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Overview

Help learners, instructors and institutions achieve their goals with Blackboard Learn by Anthology, a market-leading Learning Management System (LMS) that integrates with the world’s most holistic EdTech ecosystem.

TalentLMS is the LMS built for success. Delightfully simple and surprisingly powerful, it’s the easiest way to build courses, share them with your teams, and track progress from one convenient place.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

9500

Per year

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

149

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.1

537

5

4

3

2

1

225

207

76

21

8

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
56%
would recommend this app

4.7

600

5

4

3

2

1

429

145

20

4

2

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
88%
would recommend this app

Pros

“In an education and learning oriented environment, it’s a platform that really allows to centralize courses, documents and exchanges in one same place.”
SS

Scott S.

Project Manager

“Blackboard Learn, now Anthology, revolutionized online and distance learning with amazing features in one place; its intuitive interface, different tools and integrations are all there to make the learning process smooth and enjoyable.”
MC

Mohamed C.

Lecturer

“Educators can manage courses and users in few clicks, have an idea about their activity stream, set assignments and tests with the help of Ai.”
MC

Mohamed C.

Lecturer

Pros

“It allows for quick setup of courses, good tracking of completion, and provides a structured way to ensure compliance across the organization.”
CN

Casper N.

Compliance and AML Officer

“In an organization with over 300 people leaders, the only option is a custom report and the last thing I need is 300 individual reports for each leader.”
MM

MacKenzie M.

Manager Instructional Design

“It should have AI capability within the platform to make a course from scratch with avatars and text and videos to final video modules”
HL

Husain L.

Head Learning and Development

Cons

“The company was very monopolistic and sued just about every competing Learning Management System (LMS) vendor for creating online learning environments as they seemed to think that they invented teaching and learning online.”
JA

Jeffrey A.

Software Developer Senior

“data storage and collaboration was lacking and hard to navigate”
DH

David H.

Technical Support

“Communication is not as efficient as other programs.”
CB

Chelsea B.

Student

Cons

“Also, their built-in (and expensive per-user cost) training library is full of cartoonish videos that are not well-suited for my clients and leaders.”
JB

Jeremy B.

Learning and Development Manager

“I think the notification delay of about 2 hours when I enroll someone in a course is also a bit odd, why not make it instant?”
PF

Patrick F.

HR Business Partner

“Cannot set timings on when emails get sent to users, so sometimes the system sends emails to employees on a Sunday”
PB

Paul B.

Group Operations Manager

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review4 months ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review2 months ago

Key features

  • Total features72
  • AI Copilot
  • AI Text Generation
  • AI Text Summarization
  • AI Text-to-Image
  • API
  • Academic/Education
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Action Management
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Monitoring
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Adaptive Learning
  • Admissions Management
  • Advertising Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Assessment Management
  • Assessments
  • Assessments & Quizzes
  • Assignment Management
  • Assignment Scheduling
  • Asynchronous Learning
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audio/Video Recording
  • Authoring
  • Automatic Boards Reporting
  • Benefits Dashboard
  • Blended Learning
  • Built-in Course Authoring
  • Built-in LMS
  • Business Ethics
  • Calendar Management
  • Candidate Management
  • Certificate Generation
  • Certification & Licensing
  • Certification Engine
  • Certification Tracking
  • Certifications
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Classroom Management
  • Coaching
  • Code of Conduct
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Collaborative Environment
  • Communication & Notifications
  • Communication Management
  • Community Management
  • Compensation Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Contact Management
  • Content Creation
  • Content Delivery and Tracking
  • Content Library
  • Content Management
  • Content Storage and Management
  • Corporate Compliance
  • Corporate/Business
  • Course Access
  • Course Authoring
  • Course Builder
  • Course Completion
  • Course Library
  • Course Management
  • Course Marketplace
  • Course Publishing
  • Course Tracking
  • Curriculum Management
  • Customer Training
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Customization
  • Customized Learning Paths
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Storage Management
  • Department Specific Content
  • Discount Management
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Document Management
  • Documentation
  • Drag & Drop
  • E-Commerce
  • Education ERP System
  • Email Management
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Referral Management
  • Employee Training
  • Enrollment Confirmation
  • Enrollments/Onboarding
  • Evaluation Management
  • Extended Enterprise Learning
  • External Courses
  • Faculty/Staff Management
  • Feedback
  • Feedback Management
  • File Management
  • File support
  • For Healthcare
  • For Higher Education
  • For Schools
  • Gamification
  • Generative AI
  • Goal Management
  • Gradebook
  • HR Management
  • Help Desk Management
  • Help and Support
  • Individualized Assessments
  • Industry Compliance
  • Industry Specific Content
  • Initiative Management
  • Instructor-Led Courses
  • Instructor-Led Training
  • Integration
  • Interactive Content
  • Interactive Learning
  • Internal Policies
  • Internationalization
  • Job Application Management
  • Job Description Management
  • Job Management
  • Job Related
  • K-12
  • Learner Portal
  • Learner tracker
  • Learning Management
  • Learning Management System
  • Learning Paths/Tracks
  • Manager Portals
  • Media Import
  • Microlearning
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Learning
  • Mobile Support
  • Mobility
  • Modeling & Simulation
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-User Collaboration
  • Multilingual
  • Multimedia Support
  • Multiple Content Types
  • Non Compliance
  • Offensive Behavior
  • Offline Access
  • Onboarding
  • Online Learning
  • Orientation Workflow Management
  • Parent Portal
  • Payroll Management
  • Performance
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Personalization and Recommendation
  • Pipeline Management
  • PowerPoint Conversion
  • Programs
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Question Library
  • Questions
  • Quiz Capabilities
  • Quizzes
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Recruitment Management
  • Registration Management
  • Regulatory
  • Reminders
  • Renewals
  • Reporting
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SCORM Compliance
  • Safety
  • Scoring
  • Self-paced Learning
  • Single Sign On
  • Skills Assessment
  • Skills Tracking
  • Social Learning
  • Standard Courses
  • Storyboarding
  • Student Information/Records
  • Student Management
  • Summary Reports
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Synchronous Learning
  • Test/Quiz Creation
  • Tests/Assessments
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Training Administration
  • Training Companies
  • User Management
  • Video Conferencing
  • Visual Analytics
  • eCommerce Management
  • eLearning Companies
  • Total features180
  • AI Copilot
  • AI Text Generation
  • AI Text Summarization
  • AI Text-to-Image
  • API
  • Academic/Education
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Action Management
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Monitoring
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Adaptive Learning
  • Admissions Management
  • Advertising Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Assessment Management
  • Assessments
  • Assessments & Quizzes
  • Assignment Management
  • Assignment Scheduling
  • Asynchronous Learning
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audio/Video Recording
  • Authoring
  • Automatic Boards Reporting
  • Benefits Dashboard
  • Blended Learning
  • Built-in Course Authoring
  • Built-in LMS
  • Business Ethics
  • Calendar Management
  • Candidate Management
  • Certificate Generation
  • Certification & Licensing
  • Certification Engine
  • Certification Tracking
  • Certifications
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Classroom Management
  • Coaching
  • Code of Conduct
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Collaborative Environment
  • Communication & Notifications
  • Communication Management
  • Community Management
  • Compensation Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Contact Management
  • Content Creation
  • Content Delivery and Tracking
  • Content Library
  • Content Management
  • Content Storage and Management
  • Corporate Compliance
  • Corporate/Business
  • Course Access
  • Course Authoring
  • Course Builder
  • Course Completion
  • Course Library
  • Course Management
  • Course Marketplace
  • Course Publishing
  • Course Tracking
  • Curriculum Management
  • Customer Training
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Customization
  • Customized Learning Paths
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Storage Management
  • Department Specific Content
  • Discount Management
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Document Management
  • Documentation
  • Drag & Drop
  • E-Commerce
  • Education ERP System
  • Email Management
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Referral Management
  • Employee Training
  • Enrollment Confirmation
  • Enrollments/Onboarding
  • Evaluation Management
  • Extended Enterprise Learning
  • External Courses
  • Faculty/Staff Management
  • Feedback
  • Feedback Management
  • File Management
  • File support
  • For Healthcare
  • For Higher Education
  • For Schools
  • Gamification
  • Generative AI
  • Goal Management
  • Gradebook
  • HR Management
  • Help Desk Management
  • Help and Support
  • Individualized Assessments
  • Industry Compliance
  • Industry Specific Content
  • Initiative Management
  • Instructor-Led Courses
  • Instructor-Led Training
  • Integration
  • Interactive Content
  • Interactive Learning
  • Internal Policies
  • Internationalization
  • Job Application Management
  • Job Description Management
  • Job Management
  • Job Related
  • K-12
  • Learner Portal
  • Learner tracker
  • Learning Management
  • Learning Management System
  • Learning Paths/Tracks
  • Manager Portals
  • Media Import
  • Microlearning
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Learning
  • Mobile Support
  • Mobility
  • Modeling & Simulation
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-User Collaboration
  • Multilingual
  • Multimedia Support
  • Multiple Content Types
  • Non Compliance
  • Offensive Behavior
  • Offline Access
  • Onboarding
  • Online Learning
  • Orientation Workflow Management
  • Parent Portal
  • Payroll Management
  • Performance
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Personalization and Recommendation
  • Pipeline Management
  • PowerPoint Conversion
  • Programs
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Question Library
  • Questions
  • Quiz Capabilities
  • Quizzes
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Recruitment Management
  • Registration Management
  • Regulatory
  • Reminders
  • Renewals
  • Reporting
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SCORM Compliance
  • Safety
  • Scoring
  • Self-paced Learning
  • Single Sign On
  • Skills Assessment
  • Skills Tracking
  • Social Learning
  • Standard Courses
  • Storyboarding
  • Student Information/Records
  • Student Management
  • Summary Reports
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Synchronous Learning
  • Test/Quiz Creation
  • Tests/Assessments
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Training Administration
  • Training Companies
  • User Management
  • Video Conferencing
  • Visual Analytics
  • eCommerce Management
  • eLearning Companies

Integrations

  • Total integrationsN/A
  • ADP Workforce Now
  • BambooHR
  • BigBlueButton
  • Gmail
  • GoTo Meeting
  • GoTo Training
  • GoTo Webinar
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Calendar
  • HubSpot CRM
  • Inspectlet
  • LinkedIn for Business
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Okta
  • OneLogin
  • PayPal
  • Postman
  • Sage HR
  • Sage People
  • Salesforce Platform
  • Shopify
  • Slack
  • Stripe
  • TalentHR
  • Trello
  • UserVoice
  • Watershed
  • WooCommerce
  • WordPress
  • Zapier
  • Zendesk Suite
  • Zoom Workplace
  • Total integrations36
  • ADP Workforce Now
  • BambooHR
  • BigBlueButton
  • Gmail
  • GoTo Meeting
  • GoTo Training
  • GoTo Webinar
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Calendar
  • HubSpot CRM
  • Inspectlet
  • LinkedIn for Business
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Okta
  • OneLogin
  • PayPal
  • Postman
  • Sage HR
  • Sage People
  • Salesforce Platform
  • Shopify
  • Slack
  • Stripe
  • TalentHR
  • Trello
  • UserVoice
  • Watershed
  • WooCommerce
  • WordPress
  • Zapier
  • Zendesk Suite
  • Zoom Workplace

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