Blackboard Learn Reviews

I like the advertisements they did in the past, everyone knew how expensive and famous it was.

They did not innovate, they both a lot of little competitors and lately they are selling them because that strategy has lost again more innovative platforms and cheaper.

This is a great program that is designed for schools but works well for business also. It brings the lots of high end features.

The program functioned well but there was definitely functionality that was offered that was not needed and slowed down implementation.

Easy to navigate.
Simple to use.
Effective learning platform

Interoperability, software extensions, and ability to build and scale coursework.

The software is somewhat unintuitive, with a cumbersome and clunky interface. The user interface and user experience is in dire need of a facelift.

I had an opportunity to use Blackboard throughout graduate school and really appreciated the way you could easily collaborate with other students and teachers. The interface is relatively easy to use, and it was friendly for international students, too.

I suffered through multiple glitches that caused assignments to not be turned in exactly as needed. To this day, not sure if that was user error, poor setup of the system or truly a problem with the software.

This product helped me get through my college years unscathed! Everything is right in front of you. It is very organized and helps keep track of all classes, schedules, and reports.

Blackboard does take some getting used to. It can be a little intimidating at first. I think what it really needs is a mini tutorial for first time users and that would help so much!

Very useful for delivering content. As a student I used this software. It is tough to be an all in one stop, but BB has improved greatly over the years through trial and error.

As a teacher/administrator, BB was bulky and took a while to load new classes. Maintenance was easier, but took forever to establish for the first time.

The number of tools integrated within the Blackboard so that multiple URLs and passwords need to be managed is a breath of fresh air!

The grade center can give a view by the student. Seeing columns of assessments for a number of students make it somewhat cumbersome as the # of assessments grows. Also, it is difficult to see all the courses that a student is taking.

BBB is by far the best LMS in the market. Very using friendly and smooth integration with publisher's websites.

I would be great if a delete button can be added under announcements. I copy announcements from one course to another and it becomes time consuming to delete the announcements one by one instead of in bulk.

Blackboard's ability to allow multiple users to discuss topics and provide group feedback. Blackboard's embedded video function is helpful in presenting content across a lesson.

Clicking through multiple boxes and links to access content can be confusing, streamlining the UI would help delivery better.

Almost nothing other than your teacher gets back to you kind of quickly.

Blackboard is old software, difficult to navigate, hard to find sub options like emailing your teacher or locating discussion boards.

This platform offers content modules, internal communication tools, evaluation tools, monitoring tools and learning management for online mode

Usually when there are many users interacting on the same page, there are usually speed problems or the platform is blocked.

High cost of the license.

Easy to navigate, you can easily see all of your courses and grades in each course. You can easily upload and view assignments and take online tests.

Newer updates on this software have made certain actions difficult to find/ navigate, but I have no real negative feedback for this software.

Great for online classes because it helps keep homework and assignments organized. Easy to navigate between weekly tasks.

Seems a little bit out dated. Can be a little bit confusing at first time use especially if the instructor does not know how to utilize it.

Blackboard LMS is great for schools as well as faculty in organizing their class materials although it can be a bit confusing for your average user.

Price and the fact it was hard to implement.

There is a great deal of functionality. Just about every action the instructor needs is accommodated.

Difficult to master. This is because there is so much functionality. It takes some investment in time.

The software is very traditional. It has great capabilities for pulling information out across courses and makes evaluating courses easy.

It is not very user friendly and is sort of clunky. It needs to have easier interfacing for both the student and the teacher. It would be nice if it had flow guides for online courses. It gets very confusing in there.

lots of options

bloated
unnecessary fluff
service goes down occasionally

Kept me up to date on school assignments and projects due.

The app wasn't as easy to use as the website.

Blackboard is one of the giants of the e-learning industry, so you can expect resourcing and the support indicative of a premier product. The mobile experience was relatively intuitive, which is a must in the current environment where students may be working full time while earning an online degree.

Compared to other learning management systems (such as Canvas or Schoology), Blackboard reflects the features and structuring of learning management systems of days gone by - specifically, it is structured most closely around a 'document dump' approach to online learning. This approach has been soundly refuted in the research, and while one can certainly design a quality learning environment, many of your end users will likely not have the discernment to do so. From a student's perspective, it is often difficult to access key pieces such as messaging and grades when enrolled in multiple courses at once.

Very rich features for managing course content, discussion boards, grade center.

Awesome technology for keeping up with school

Occasional glitches in system. But much else

I can't say too much positive other than it is a reliable platform. Rarely experience outages which affect business critical functions.

I think that the back-end reporting features must be the shining star of this software. The front-end user experience is less than adequate. I have used blackboard to deploy data and assessments for 5 years, and I still have questions which require professional assistance at least once a quarter. It is time consuming to use and does not produce a clean interface.

One stop portal that has an overview of all academic resources for the students. It has a good grade tracking system too which allows for better reporting for faculty.

The UI feels outdated. I cannot find all the subcategories just throughout the search bar on top. They need to make a more clean, simple UI that doesn't crowd the webpage and gives brief, to-the point information.

It's good as a central platform from which we can access all of the course information, both current and historical. Course announcements can also be made through it - communication among professors and the class is easy.

While it has a number of decent features, the usability is not great. UI needs to be improved - it's hard to find what you want within the site sometimes.