Blackboard Features
Course Authoring (9)
Course Builder
Enables user to create courses. 34 reviewers of Blackboard have provided feedback on this feature.
Role-Based Templates
Provides templates for course creation based on industry or role. This feature was mentioned in 34 Blackboard reviews.
Assessments & Quizzes
Designs and administrates tests and quizzes. 37 reviewers of Blackboard have provided feedback on this feature.
Instructor-Led Training
Enables for design of classes that are led by an instructor. This feature was mentioned in 35 Blackboard reviews.
Course Builder
Based on 14 Blackboard reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows users to create sales training courses
Questions
Based on 14 Blackboard reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides a range of premade question types for sales training courses
Instructor-Led Training
Based on 14 Blackboard reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Enables for design of classes that are led by an instructor.
Customized Learning Paths
Based on 14 Blackboard reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows managers to create custom learning paths based on role, or experience
Video simulations
Based on 14 Blackboard reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides video coaching features with object handling scenarios
Course Delivery (3)
Learning Paths
Creates sequences of classes which must be taken in a specific order. This feature was mentioned in 35 Blackboard reviews.
Communication & Notifications
Based on 37 Blackboard reviews. Provides functionality to communicate and send notifications to users.
Assignment Scheduling
Based on 37 Blackboard reviews. Enables users to plan assignments and dispense them automatically.
Course Management (9)
Gamification
Motivates users by tracking points, achievements, and badges. 32 reviewers of Blackboard have provided feedback on this feature.
Varied User Types
As reported in 33 Blackboard reviews. Limits user access to certain functionality and courses.
Certifications
Provides custom certifications to distribute after course completion. This feature was mentioned in 34 Blackboard reviews.
Industry Compliance
Based on 28 Blackboard reviews. Provides training solutions that are compliant with industry regulations such as manufacturing, government, law enforcement, healthcare, and more.
Gamification
Motivates users by tracking points, achievements, and badges. This feature was mentioned in 13 Blackboard reviews.
Assessments
Based on 14 Blackboard reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Enables the design and administration of tests and quizzes.
Certifications
Based on 14 Blackboard reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides custom certifications to distribute after course completion.
Manager Portals
Allows managers to see progress of trainees This feature was mentioned in 13 Blackboard reviews.
Feedback
Based on 14 Blackboard reviews. Provides features for coworkers and managers to provide feedback on sales training lessons
LMS Marketplace (3)
E-Commerce
Based on 29 Blackboard reviews. Enables user to sell their courses and receive compensation electronically.
Course Marketplace
As reported in 29 Blackboard reviews. Enables users to purchase and consume courses via an online marketplace.
Subscriptions
Enables user to sell and manage subscriptions to created courses. This feature was mentioned in 29 Blackboard reviews.
Interface (2)
White Labeling
Based on 31 Blackboard reviews. Customizes LMS experience with custom branding, personalized URL, and more.
Multilingual
Provides multiple language choices. This feature was mentioned in 28 Blackboard reviews.
Assessment delivery (3)
Question variety
Enables instructors to develop assessments with a variety of question types, such as multiple-choice and short answer. This feature was mentioned in 83 Blackboard reviews.
Real-time assessment
Based on 80 Blackboard reviews. Displays real-time student responses to questions an instructor asks during a live class or event.
Pre-made content
Based on 74 Blackboard reviews. Provides users with a pre-built library of usable content or questions.
Grading and reporting (4)
Automated grading
Based on 80 Blackboard reviews. Automates grading of student assessments.
Gamification
As reported in 76 Blackboard reviews. Contains gamification tools, including but not limited to badges, leaderboards, and point scoring.
Analytics dashboard
Contains analytics dashboards to visualize student assessment results. 80 reviewers of Blackboard have provided feedback on this feature.
Reporting
As reported in 82 Blackboard reviews. Provides detailed reports centered around student performance.
Administration (2)
White-labeling
As reported in 73 Blackboard reviews. Allows users to implement their own branding throughout the platform.
Mobile compatibility
As reported in 79 Blackboard reviews. Is accessible from a mobile device and by users on the go.
Training & eLearning (7)
Assessments and Practice
As reported in 56 Blackboard reviews. Provides quizzes, testing, and software simulations to reinforce and measure effectiveness of materials.
Content Delivery and Tracking
Includes self-led, instructor-led, web-based collaboration, and tracking of completion for compliance. 60 reviewers of Blackboard have provided feedback on this feature.
Content Creation
As reported in 52 Blackboard reviews. Creates training materials for instructor- and self-led courses.
Customer Training
Training courses can be offered outside organization to customers and partners. Can include e-commerce functionality for customers to purchase training courses. 45 reviewers of Blackboard have provided feedback on this feature.
Manager Portals
As reported in 43 Blackboard reviews. Allows managers to see progress of team members.
Content Storage and Management
Based on 56 Blackboard reviews. Provides functionality to store, organize, and search all training content.
Content Libraries
As reported in 51 Blackboard reviews. Provides pre-created content (Courseware) on standard topics that can be used as part of a curriculum.
Process Automation (6)
Course Authoring
Provides an integrated authoring tool to create custom courses, classes, and content. This feature was mentioned in 15 Blackboard reviews.
Online Learning
As reported in 15 Blackboard reviews. Enables medical professionals to create, administrator, track, and deliver digital content, courses, competencies, and procedures in an online classroom setting.
Certificate Generation
As reported in 15 Blackboard reviews. Generates certificates of completion of courses that are compliant with local, state, and industry licensure.
Tracking & Reporting
Tracks, analyzes, and documents employees' attendance and learning progress. This feature was mentioned in 15 Blackboard reviews.
Collaborative Environment
As reported in 15 Blackboard reviews. Enables messaging and communication between employers, employees, and course instructors.
Automatic Boards Reporting
Integrates with industry web services to store and report completed courses, certificates, and credits to relevant certification systems. This feature was mentioned in 15 Blackboard reviews.
Platform (3)
File support
Based on 14 Blackboard reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Supports various file types including video
Mobile support
Based on 14 Blackboard reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows users to access training content from mobile devices
Integration
Based on 14 Blackboard reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Integrates with sales software such as sales performance management
Onboarding (3)
Documentation
Based on 14 Blackboard reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Manages files and documents required to onboard new employees.
Coaching
Based on 14 Blackboard reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Assign coaches to new employees based on role and experience.
Programs
Based on 14 Blackboard reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Define various types of onboarding programs that can be customized by role or team.
Generative AI (2)
AI Text Generation
Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt. 22 reviewers of Blackboard have provided feedback on this feature.
AI Text-to-Image
As reported in 22 Blackboard reviews. Provides the ability to generate images from a text prompt.
Agentic AI - Corporate Learning Management Systems (2)
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Natural Language Interaction
Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation





