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Instructure brings in $8M for online education system

The developer of Canvas, a cloud-based learning management system used by more than 30 educational institutions as an alternative to Blackboard, has raised a second round of funding from OpenView Venture Partners, EPIC Ventures, TomorrowVentures and Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, peHUB reports. Infrastructure was founded in 2008 at Brigham Young University. Instructure makes […]

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Blackboard Retains Barclays Capital in Response to Unsolicited, Non-binding Offers

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Blackboard (NASDAQ: BBBB) today announced that it has retained Barclays Capital as its financial advisor in response to receiving unsolicited, non-binding proposals to acquire the company.

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Presidium is Becoming Blackboard Student Services

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We’re writing to share some important news: that Presidium and Blackboard have decided to join together. On December 30, Presidium was formally acquired by Blackboard, and together we hope to take a significant step forward in supporting the full lifecycle of student engagement in education. With this combination we have a unique opportunity to help

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Blackboard and iStrategy Join Forces – From the Trenches

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iStrategy Solutions and Blackboard have decided to join forces. Last week, iStrategy was formally acquired by Blackboard. Together we hope to take a significant step forward in serving the data-driven decision making and analytics needs of education.

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Blackboard to Sell Online Courses Through New Partnership

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October 13, 2010, 9:05 pm By Jeff Young Anaheim, Calif.—Blackboard announced today that it is teaming up with a for-profit education provider, K12 Inc., to sell online courses to colleges that want to outsource their remedial offerings. The companies say their plan will offer a new way for students who lack basic skills to get

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NOOKstudy—Barnes & Noble Breaks into the Lucrative Elearning Textbook Market

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NOOKstudy, announced July 12, is Barnes & Noble’s (BN) bold new effort to gain a foothold in the nascent etextbook 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 software application promises to enable students “to manage all their digital content-etextbooks, class materials, and notes-on the computing device they rely on most, their PC or Mac.”

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Blackboard To Buy Elluminate And Wimba

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(RTTNews) – Blackboard Inc. (BBBB: News ) said it agreed to acquire both Elluminate Inc. and Wimba Inc., two of the leading providers of synchronous learning and collaboration technology to the education markets, for a total of about $116 million in cash, excluding transaction costs and subject to certain adjustments. These leading teams and solutions

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Blackboard, Desire2Learn Announce Patent Cross License Agreement and Settlement of Litigation

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Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) and Desire2Learn Incorporated (Desire2Learn) announced today that the companies have reached an agreement to license each other’s worldwide e-learning patent portfolios and settle all outstanding litigation between them.

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The Next Open Source Movement

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July 6, 2009
While the open source movement has taken off in course management systems, with Moodle and Sakai as alternatives to the dominant Blackboard, the administrative side of the house has been almost entirely corporate. While some colleges use home-grown systems, the norm has been to use any of a number of vendors for systems that allow colleges to manage and report on budgets, billing and many other functions crucial to running a college. These administrative software systems cost millions of dollars to install and manage, and any malfunctions can be hugely frustrating to institutions.

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Learning Management Systems Podcasts from Learning Systems ’08

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January 08
Elliott Masie interviews the CEO of these key Learning Systems companies on 4 key questions:

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Instructure brings in $8M for online education system

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Blackboard and iStrategy Join Forces – From the Trenches

Blackboard to Sell Online Courses Through New Partnership

NOOKstudy—Barnes & Noble Breaks into the Lucrative Elearning Textbook Market

Blackboard To Buy Elluminate And Wimba

Blackboard, Desire2Learn Announce Patent Cross License Agreement and Settlement of Litigation

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