Smartphone Apps Will Drive Student Engagement and Enhance Learning Support
AMSTERDAM – 14 September, 2010 – Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) today announced that The University of Manchester has signed a three year agreement for Blackboard Mobile™ Central and Blackboard Mobile™ Learn, mobile applications that bring the campus experience and two-way teaching and learning capabilities to BlackBerry®, Android™ and iPhone® OS powered devices. The university considers the delivery of personalised learning content to mobile devices a central part of its commitment to provide the best in education technology and exceed learner expectations, as well as a winning complement to its Blackboard virtual learning environment.
With over 10,000 new and potential students visiting the institution’s large city centre campus each year, Blackboard Mobile Central is an ideal way to give visitors access to valuable information on the move. The application, specially branded for the institution, delivers news, events, maps and sports amongst a range of student life and service to new and existing students and members of the university community.
And with the largest number of full time students of any university in the U.K., Blackboard Mobile Learn will deliver an interactive teaching and learning experience to support learners and instructors who want to do more from their smartphones or mobile enabled devices. Using the application, students can check grades and assignments, email their classmates and instructors, add discussion board comments, post onto blogs and much more.
“As a large and ever growing proportion of students, staff and visitors use mobile devices as an everyday tool, Blackboard’s mobile applications will provide a very accessible gateway to the institution in ways that are so much more immediate than non mobile devices,” said Professor Colin Stirling, Vice-President, Teaching and Learning at the University of Manchester. “We are looking to the Blackboard Mobile platform to assist us in engaging staff and students in the teaching and learning process in an interactive way.”
“Mobile Learning has huge potential for institutions looking to enhance student engagement and meet student expectations,” said Aaron Wasserman, Director of Blackboard Mobile. “The university’s students are accustomed to using their mobile phone to access information and interact with friends and colleagues in their day to day lives, and I’m sure they will appreciate their institution’s commitment to enable them to leverage mobile apps in an educational setting.”
For more information on Blackboard Mobile™, including video demos of Blackboard Mobile Learn and Blackboard Mobile Central on BlackBerry, Android and iPhone OS devices, please visit http://www.blackboard.com/Mobile/Mobile-Learn/Device-Demos.aspx.
About Blackboard Inc.
Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB) is a global leader in enterprise technology and innovative solutions that improve the experience of millions of students and learners around the world every day. Blackboard’s solutions allow thousands of higher education, K-12, professional, corporate, and government organizations to extend teaching and learning online, facilitate campus commerce and security, and communicate more effectively with their communities. Founded in 1997, Blackboard is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
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 Form 10-Q filed on August 9, 2010 with the SEC. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company’s views as of September 14, 2010. 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 September 14, 2010.
CONTACTS
Geraldine Fernandez/Robert Hickling
020 8971 6417/ 6427
gfernandez@saycomms.co.uk or rhickling@saycomms.co.uk
Matthew Maurer, Blackboard Inc.
+ 001 202-463-4860 ext. 2637 or matthew.maurer@blackboard.com
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University of Manchester Goes Mobile with Blackboard
Smartphone Apps Will Drive Student Engagement and Enhance Learning Support
AMSTERDAM – 14 September, 2010 – Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) today announced that The University of Manchester has signed a three year agreement for Blackboard Mobile™ Central and Blackboard Mobile™ Learn, mobile applications that bring the campus experience and two-way teaching and learning capabilities to BlackBerry®, Android™ and iPhone® OS powered devices. The university considers the delivery of personalised learning content to mobile devices a central part of its commitment to provide the best in education technology and exceed learner expectations, as well as a winning complement to its Blackboard virtual learning environment.
With over 10,000 new and potential students visiting the institution’s large city centre campus each year, Blackboard Mobile Central is an ideal way to give visitors access to valuable information on the move. The application, specially branded for the institution, delivers news, events, maps and sports amongst a range of student life and service to new and existing students and members of the university community.
And with the largest number of full time students of any university in the U.K., Blackboard Mobile Learn will deliver an interactive teaching and learning experience to support learners and instructors who want to do more from their smartphones or mobile enabled devices. Using the application, students can check grades and assignments, email their classmates and instructors, add discussion board comments, post onto blogs and much more.
“As a large and ever growing proportion of students, staff and visitors use mobile devices as an everyday tool, Blackboard’s mobile applications will provide a very accessible gateway to the institution in ways that are so much more immediate than non mobile devices,” said Professor Colin Stirling, Vice-President, Teaching and Learning at the University of Manchester. “We are looking to the Blackboard Mobile platform to assist us in engaging staff and students in the teaching and learning process in an interactive way.”
“Mobile Learning has huge potential for institutions looking to enhance student engagement and meet student expectations,” said Aaron Wasserman, Director of Blackboard Mobile. “The university’s students are accustomed to using their mobile phone to access information and interact with friends and colleagues in their day to day lives, and I’m sure they will appreciate their institution’s commitment to enable them to leverage mobile apps in an educational setting.”
For more information on Blackboard Mobile™, including video demos of Blackboard Mobile Learn and Blackboard Mobile Central on BlackBerry, Android and iPhone OS devices, please visit http://www.blackboard.com/Mobile/Mobile-Learn/Device-Demos.aspx.
About Blackboard Inc.
Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB) is a global leader in enterprise technology and innovative solutions that improve the experience of millions of students and learners around the world every day. Blackboard’s solutions allow thousands of higher education, K-12, professional, corporate, and government organizations to extend teaching and learning online, facilitate campus commerce and security, and communicate more effectively with their communities. Founded in 1997, Blackboard is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
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 Form 10-Q filed on August 9, 2010 with the SEC. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company’s views as of September 14, 2010. 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 September 14, 2010.
CONTACTS
Geraldine Fernandez/Robert Hickling
020 8971 6417/ 6427
gfernandez@saycomms.co.uk or rhickling@saycomms.co.uk
Matthew Maurer, Blackboard Inc.
+ 001 202-463-4860 ext. 2637 or matthew.maurer@blackboard.com
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