Blackboard

The product is a learning management system that organizes courses, content, assessments and feedback to support teaching, student engagement and accessibility at scale. It sells to higher education institutions, K-12 schools, government agencies and businesses, serving faculty, administrators and students. Compared to alternatives such as Canvas and Brightspace, it positions with AI capabilities and accessibility tools built into the core license and with externally audited security and compliance standards, delivered as a cloud-based SaaS platform.

Key features

• AI Design Assistant for courses
• AI Conversation for skills assessment
• AI-powered personalized learning
• Accessibility alternative content formats
• Blackboard Ally accessibility checking
• Blackboard Evaluate course feedback
• Institutional Effectiveness analytics
• Gradebook Grid View
• SOC 2 and FERPA compliance
• GDPR and ISO 27001 compliance
• FedRAMP Class C compliance
• WCAG 2.2 AA compliance