Meet Our Featured Partners

Blackboard and Cengage have partnered to streamline access to digital solutions and content within Blackboard Learn. Together, we are making it easier to access Cengage’s digital products inside Blackboard Learn courses.

Pronto is an organization-wide, real-time communications platform that improves student and employee retention by enabling everyday touchpoints with school administrators, faculty, advisors, peers and coworkers. Pronto is available on iOS, Android and on the Web via its integration with Blackboard Learn.

Vista Higher Learning was founded in 2000 as a publisher focused exclusively on world languages. We are committed to helping people communicate across languages and cultures. It is our belief that it is essential to prepare students for a world in which learning another language is a necessity, not a luxury. Language learning should be fun and rewarding, and all students should have the tools necessary for achieving success.

The new School Supply Lists custom app for Blackboard Web Community Manager makes the process of publishing and sharing school supply lists with parents easier than ever. Developed in collaboration with TeacherLists, the solution leverages the TeacherLists digital infrastructure to deliver mobile friendly back-to-school supply lists to parents via their school website. Lists are also shared directly with select retailers to power one-click shopping, making back-to-school shopping a breeze!

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, markets the advanced, MX Series multifunction printer (MFP) systems that help companies manage workflow efficiently and increase productivity. Sharp also markets professional and commercial displays that are specially engineered for business applications and are offered in a wide range of sizes and varying capabilities.

Respondus, Inc. develops assessment applications for the elearning market. Thousands of instructors at over 2,000 colleges and universities in over 50 countries use Respondus software to enhance the capabilities of their learning management systems. Respondus, Inc. also licenses its "next generation" test bank delivery system to publishing companies and offers supporting services.

A leader in cloud-based text-to-speech (TTS) technology, ReadSpeaker works with more than 5000 clients worldwide, ranging from elementary schools to universities to governmental organizations and major media outlets, enabling learners of all ages to listen to text content. Their seamlessly integrated TTS feature is Blackboard-compatible, requires no downloads, and works on all supported devices and operating systems.

PowerSchool plays a central role in K-12 education, serving as the hub of customers’ education ecosystems with robust features and APIs that allow education stakeholders to effectively manage school processes and student data and connect education technologies relied upon in school offices and classrooms alike.

Peachjar is the leading digital flyer management system used by thousands of schools across the nation. This innovative communication tool enables schools and their community partners to send digital flyers directly to parents. Parents can access flyers on the go and can click to immediately take action. And best of all, Peachjar integrates with Blackboard Mobile Communications App and Blackboard Web Community Manager, providing parents direct access to digital flyers most relevant to their families.

Kaltura is the most widely adopted video solution for the flipped classroom, online learning, BYOD, personalized learning, and social learning. Kaltura's Video Building Block for Blackboard allows educators and students to create, manage, and enrich video directly within the Blackboard Learn environment. Customers enjoy Kaltura’s Cross Campus Video Suite, including the Blackboard integration, a ‘CampusTube’ social video portal, Captioning and Accessibility solution, and Personal and Lecture Capture products, alongside interactive video capabilities and more.

As an education technology and digital enablement partner built on a strong foundation of learning design and data science, LearningMate has partnered with Blackboard to help institutions transform, manage, and scale their digital content and online learning infrastructure.

Navigate transforms how students learn and instructors teach by bringing together authoritative and interactive content aligned to course objectives, with student practice activities and assessments, study planning and remediation, and powerful reporting tools that provide access to actionable data.

e~Funds for Schools' online and mobile payment solutions, working in conjunction with Blackboard Mobile Communications App, provides secure payments for lunch, student fees, events, general purchases and other school related items. When parents access the system, they can make one payment for one or all of their children during one single visit!

The American Psychological Association (APA) has developed two new digital learning tools for higher education. Academic Writer helps instructors support students through the process of writing papers in courses that require APA Style®. PsycLearn is an adaptive learning solution backed by behavioral science research that serves as a complete psychology course curriculum. APA has partnered with Blackboard to deliver these tools in the Blackboard Learn environment through LTI integration.

The shift from print to digital is well underway as educators and students seek engaging, streamlined reading experiences to achieve their learning goals. That’s why VitalSource Technologies, the world’s leading e-textbook provider, and Blackboard have partnered to deliver all the benefits of the VitalSource® Bookshelf® within the Blackboard Learn platform.

Everything You Need for Teaching & Learning All in One Place

Digital content in higher education is advancing rapidly—moving from static content to dynamic digital assets that provide for personalised, interactive learning. That’s why Blackboard and John Wiley & Sons have partnered to deliver all the benefits of WileyPLUS within the familiar Blackboard Learn™ platform.

Blackboard and Pearson have created integrated solutions that combine the proven results of MyLab & Mastering and REVEL with the power of Blackboard Learn. Now, Blackboard and Pearson are working together to meet customers’ expectations for a single, online course experience with grade transfer. 
These integrated solutions are available to institutions around the world, with the exception of China and India.

Blackboard and McGraw-Hill have partnered to help institutions meet the demands of the next generation of learners. Quick access, flexibility and dynamic digital content are the new thresholds for learners’ expectations. That’s why Blackboard and McGraw-Hill are committed to creating effective, easy-to-use courses for instructors and students.

Blackboard and Macmillan Learning (representing Bedford/St. Martins, W.H. Freeman and Worth Publishers) provide seamless access to Macmillan’s LaunchPad, Writer's Help, Sapling Learning, and SaplingPlus content directly within the Blackboard Learn platform. Tested and proven with instructors, this integration offers Macmillan’s renowned high quality content and innovative tools and provides flexibility for both instructors and students.

Together, Blackboard and Dropbox Education—the most widely used file sync and share product in higher education—have partnered to provide instructors and learners a simple and easy way to integrate their content securely stored in Dropbox directly into Blackboard Learn™.

Blackboard and Copia have partnered together to bring the traditional syllabus to life. With Copia Class, faculty have access to a powerful platform to deliver customizable and collaborative content directly within Blackboard Learn. Faculty can engage students more by leveraging the comprehensive content library, dynamic discussions, and personalized feedback. Additionally, Copia provides individualized services to support faculty in creating a successful instructional experience.