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Information Today May 23, 2013 |
Blackboard and Vital Source Launch Etextbook Pilot Pilot programs with a number of colleges and universities will be launched to test-drive an integrated offering that makes the VitalSource Bookshelf platform available directly within Blackboard Learn.  |
Information Today February 16, 2012 |
Ingram's Vital Source Now Working With Blackboard Ingram's Vital Source is now providing access to its etextbook platform through Blackboard Learn, one of the most widely used learning management systems.  |
Information Today October 7, 2013 |
VitalSource Bookshelf Opens British E-Store Vital Source Technologies, Inc., Ingram Content Group, Inc.'s etextbook solution, recently launched an e-store in the U.K. for VitalSource Bookshelf ebooks.  |
Information Today December 6, 2012 |
Ingram's VitalSource Platform Gains 60 New Publishers Vital Source Technologies, Inc., Ingram Content Group's etextbook solution for publishers, academic institutions, and students, announced that 60 new publishers have added more than 35,000 new digital textbooks and online course materials to its VitalSource Bookshelf platform.  |
Information Today August 1, 2013 |
VitalSource Bookshelf Offers Etextbooks to the Middle East and Africa Vital Source Technologies, Inc., an Ingram Content Group company, partnered with Panworld Education to make the VitalSource Bookshelf available in the Middle East and North Africa.  |
Information Today April 5, 2012 |
Android Etextbook App Available From Ingram's Vital Source As students look for more ways to interact with digital textbooks, they are increasingly turning to smartphones and tablets powered by the Android operating system.  |
Information Today May 14, 2012 |
Cengage Learning and Blackboard Introduce Digital Content Integration An integrated solution gives instructors and students streamlined access to Cengage Learning's digital learning solutions and core curriculum content directly through the Blackboard Learn learning management system.  |
Information Today July 10, 2014 |
VitalSource Bookshelf Maintains Accessibility Standards Vital Source Technologies, Inc., Ingram Content Group's etextbook solution, updated the accessibility features for its VitalSource Bookshelf platform.  |
T.H.E. Journal September 2004 |
Maple T.A. Building Block This integration of Maple T.A and Blackboard Learning System gives students and instructors access to all testing and assessment functionalities of Maple T.A., while requiring a single login point to access both systems.  |
T.H.E. Journal March 22, 2010 David Nagel |
Blackboard To Take Learn Platform Mobile Blackboard is preparing to release Blackboard Mobile Learn, a new version of the company's flagship learning management system tailored for smart phones and other mobile devices.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 2000 |
Channel into the Internet Blackboard Inc. announces the launch of Blackboard.com, an e-Learning Web site with three channels that provide customizable, subject-specific academic resources; global, interactive communities for students and instructors; and Blackboard's online course creation capability...  |
Information Today August 27, 2013 |
Chegg Unveils Updated Mobile App Chegg just released a redesigned version of its mobile app for etextbook reading. The app, which is available for Apple and Android devices, has more than 2.5 million guided solutions to help students.  |
Information Today August 22, 2011 |
Textbook Rental Firm Chegg to Add Etextbooks In addition to textbook rentals, Chegg has rapidly enhanced its services, offering a fully integrated experience with digital services, including homework help, course selection, and class notes.  |
Information Today March 4, 2010 Barbara Quint |
DynamicBooks Opens Etextbooks for Faculty Customization Using the software, faculty will be able to edit and delete text and add content, including multimedia and web links. Other publishers besides Macmillan have launched their own curricular tools.  |
T.H.E. Journal November 5, 2009 Dian Schaffhauser |
Blackboard and Microsoft Team To Put Course Info on Bing Blackboard and Microsoft have joined forces to offer students access to information from their online courses on Web browsers.  |
T.H.E. Journal January 2005 |
Blackboard's New Site: Communitysite Blackboard's CommunitySite is a new site that encourages interaction among the growing community of Blackboard users.  |
Information Today November 3, 2015 Marydee Ojala |
IT Trends Revealed at EDUCAUSE Unveiled in Indianapolis were the top 10 IT issues of 2016. EDUCAUSE grouped the issues into three themes: Differentiate, Reinvest, and Divest.  |
The Motley Fool August 4, 2005 Andrew Patterson |
Blackboard Ruins College For those hoping that Blackboard may eventually go the way of the pet rock, neon leg warmers, or Beanie Babies, despair. This company, a recommended stock pick, has fundamentally changed how professors and students communicate.  |
Information Today October 17, 2005 Doris Small Helfer |
E-Learning Service Leaders Blackboard and WebCT Merge On Oct. 12, 2005, Blackboard and WebCT, the two leading providers of course management software for e-learning services to the education market, announced plans to merge their companies.  |
The Motley Fool June 24, 2004 Richard Gibbons |
Blackboard's Screeching IPO Educational software provider Blackboard has some strong competitive advantages, but investors should be cautious.  |
The Motley Fool May 13, 2005 Tom Taulli |
Blackboard's Textbook Quarter The educational software solutions provider reports strong growth and upped its guidance for the year to earnings of $22 million to $23 million, which translates into $0.78 to $0.81 per share.  |
The Motley Fool October 20, 2009 Tanya Carlson |
Are Google and Blackboard an Item? The online education enabler could be Big Goo's next ideal acquisition.  |
Information Today August 18, 2015 |
Blackboard Joins Forces With Moodle Provider Blackboard acquired Level Seven, a Latin American Moodle provider, allowing both companies to offer more services and solutions that leverage the Moodle learning management system.  |
Information Today May 23, 2011 Nancy Herther |
McGraw-Hill eBook Library Debuts As Its Etextbook Platform Company officials plan appearances at library-related conferences throughout the coming year to demo the new ebook service, geared to the needs of professional and academic markets.  |
BusinessWeek September 20, 2004 Catherine Yang |
Big Program On Campus Over half of U.S. colleges have embraced Blackboard's classroom-boosting features. Giving students one centralized site on the Net to get course outlines, lecture notes, and reading materials is just the beginning.  |
Information Today September 23, 2014 Woody Evans |
NISO on Ebooks: Dynamic, Open, and Cheap National Information Standards Organization hosted a webinar on E-books for Education, which explored definitions, content, access, and open access issues affecting the present state and future course of ebooks for education.  |
Information Today February 27, 2012 |
Cengage Learning to Provide Discounted Etextbooks to California State University This 3-year contract will allow more than 400,000 students on 23 campuses to access Cengage Learning eTextbooks at a substantial cost savings.  |
Information Today November 5, 2012 |
CourseSmart Launches CourseSmart Subscription Pack Up to 20 institutions will be invited to participate in a trial of the CourseSmart Subscription Pack, a one-stop shopping experience where students can buy all of their etextbooks from one website for one subscription price over a fixed access period.  |
The Motley Fool October 19, 2005 Tom Taulli |
Blackboard Chalks Up a Deal The leader in educational software continues its growth trend through an integration agreement with Microsoft. Blackboard investors were rewarded with a 15% surge in the stock price.  |
Information Today March 4, 2013 Paula J. Hane |
Etextbook Update The etextbook market is in such flux, that it warrants revisiting frequently. This is a review of some recent noteworthy developments and a discussion of a report on student acceptance.  |
T.H.E. Journal November 2005 |
Ed Tech Community Supports Katrina Victims Several education companies such as Kinetic Books and Learning Today are providing free technology resources to students who were displaced by two recent hurricanes.  |
Information Today October 20, 2011 |
Blackboard Announces New Open Education Initiatives Blackboard Inc. will now support publishing, sharing, and consumption of open educational resources across its platforms.  |
Information Today July 22, 2010 Nancy Herther |
NOOKstudy -- Barnes & Noble Breaks into the Lucrative Elearning Textbook Market The product was pre-released to a small group of college campuses this summer. BN expects the general release of the product for free, open use in August-to coincide with the beginning of the new school year.  |
The Motley Fool October 4, 2005 Jeremy MacNealy |
Save the Trees, Go B! Education software provider Blackboard offers an innovative way for schools to reduce paper usage, providing a wise investment opportunity.  |
T.H.E. Journal December 15, 2009 David Nagel |
Blackboard, Desire2Learn End Dispute Blackboard and Desire2Learn have formally ended their three-and-a-half-year legal dispute, a conflict that was triggered when Blackboard received a hotly disputed patent for electronic learning technologies.  |
The Motley Fool August 3, 2005 Tom Taulli |
Blackboard's Green Blackboard is building a standard for education software solutions. The company increased its full-year guidance to between $0.84 and $0.86, up from a range of $0.78 to $0.81.  |
The Motley Fool August 11, 2010 Anders Bylund |
Nails on a Chalkboard From Blackboard Guarded guidance trumps good results yet again.  |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2009 Rich Smith |
Blackboard Blasts Off In the middle of one of the worst recessions in recent memory, Blackboard, the educational-software provider and Google partner, closed out its year with a report of accelerating sales growth  |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2004 W.D. Crotty |
1 + 1 = Value at Blackboard The education software provider is turning in good growth and rising margins with two hot products. While the company's sales and margins are expanding, the current market valuation looks right on target.  |
The Motley Fool October 13, 2005 W.D. Crotty |
Chalk Talk at Blackboard Blackboard outlines its expectations for 2005 and 2006 and announces an acquisition. The stock, at 34.2 times trailing earnings, looks fully priced.  |
The Motley Fool February 2, 2011 Dan Dzombak |
A Fiery New Competitor Blackboard, a purveyor of learning management systems for universities and corporations, has a new competitor, Instructure.  |
T.H.E. Journal July 27, 2010 |
A Tool for Its Time A new functionality has so transformed learning management systems that their manufacturers prefer the term digital learning platform, to better reflect their products' capacity to do a great deal more than manage a classroom.  |
T.H.E. Journal August 2003 W. Joy Lopez |
Content Delivery for a Virtual High School We used a variety of technology tools to develop a program that delivers core high school course material. These technology tools and delivery models had to align with the beliefs laid out by our team.  |
Information Today February 16, 2012 Nancy K. Herther |
Etextbooks Attracting Involvement of the FCC, Education Department, and Higher Ed The focus on etextbooks continues as even the federal government makes major strides into taking the school textbook into the 21 st century.  |
The Motley Fool May 1, 2007 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Blackboard's Positive Equation The educational software maker is set to report its most recent quarterly earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.  |
Information Today February 19, 2015 Woody Evans |
Google for Education Is Giving Away the Classroom Google for Education can no longer brush off its parallels to other big, for-profit LMSs as "just some apps to help students." We're well beyond Google Docs and Hangouts now.  |
The Motley Fool August 18, 2006 Anders Bylund |
Blackboard Scribblings The e-learning software market leader is impressive, but hardly perfect. Investors, beware.  |
The Motley Fool February 10, 2006 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Blackboard in Session Blackboard's margins are nothing short of astounding, and the rate at which it is growing those margins leaves "astounding" in the dust. The downside to a record like that: Investors likely expect an earnings beat on Monday.  |
CRM July 2011 Leonard Klie |
Market Focus: Government--Better Outreach with Outbound Government has embraced CRM principles to address the opportunities and challenges of delivering improved public services cost-effectively. CRM methods, processes, and lessons learned in the private sector are being adapted for the public sector.  |
The Motley Fool August 1, 2007 Rich Smith |
Blackboard Floored The educational software firm's guidance underwhelms investors.  |