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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.

An interoperable, modular end-to-end suite of solutions enabling transformative learning experiences grounded in principles of equity, engagement, and evidence.

  • 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

1

  • 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

4.6

507

5

4

3

2

1

327

142

33

5

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
73%
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

“Its ability to integrate with other key tools in the teaching and learning space is important and seamless for not only administrators but also end users.”
CM

Caleb M.

Senior Systems Specialist

“I can give feedback based on the teacher performance expectations rubric.”
DW

Donita W.

University Supervisor

“For coach training, it allows mentors and program management to hear and see the growth in students as they practice and build their skills and demonstrate their understanding of the course goals and the skillsets required for success.”
JF

Jennifer F.

coach

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

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

Chelsea B.

Student

“The main drawback is the occasional upload failure which can either be due to a system failure or an unsupported file.”
Mv

Mickey v.

Financial Controller

Cons

“There was some technical difficulty where the grades on GoReact wouldn't upload automatically onto a different server for class grading at one point during the semester, so I had to manually transfer grades over.”
SM

Sofia M.

Teaching Assistant

“Also, if the student included a PDF slideshow with their recording, I/they can't download the video with the PDF as part of the recording.”
MS

M S.

Faculty

“One thing that annoys me the most is that every time I stop and click to open up the feedback video, it takes a while for the video to open or sometimes it says it doesn't find my webcam and I have to refresh it again. ”
DG

Dion G.

Trainer

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review5 months ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review2 years ago

Key features

  • Total features72
  • API
  • Academic/Education
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Admissions Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Anonymous Feedback
  • Assessment Management
  • Assignment Management
  • Asynchronous Learning
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audience Engagement
  • Ballot Management
  • Blended Learning
  • Breakout Rooms
  • Built-in Course Authoring
  • Built-in LMS
  • Certification & Licensing
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Class Scheduling
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Community Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Contact Management
  • Content Library
  • Content Management
  • Corporate/Business
  • Course Authoring
  • Course Management
  • Course Publishing
  • Course Tracking
  • Curriculum Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Analysis Tools
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email Distribution
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Onboarding
  • Employee Portal
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Faculty/Staff Management
  • Feedback Management
  • File Sharing
  • For Higher Education
  • For Sales Teams/Organizations
  • For Virtual Events
  • Gamification
  • Generative AI
  • Gradebook
  • Individualized Assessments
  • Information Hub
  • Instructor-Led Courses
  • Interactive Content
  • Interactive Learning
  • Interactive Whiteboard
  • K-12
  • LMS Integration (LTI)
  • Leaderboards
  • Learner Portal
  • Learning Management
  • Learning Paths/Tracks
  • Live Results Sharing
  • Location Tracking
  • Media Import
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Learning
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-User Collaboration
  • Multimedia Support
  • Multiple Question Types
  • Offline Response Collection
  • Online Polling
  • Online Voting
  • Performance Metrics
  • Phone Polling
  • Phone Voting
  • Polls/Voting
  • PowerPoint Integration
  • Presentation Streaming
  • Presentation Tools
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Q&A Management
  • Question Library
  • Quizzes
  • Raise Hand
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Results
  • Real-time Broadcasting
  • Registration Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • SCORM Compliance
  • Scoring
  • Screen Sharing
  • Self-Service Content Curation
  • Self-paced Learning
  • Session Recording
  • Single Sign On
  • Skills Assessment
  • Skills Tracking
  • Skip Logic
  • Social Learning
  • Storyboarding
  • Student Information/Records
  • Student Management
  • Student Portal
  • Summary Reports
  • Support Audio/Images/Video
  • Survey/Poll Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Synchronous Learning
  • Template Management
  • Test/Quiz Creation
  • Tests/Assessments
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Training Administration
  • Training Companies
  • Training Management
  • User Management
  • VR/AR Compatibility
  • Video Conferencing
  • Video Management
  • Video Streaming
  • Virtual Classroom
  • Visual Analytics
  • Voter Management
  • Whiteboard
  • Word Clouds
  • eCommerce Management
  • eLearning Companies
  • Total features118
  • API
  • Academic/Education
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Admissions Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Anonymous Feedback
  • Assessment Management
  • Assignment Management
  • Asynchronous Learning
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audience Engagement
  • Ballot Management
  • Blended Learning
  • Breakout Rooms
  • Built-in Course Authoring
  • Built-in LMS
  • Certification & Licensing
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Class Scheduling
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Community Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Contact Management
  • Content Library
  • Content Management
  • Corporate/Business
  • Course Authoring
  • Course Management
  • Course Publishing
  • Course Tracking
  • Curriculum Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Analysis Tools
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email Distribution
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Onboarding
  • Employee Portal
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Faculty/Staff Management
  • Feedback Management
  • File Sharing
  • For Higher Education
  • For Sales Teams/Organizations
  • For Virtual Events
  • Gamification
  • Generative AI
  • Gradebook
  • Individualized Assessments
  • Information Hub
  • Instructor-Led Courses
  • Interactive Content
  • Interactive Learning
  • Interactive Whiteboard
  • K-12
  • LMS Integration (LTI)
  • Leaderboards
  • Learner Portal
  • Learning Management
  • Learning Paths/Tracks
  • Live Results Sharing
  • Location Tracking
  • Media Import
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Learning
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-User Collaboration
  • Multimedia Support
  • Multiple Question Types
  • Offline Response Collection
  • Online Polling
  • Online Voting
  • Performance Metrics
  • Phone Polling
  • Phone Voting
  • Polls/Voting
  • PowerPoint Integration
  • Presentation Streaming
  • Presentation Tools
  • Progress Reports
  • Progress Tracking
  • Q&A Management
  • Question Library
  • Quizzes
  • Raise Hand
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Results
  • Real-time Broadcasting
  • Registration Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • SCORM Compliance
  • Scoring
  • Screen Sharing
  • Self-Service Content Curation
  • Self-paced Learning
  • Session Recording
  • Single Sign On
  • Skills Assessment
  • Skills Tracking
  • Skip Logic
  • Social Learning
  • Storyboarding
  • Student Information/Records
  • Student Management
  • Student Portal
  • Summary Reports
  • Support Audio/Images/Video
  • Survey/Poll Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Synchronous Learning
  • Template Management
  • Test/Quiz Creation
  • Tests/Assessments
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Training Administration
  • Training Companies
  • Training Management
  • User Management
  • VR/AR Compatibility
  • Video Conferencing
  • Video Management
  • Video Streaming
  • Virtual Classroom
  • Visual Analytics
  • Voter Management
  • Whiteboard
  • Word Clouds
  • eCommerce Management
  • eLearning Companies

Integrations

  • Total integrationsN/A
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  • Canvas
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Moodle
  • Total integrations4
  • Brightspace
  • Canvas
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Moodle

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