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Blackbaud LMS

Brand: Blackbaud LMS
Rating: 4.51 (15 reviews)

Learning Management Systems (LMS)

Blackbaud Learning Management System delivers the necessary functionality from assignments and graded discussions to rubrics and competency-based education, to power academic programs in the classroom and online

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Last updated: December 2024

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Blackbaud Learning Management System delivers cloud-based educational tools for K12 private schools and higher education institutions.

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About the vendor

Customers

Large Enterprises (>10,000)
Non Profits
Small/Medium Businesses

Use Cases

Academic Learning
Continuing Education
Training Companies
Workforce Development

Industries

Education: K-12
Higher Education
Hospital & Health Care
Nonprofit Organization Management

Deployment

Self-Hosted Cloud-based

Platforms

Mac
Windows

Browsers

Apple Safari
Google Chrome

Training

Documentation
In Person
Live Online
Online Tutorials

Support

24/7
Live Online
Online Community

Supported Specifications

xAPI/Tin Can API

Languages Supported

LinkedIn Page

What is Blackbaud LMS?

Blackbaud LMS software helps your educational team support the entire student journey — from mastering academic concepts to engaging in extracurricular activities. Hundreds of K-12 private schools and higher education institutions are benefiting from Blackbaud’s learning management solutions and optimization services.

Teachers and administrators appreciate the ability to create, collaborate, and convey messages all in one place - freeing up more of their time for educational priorities. Combined with Blackbaud's Student Information Management System, school personnel has a 360-degree view of student data.

With Blackbaud’s solution for learning management, you’ll:

Increase engagement with a mobile-friendly application that allows staff and faculty to communicate and collaborate anywhere, anytime
Boost efficiency with automated grading and streamlined communication tools
Elevate student outcomes with dynamic learning resources and interactive assignments

Overview of Blackbaud LMS benefits

Academic Course Management
Designed for multitasking faculty and on-the-go students, Blackbaud’s course management system works responsively on phones, tablets, and desktop browsers.

Boost efficiency with Gradebook shortcut keys, bulk comments, and rubrics
Maximize student productivity with the Assignment Center
Innovate with interactive assignments—including online submissions, assessments, and discussions—empowering faculty to assess students in multiple ways

Athletic Team Management
Enable students to view their sports schedules and notifications in the same online app as coursework.

Attach location directions to game and practice schedules equipped with one-click cancellation notifications
Message roster members with updates and reminders
Give athletic directors complete control of game and practice schedules as well as location and transportation management

A+ Learning Management Solution
The best learning management system software has:

Integrated data flow from the enrollment management system
Wide-ranging communication tools for students, teachers, advisors, and coaches
Wide-ranging communication tools for students, teachers, advisors, and coaches
Profile syncing with fund accounting and fundraising management software
Blackbaud provides the only true all-in-one LMS cloud solution.

Features

Learn more about Blackbaud LMS features that set it apart from the competition. Discover how its unique tools and capabilities enhance your processes.

Accounts

Add a new user

Archive users

Browse list of users

Bulk User Actions

Custom/Mandatory User profile fields

Upload users

Activity grading

Course History

Gradebook

Gradebook audit trail

Gradebook comments

Manual Grading ("Marking")

Multiple grading scales

AI Features

Adaptive Learning

AI Powered

Chatbot

Content development

Content Translation

Intelligent recommendations

Natural Language Processing

Predictive analysis

Quiz generation

Text-to-speech

Authentication

Active Directory/LDAP Integration

Custom User login page

Manual Accounts

No login

SAML2/API Integration

Self-Registration

Self-Registration w. Admin Confirmation

Certificate management

Certification life-cycle

Manage certification templates

Predefined certification templates

Unique Certificate by Course

Unique Certification by Curriculum

Compliance management

Certificate expiration notifications

Certification Expiration Management

Due Date notifications

Soft/Hard Stop Due Dates

Course Creation

Assignments Engine

Built-In Authoring Tool

Can reuse PPTs, PDFs, Videos

Changing Course default settings

Consume online video content

Content Library

Course backup Options

Drag & Drop Interactions

Hybrid Learning Courses

Learning Paths (Curriculums)

LRS

Scheduling LIVE events

Survey Engine

Tests Engine

Upload courses

Customization

Mobile Learning Support

Personalized views

Enrollment

Attendance Tracking

Automated Enrollment (based on User data)

Guest Access Settings

Manual Enrollment

Progress Tracking

Self-enrollment

Self-enrollment (with a PIN #)

Survey enrollment (based on a response)

Format

Course Discussions

Gamification Format

Learner Upload

LIVE Chat Option

Social Format

Topics Format

Video Conferencing Integration

Weekly Format

Gamification

Badge customization

Badges

Customize Gamification mechanics

Leaderboards

Levels

Points

Rewards

Interface options

Additional external pages

Block Management

Calendar Settings

Language settings

Learning Accessibility

Location Settings

Media embedding settings

Multilanguage Support

Ready-made Themes

Learning types

Asynchronous Instructor-led

Asynchronous Self-paced

Blended Learning

Synchronous Virtual Classroom

Mobile learning

Offline (disconnected Mobile app)

Online (Internet connected)

Offline

Support for offline access to content

Reports

Automated Report Scheduling

Canned Reports

Dashboards and Graphic Reports

Email delivery of Reports

Exporting Reports in variety of formats

Grading Report Settings

Learning Analytics Tools

Training Record Maintenance

Roles

Define roles

Role Assignment

System Permissions per role

Teams and Team Hierarchies

Security

Anti-spam

Anti-virus

IP Blocker

Restrict registration to specific domains

Strong Passwords

Shopping cart

Built-In Shopping Cart

Shopping Cart as Plug-In

System reports

Automatic email reports in predefined intervals

Custom reports generator

Email notification settings

Live Logs

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Pricing

Learn more about Blackbaud LMS's pricing options, cost, and plans so you can make a well-informed, business-wise decision on the best software to use for organization.

Pricing Model

Free Trial
Subscription

License

Paid

Starting Price

Free Trial

Integrations

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API

Gmail

Zoom

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Performance Overview

Overall Rating 90^%

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Good tool; it helped improve our organizational processes and communications.

Aug 31, 2022

Overall Rating 91^%

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What do you like best? We are using the tool for all aspects of our school, from Prekindergarten 3 to Grade 12, as well as in all departments across the organization (teachers, administrators, business office, development office, athletics). Through Blackbaud, we've managed to communicate with our constituents effectively. Plus, it has enhanced the way we deal with the educational records aspects of the school. Our educators can now easily organize their classes.

What do you dislike? Blackbaud's solutions have allowed our school to share resources at ease and fully connected. Even though it offers many services needed in a school setting, I wouldn't call it a one-stop-shop. Since we use other software as well, we didn't manage to avoid repeated manual data entry found in multiple offices campuswide. The way the system sends out email communications/newsletters needs to be more robust. If your school setup has complex structures, the current system might not work.

A perfect tool for schools with students and parents who always have access to a device

Jul 26, 2022

Overall Rating 78^%

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What do you like best? We use this tool in all departments. Its main advantage is that it gives us data integration across departments. Best of all, we've saved so much on postage! After implementation, we stopped mailing anything related to academics. It is also great for sharing info with Advancement, and it has helped us save much time instead of pulling and sending lists for them.

What do you dislike? Some enhancements that would make the system even better are the following: a) Additional scheduling rules like, "do not schedule X in the same semester as Y." b) In Tuition Management, parents should be able to update their records automatically. c) The feeder school should also show on the student's academic record and not have users go to Enrollment Management to see this.

We changed from Education Edge to this and it help us work so much faster.

Jul 26, 2022

Overall Rating 78^%

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What do you like best? In short, adjusting schedules is so much faster with this tool. I love that it saves me so much precious time. I really enjoy the ability to enter notes or comments. Actually, I find that it is much faster than it was when using Education Edge. Our plan is to use Blackbaud across the entire organization after the end of our migration. Currently, we are using Canvas, but in the end, we might as well lean solely on the LMS. We are using the application across the Middle, and Upper schools.

What do you dislike? I'd like to see some changes regarding the reporting. For instance, it would be even better if we could print out a scheduling matrix more easily. Adding the ability to print a room matrix would be more useful. Also, I'd love the tool to allow us to print out actual student schedules. Plus, the query data also needs some improvements.

Great data management for our School! We use the On solutions to improve communication

Jul 19, 2022

Overall Rating 86^%

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What do you like best? This system has helped improve all our processes and get rid of the paperwork and missed deadlines. Best of all, our teachers can use their course pages as learning tools and teach their classes more effectively. Things have also improved both for our students and our Admissions Office. We have the ability to manage prospective student data efficiently. I can truly say that the On products are a critical tool for our success as a school, and we wouldn't have made it without them.

What do you dislike? It would be awesome if onBoard would allow prospective families to submit their applications to more than one school at a time. Meaning they could create something like a "common app" solution.

The ON products from Blackbaud have helped us solve the problem of inconsistent data entry

Jun 22, 2022

Overall Rating 94^%

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What do you like best? Blackbaud has actively helped us save money by consolidating our software needs under a single vendor. Now we have efficient data flow and an expanded capacity to focus on making our organization better.

What do you dislike? We would like to see enhancements in the formatting options. Also, regarding the onBoard enrollment contracts, parents should be able to indicate their payment method (without paying $50/student for Smart Tuition.) It would also be useful to see improvements in the Admission reporting as well. Finally, our advisors need a report of student grades in each of their classes. So, that's another recent request we had—no need to navigate to each student's Progress tab if the above is implemented.

Improved communications across campus, detailed reports- made working during covid easier

Aug 6, 2021

Overall Rating 91^%

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What do you like best? What I love most about Blackbaud is that it allows me to pull detailed reports. For example, it helps me cross-categorize through student personal data, course schedule, and transcript information to get all the insights I need. I trust that all the info I get from the system is reliable and valid. By leveraging all these data, I can run obscure reports and analyses and get to conclusions that most people would never need or think they could possibly need!

What do you dislike? If you're not extremely tech-savvy, it's not very user-friendly. For example, the system could have some obvious shortcuts to common questions.

On the teacher end, it is very user-friendly, though it needs some improvements for the students.

Jul 12, 2021

Overall Rating 97^%

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What do you like best? As a teacher, I find it very convenient. It's actually pretty easy to learn and use. The system offers a combination of a way to turn in assignments and contact students, along with a grade book. Best of all, it saves time compared to the previous software that I used. One of the things I like about it is the turnitin.com integration. I also like that the software allows me to download any submitted assignments. This way, I can grade them offline at my own pace.

What do you dislike? Some of my students had issues when submitting blank documents. Also, from time to time, the formatting of a submitted document is altered.

Great return on investment, helps keep our school connected, saves teacher time for sure.

Apr 3, 2021

Overall Rating 93^%

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What do you like best? Blackbaud Education Management Solutions have indeed been a great return on investment until now. All of our teachers use the report card grading and grade book functions. Consequently, our teacher time and our administration have improved a lot. Also, the tool has helped us reduce paper usage by leveraging online course materials, assignments, and assessments. We've noticed better operational efficiency and improved communications, both internally and externally.

What do you dislike? In attendance management there could be some improvements as well. Especially when it comes to absences... It would be great if there was a way to track that at a class level. Finally, the system could use an easier integration with other LMS/SIS. It would be a good idea to work more on how it integrates with CANVAS and google classroom...

If you need a system to increase parent engagement Blackbaud is one of the best solutions.

Feb 20, 2021

Overall Rating 91^%

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What do you like best? This education management platform has allowed our teachers to take the next step and integrate technology into their classroom lessons easily. Plus, we now have a clear communication channel where families can find out more information about the school. Blackbaud was one of the main reasons we were successful during the COVID. It helped us overcome the stay-at-home challenges. Our school kept going, and that transition was done fairly smoothly.

What do you dislike? In case you have a smaller school and don't have someone with advanced technical expertise on campus, you might find it challenging to set up the system to meet your school's needs. However, you can overcome setbacks with the user training that Blackbaud can provide.

A superb platform for our school - teachers use it as a one-stop solution for all their classes

Nov 9, 2020

Overall Rating 96^%

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What do you like best? OnCampus has everything I need to run for an iPad-powered classroom; everything works fine from attendance to assignments to grades. It's fantastic that I no longer have to worry about handing out paper assignments or homework. Nothing gets lost! One thing I love about it is that when a student uploads a completed assignment, the system time stamps it. What's more, through the Topics section, I can upload content and articles for students to access.

What do you dislike? I've got nothing negative to note here. We used to have an issue with a long lag time in viewing assignments that students had submitted for grading, but the problem has been addressed. The new system functions much more effectively, and I'm really happy with it.