Blackboard Content System Release 2.0 Available Now
23 Agosto 2004 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Blackboard Content System Release 2.0 Available Now Enhancements
Include Improved Search, Reuse and Customization Capabilities
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blackboard Inc.
(NASDAQ:BBBB) announced today the launch of the Blackboard Content
System(TM) (Release 2.0), in time for the start of the 2004-05
academic year. The Blackboard Content System is a key product in
the Blackboard Academic Suite(TM), a comprehensive family of
integrated applications for teaching, learning, community-building
and knowledge-sharing. With Blackboard's common platform, students,
instructors and other community members quickly acclimate to a look
and feel that makes the online environment as familiar as the
offline campus. "The ability to efficiently create, access and
share content through the Blackboard Content System has drastically
reduced our administrative overhead and made getting information to
our users infinitely more manageable," said Pam Montroy, Director
of User Services and Internal Systems at Spectrum Pacific Learning
Company, an Affiliate of the National University System. "In just
six months, we can already see a significant increase in
productivity that is tangible both financially and academically."
Other institutions that have recognized the value of the Blackboard
Content System and are implementing it include: Binghamton
University, Clemson University, Cambridge University, Hudson Valley
Community College, University of Melbourne, University of Dundee,
University of Durham and Ryerson University. The Blackboard Content
System provides students and faculty with better ways to track and
navigate learning resources and showcase the work products and
milestones of their educational careers through e-Portfolios.
Blackboard's commitment to the content management category,
critical for e-Learning, is demonstrated by the many new features
in Release 2.0. In addition to key stability fixes and usability
enhancements, Release 2.0 contains new features aimed at improving
overall content management in an enterprise learning environment,
including: Enterprise Learning Object Catalog Capability * Learning
Objects Catalog -- allows institutions to store and describe
learning objects in a central open repository. Learning objects are
instructionally useful curriculum resources that can be used
independently (such as documents or images), or combined to form a
larger resource (such as a SCORM object). Through the Blackboard
Learning Object Catalog, faculty can locate and import high quality
education content for use across course sections, departments and
even institutions Blackboard Building Blocks(R) API Support for the
Blackboard Content System * Blackboard Building Blocks APIs
(Application Programming Interfaces) -- enable institutions to
extend the Blackboard Content System by taking advantage of a
robust set of more than 100 newly published APIs. As a result, the
community of more than 250 institutions and commercial vendors that
are members of the Blackboard Building Blocks program can now
develop extensions to the Blackboard Content System. Facilitating
Content Management, Sharing and Reuse * External Link Item Type --
enables institutions to store more than just digital files. Now
faculty can store and manage links to external references (such as
library databases), enabling them to reuse these resources in
multiple courses, etc. * File Copy -- allows faculty to copy files
that already exist in Blackboard Learning System(TM) courses into
the Blackboard Content System, so they can be managed, reused and
shared. * Course Copy Enhancements -- automatically update
permissions on all links to items in the Blackboard Content System
as part of the Course Copy process. * Link Checkers -- ensure that
links from courses, organizations and e- Portfolios to items
residing in the Blackboard Content System are valid, and that users
have the appropriate permission to view those items. * e-Portfolio
Copy -- enables users to copy existing e-Portfolios so that users
can create a new e-Portfolio based on an existing one. * Share with
Course Group Permission -- allows students to share files and
folders with members of course and organization groups. "The
Blackboard Content System was introduced in March 2004 to lower
costs and increase simplicity associated with managing learning
content online," said Michael Chasen, CEO of Blackboard. "As it
gains momentum in the market, we continue to invest in new
functionality that increases its effectiveness and improves our
clients' overall success with learning content management. Many of
the enhancements in this release are directly attributed to client
suggestion and experience." On an ongoing basis, Blackboard will
continue to make new features and system maintenance available
through Application Packs between major releases. Clients can
download Release 2.0 of the Blackboard Content System from Behind
the Blackboard(TM), a password-protected area of the Company's
website. About Blackboard Inc. Blackboard is a leading provider of
enterprise software and services to the education industry. The
Company's product line consists of five software applications
bundled in two suites, the Blackboard Academic Suite(TM) and the
Blackboard Commerce Suite(TM). Blackboard's clients include
colleges, universities, schools and other education providers, as
well as textbook publishers and student-focused merchants that
serve education providers and their students. Blackboard is
headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices and staff in North
America, Europe and Asia. Any statements in this press release
about future expectations, plans and prospects for Blackboard and
other statements containing the words "believes," "anticipates,"
"plans," "expects," "will," and similar expressions, constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ
materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements
as a result of various important factors, including the factors
discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of our most recent 10-Q
filed with the SEC. In addition, the forward-looking statements
included in this press release represent the Company's views as of
August 23, 2004. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and
developments will cause the Company's views to change. However,
while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking
statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically
disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements
should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of
any date subsequent to August 23, 2004. DATASOURCE: Blackboard Inc.
CONTACT: Investors and Corporate: Michael J. Stanton of Blackboard
Inc., +1-202-463-4860 ext. 305; or Media: Kris Coratti of DBC
Public Relations Experts, +1-866-774-4720, for Blackboard Inc. Web
site: http://www.blackboard.com/
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