Arizona State University selected Blackboard Inc. for messaging capabilities. Blackboard Connect offers a solution to support outreach initiatives and ensure students, faculty and staff are informed about important events that could impact their education. The new system, which began operations on Jan. 1, will send both urgent notifications and important campus updates to students, faculty […]

Blackboard has launched another mobile app, this one enabling Blackboard Connect message recipients to get alerts and personalize their messaging settings directly from their mobile devices. The company’s MyConnect application is now available for free from Apple iTunes and Google Play app stores. Institutions using Blackboard Connect can make the app available directly from the […]

The University of Texas discovered an apparent flaw in its emergency text alert system. An alert was sent out recently regarding a man carrying a rifle and wearing a gas mask. A few weeks prior, the university was evacuated after a caller claimed to have placed bombs throughout the campus. Both incidents turned out to […]

A smart phone can substitute for a personal escort for students walking alone at the University of San Francisco. The virtual safety escort system is called Pathlight and was just launched at the California institution by CBORD, a provider of campus card and security solutions. Pathlight, which gives students quick access to extra security resources […]

Blackboard has upgraded its Connect 5 platform to include enhanced geo-targeting capabilities and streamlined, single sign-on access. Blackboard Connect is a multi-modal notification system that officials use to quickly send important messages to an entire population or targeted groups of people through voice, email and text messages, as well as posts to Facebook and Twitter. […]

Blackboard has announced the U.S. release of Blackboard ConnectTxt, a two-way mass notification platform. With Blackboard ConnectTxt, users can send text messages and emails to a broad audience, through an inbound messaging engine, and receive replies via text as well. Blackboard ConnectTxt already helps more than 500 customers around the world – including more than […]

Quincy University in Illinois has rolled out a campus security system that lets subscribers summon help in emergency situations by pressing a single button on their cell phones. Once pressed, a call is placed to the security company that monitors the calls, which will use GPS technology to pinpoint the person’s exact location. A representative […]

More than a million users have chosen the latest release of Blackboard Connect 5 for their mass notification service needs. According to Blackboard, after just 90 days in the marketplace the service now serves clients in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom. More than 200 school districts, higher education institutions and local governments have […]

East Coast Diversified Corporation has re-launched its StudentConnect platform, formerly known as SchoolsConnects, and announced a multi-phase implementation program beginning with integration of the Twitter API onto the StudentConnect Platform. Integrating with Twitter’s API will enable StudentConnect to provide a global messaging platform for such event as Amber Alerts, inclement weather and other emergencies to […]

Heartland Payment Systems’ Campus Solutions division announced the launch of CampusAssist, a Web-based communications tool that provides higher education institutions with an opportunity to stay better connected to their student body. Wilfrid Laurier University, located in Ontario Canada first adopted CampusAssist as an effort to enhance the fan experience at its stadium events. The university […]