Reason for moving to SaaS: 

Disaster recovery. “Provide a more robust disaster recovery solution.” 

Ultra experience. “Our goal is to eventually be on Ultra; this is the path to get there.”

Transition timeline:

• Moved from self-hosted to SaaS in December 2017.
• “The move to SaaS went much faster and smoother than ever expected. We had a couple of minor issues, but not a single major one.”
• “I give the highest praise to our Blackboard team. Our Service Delivery Manager was always on point.”

Perspective on SaaS:

"The move to SaaS went much faster and smoother than ever expected."

“We used to have the equivalent of 3 FTE managing Learn. These staff are now able to focus on other tasks for the university.”

“Thorough planning and testing all aspects – data migration, 3rd party integrations, authentication, etc. – in partnership with the Blackboard technical team was critical to our successful move to SaaS.”

“No one has said a bad word about our move to SaaS, and that’s amazing. Faculty concerns were alleviated and expectations set via frequent communication. We emailed faculty/staff, built a webpage, and hosted workshops.”