Enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc., US, and Pearson, a US-based provider of educational content and services, have expanded the availability of an integration for Pearson's learning solution – MyLab & Mastering – with Blackboard Learn learning management system (LMS). Previously available in North America, the integration is now available in most markets worldwide.
The systems integration includes single sign-on, improved workflows and state-of-the-art Web services that enable instructors to find and access MyLab & Mastering within their Blackboard learning system. Faculty can synchronise gradebooks, transfer information and create corresponding links in both systems. Instructors are also able to customise their courses by choosing content and rearranging items in the content area and course navigation bar.
The expansion follows growing international interest in having quick access to Pearson's content and homework assignments, tutorials, gradebook and tools, learning solutions, and analytics directly in Blackboard's learning platforms. The integration, which was made available in North America earlier this year, is already being used by hundreds of institutions.
This joint announcement, made at Online Educa Berlin this week, marks a new level of convenience and simplicity for users. The collaboration is part of the companies' ongoing efforts to make it easier for teachers and students to find, use and share digital content and tools.
Blackboard Learn allows institutions to take advantage of improved stability, greater workflow efficiencies for instructors and administrators and social learning tools. Through open APIs and standards-based interoperability, the Blackboard Learn platform supports a wide range of integrations for content and tools.
Pearson's MyLab & Mastering has changed the way millions of students learn and has supported successful redesign of college courses to effectively use technology to improve achievement and manage costs. Students receive a personalised learning experience, with online tutorials, homework, quizzes and tests that are automatically graded for instant feedback - freeing instructors to spend less time grading and more time working with their students. Demand for the MyLab & Mastering programmes continues to soar across the globe at thousands of higher education institutions. MyLab & Mastering programmes are available for over 80 different discipline offerings representing thousands of distinct titles used by over 10.4 million students.
