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Learn how Rice University's Glasscock School creates a transparent and scalable marketing model to meet the changing needs of continuing studies.

The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE), one of the leading private higher education institutions in South Africa, sought to not only train academic staff members on the use of their LMS, Blackboard Learn, but to also provide teaching professional development on how to facilitate effective learning experiences using online learning.

More institutions are shifting to a one-stop service model to meet expectations for choice, customization, and convenience.

Blackboard and Pearson have created a solution that combines the proven results of MyLab & Mastering with the power of Blackboard Learn. Pearson’s MyLab & Mastering deliver advanced, personalized learning to students and continue to pace the industry with increased student performance and participation in online learning. Blackboard’s online teaching and learning platform, Blackboard Learn, helps instructors make learning more effective in and beyond the traditional walls of the classroom.

Find quick answers and tutorials about on topics how to use the Ultra experience for Learn, from “getting started” to “grading”—and everything in between. Our easy-to-follow tutorials will guide you every step of the way.

Our mission is to be education’s partner in change, helping learners, educators, institutions, companies and governments thrive in a complex and changing environment.

We partner with schools, institutions and organizations throughout the student lifecycle. And today Blackboard is the largest education technology and services company in the world, serving nearly 100 million users in every region of the globe. Blackboard is deeply committed to expanding access to education through the power of technology.

Blackboard Ally helps institutions build a more inclusive learning environment and improve the student experience by helping them take clear control of course content with usability, accessibility and quality in mind.

By thoughtfully surfacing this data in the form of information, colleges and universities are optimizing instructional design, increasing faculty effectiveness, and identifying at-risk students in time to keep them on track to graduate with high quality credentials.

We sat down with leaders from seven institutions in the Middle East, South Africa and Turkey to gather insights on how they’re using analytics to tackle their unique challenges, as well as the results they’ve experienced so far. Explore the many ways your institution can take advantage of Blackboard Analytics for Learn to make informed decisions that positively impact students, faculty and administrators.

The institutional model has been created for those mature institutions who would prefer to deliver the courses in-house and have strong internal teams with the experience and capability to deliver teaching and learning professional development.