By merging with ANGEL Learning, we’ve brought on board a premier education technology company with a tremendous reputation for innovation. Independently we've each led the way in many areas of the industry. But now we can put the strengths of Blackboard Inc. and ANGEL together for the benefit of students in an ongoing effort to create a more flexible and engaging teaching and learning platform.
We believe this is a great opportunity to bring the innovations and benefits of Blackboard to the ANGEL community and the key features and functionality of ANGEL to the Blackboard community. And it’s also why we’re proud to offer the ANGEL Learning Management Suite (LMS) 7.4 as a next step toward our overall Project NG vision.
ANGEL Learning Management Suite 7.4
The ANGEL Learning Management Suite (LMS) 7.4 offers a host of features designed to enrich the teaching and learning experience, including:
- Mashups that make it easy to incorporate rich media content into courses from sources such as the YouTube™ web site and Picasa™ software
- The ability to incorporate RSS feeds into courses
- New lesson plans that promote consistent design across the enterprise
- Grading rubrics that ensure all manually graded submissions are evaluated against the same criteria.
- A new gradebook interface that supports any grading period and provides improved workflow and reporting.
- Enhanced surveys that improve their effectiveness as pre- and post-course assessment tools
- More flexible system administration.
- More powerful content management capabilities.
To learn more about Blackboard Learn - ANGEL Edition,
contact a member of the Blackboard Sales Team.
From ANGEL Learn to Project NG
Blackboard Learn - ANGEL Edition clients can look forward to continued investment in the software to improve its performance, stability and reliability – culminating in the release of Blackboard Learn - ANGEL Edition Release 8.0. From this version, ANGEL Learning clients can migrate as their schedules allow to Blackboard’s Next Generation platform.
Continued Commitment to Openness
The legacy of the openness of ANGEL Learning continues. Blackboard is committed to support of the Blackboard Learn - ANGEL Edition open database and the community of users who rely on this technology. In addition, the best practices from ANGEL Learning are influencing the evolution of the Blackboard Learn platform. By expanding your Software Developers Kit (SDK) and increasing support for educational technology standards, we hope to benefit the entire Blackboard community.