies around the world, our mission is to help every learner achieve their full potential by inspiring a passion for lifelong learning. For more information about Blackboard, follow us on Twitter @Blackboard.

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