Company: Anthology, Boca Raton, FL
Nomination Submitted by: Young & Associates PR
Company Description: Anthology offers the largest EdTech ecosystem on a global scale for education, recently combining with Blackboard to support more than 150 million users in 80 countries. With a mission to provide dynamic, data-informed experiences to the global education community, Anthology helps learners, leaders and educators achieve their goals through over 60 SaaS products and services designed to advance
Nomination Category: Product & Service Categories - Education & Education Technology Solutions
Nomination Sub Category: Postsecondary Learning Management Solution
 Nomination Title: Blackboard Learn Ultra
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Blackboard Learn Ultra is updated monthly with new feature sets. In April, new features and updates like flexible question presentation and greater insights for students with improved access to the “How am I doing?” performance report.
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Anthology’s next-generation learning management system ((LMS), Blackboard Learn Ultra), allows educators to deliver simpler, more powerful life-changing teaching and learning experiences with unmatched pedagogical autonomy. Clearing the path to success, Blackboard Learn Ultra enables educators to keep their learners engaged and on track, inside and outside the classroom. Blackboard Learn Ultra delivers a collaborative and engaging blended teaching and learning environment for students and faculty and can quickly scale to accommodate institutions’ growth needs.
The LMS provides educators with the autonomy to utilize best-practice pedagogical approaches within the LMS so that learners can thrive in the classroom, via online learning, or through hybrid learning models. The modern learning solution was built to be part of a holistic EdTech ecosystem with the tools, integrations, and data access necessary to easily integrate with an institution’s existing technology environment.
Blackboard Learn Ultra is equipped with built-in software that provides educators with better accessibility and anti-plagiarism tools. In addition, its easy-to-use tools and workflows are designed to make educators' and learners’ lives easier by keeping learners organized, engaged and working efficiently with more reliable IT.
With Blackboard Learn Ultra, educators and learners can track their progress with highly visible, quickly actionable displays, keeping students on track for success. In addition, with a multitude of helpful methods of communication built-in, Blackboard Learn Ultra encourages ongoing educator-learner interaction—whether inside the classroom or through virtual learning—on any internet-accessible device.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Outline the market performance, critical reception, and customer satisfaction with the product or service to date. State monetary or unit sales figures to date, if possible, and how they compare to expectations or past performance. Provide links to laudatory product or service reviews. Include some customer testimonials, if applicable (up to 350 words):
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Customer Testimonial: “Blackboard Learn is critical to our vision of growth and is one of the catalysts of change needed to meet our aggressive goals.” - Paulita Brooker, Ed.D. - Associate Provost for E-Learning and Continuing Education, Houston Baptist University
Product Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6H2M2egLbY&
SaaS Deployment For Blackboard Learn Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA2scxAadgw
Northwest Florida State College Video Testimonial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgBFyCTDGoI
University of South Carolina Video Testimonial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnXJ3NETULA
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Blackboard Learn Ultra consistently undergoes new enhancements and features to improve the instructor and student experiences. It was designed to deliver a simpler, more powerful teaching and learning experience. With a modern, intuitive, fully responsive interface, Learn Ultra better engages students, eases the burden on educators, and clears the path to success. Here are some customer case studies to give an inside look at how Learn Ultra has positively impacted institutions:
Northern Illinois University Case Study: https://www.blackboard.com/learnultra/northern-illinois-university
Eastern Kentucky University Case Study: https://www.blackboard.com/learnultra/eastern-kentucky-university
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