Capella University Extends Partnership With Blackboard
June 03 2008 - 9:00AM
Marketwired
WASHINGTON, DC , a leading provider of enterprise learning
technology, today announced a five-year extension of its
partnership with Capella University, an accredited, online
university that focuses on master's and Ph.D. degrees.
Capella, one of Blackboard's largest fully online partners, will
continue to use the Blackboard Learning System - Vista Enterprise
License? (formerly WebCT Vista?) and has extended its partnership
with Blackboard to include the Blackboard Community System? and
Blackboard Portfolio System?. Together, the systems create a more
powerful and seamless solution for improving student engagement and
achievement, enhancing teaching and learning, and addressing a wide
variety of academic and institutional needs.
"Capella relies on Blackboard for stable, scalable solutions
that will grow with us as we work to adapt to the ever-changing
needs of traditional and non-traditional students worldwide," said
Scott Henkel, Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief
Information Officer at Capella. "We are pleased to partner with
Blackboard to address key opportunities for today as well as
tomorrow."
Based in Minneapolis, Minn., Capella is one of the nation's
largest fully online institutions, with more than 23,000 students
and 1,000 faculty members from all 50 states and 45 countries.
Capella offers nearly 120 undergraduate, graduate, and certificate
specializations and programs and roughly 1,000 different courses --
several of which have earned some of the industry's top honors and
awards in the last two years.
"We are pleased to extend and enhance our partnership with
Capella University, one of the most innovative institutions in
higher learning and proprietary education," said Tim Hill,
president of Blackboard Professional Education. "Capella has been a
true leader in leveraging technology to make high-quality education
more accessible and affordable for a growing number of global
citizens. We look forward to supporting Capella's continued success
through a more robust set of solutions that will make a real
difference for instructors, learners and administrators."
By adding the Blackboard Community System and Blackboard
Portfolio System, Capella will address key institutional priorities
and provide new online services and experiences for its students,
faculty and alumni.
For example, Capella will use Blackboard Portfolio System to
support its work to achieve greater accountability by collecting
and releasing data on student achievement and outcomes that can be
used to drive improvements for students, programs and departments.
These efforts are central to Transparency by Design, an initiative
led by Capella and a group of other colleges and universities that
focus on serving working adults at a distance that is intended to
address the mounting demand for greater accountability in higher
education.
"We look forward to partnering with Blackboard to take a
leadership position in this area that will pay dividends not just
for our students but the broader postsecondary community," said Kim
Pearce, Capella's Director of Assessment and Institutional
Research.
For more information on Blackboard's private education
solutions, please visit
http://www.blackboard.com/private_education.
Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB) is a leading provider of
enterprise software applications and related services to the
education industry. Founded in 1997, Blackboard enables educational
innovations everywhere by connecting people and technology.
Millions of people use Blackboard solutions everyday at academic
institutions around the globe, including colleges, universities,
K-12 schools and other education providers, as well as textbook
publishers and student-focused merchants that serve education
providers and their students. Blackboard is headquartered in
Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe, Australia
and Asia.
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