Event1997
Founding of Blackboard
Blackboard was founded (building on CourseInfo work at Cornell) and quickly became a dominant commercial LMS.
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A major step forward occurred with the 1997 founding of Blackboard Inc., a standardized course management and delivery platform.
#IAmBlackboard – Last year 20th anniversary of the founding of Blackboard.
We celebrate and thank you from the Blackboard team.
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