Blackboard Partners with VoiceThread
Blackboard is partnering with software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider VoiceThread to enable teachers and students to actively engage in discussions within their learning environments using video, voice, or text commenting.
"With current consumer technologies, learners and instructors have gotten used to quickly, efficiently, and effectively communicating through voice and video, so it's our job to bring that into their educational experience," said Jay Bhatt, CEO of Blackboard, in a statement. "With VoiceThread, we'll be able to do just that. Engaging and meaningful dialogues between peers, as well as between student and teacher, are the building blocks to an effective overall communication channel, which is critical for fostering learner success."
Blackboard currently provides voice and text commenting through its Voice Authoring tool, and the addition of VoiceThread technology will increase the breadth of commenting options for teachers and learners, enhance Blackboard's teaching and learning solutions, and expand its partner ecosystem.