Eleven months ago, I wrote a post about Instructure entering its “awkward teenage years.” That was a setup for the inevitable alternative metaphor that was coming, along with Instructure’s inevitable fall from grace. Now that they’re off the pedestal, it’s time to address the crazy way we talk about ed tech companies.
Blackboard-Inc.
The Moodle/Blackboard Breakup: The Long and the Short of It
The most important questions will remain unanswered for some time to come.
Blackboard’s Defense of its Finances is not Persuasive
We’re listening, but we’re just not feeling it.
Moodle and Blackboard Cut Ties
The LMS world’s odd couple is breaking up.
What’s Important about the Blackboard Market Share News
Numerical milestones generally don’t matter. Except when they do.
Canvas Surpasses Blackboard Learn in US Market Share
As of July 6th, our data partner LISTedTECH informs us that Canvas is now the primary LMS in more US colleges and universities than Blackboard Learn. By a margin of two; Canvas has 1,218 installations, while Blackboard Learn has 1,216. Statistically speaking, the two companies are tied for US market share: Still, this is a […]
BbWorld Report: Blackboard May Be Turning Around
While Blackboard is still losing customers domestically and likely to continue doing so over the next 12 months, there are definite signs of life.