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This fall, faculty and students will no longer need access to a Blackboard institutional license to use Blackboard mobile applications–as long as they’re willing to shell out $5.99 for the software or pay an annual subscription fee of $1.99.
This September, Blackboard Mobile Learn for iOS and Android will be available for purchase by end users “without requiring an investment by their institution,” according to Blackboard, which made the announcement at the BbWorld 2012 event happening this week in New Orleans.
“We’ve seen a tremendous take-up of Blackboard Mobile Learn,” said Kayvon Beykpour, general manager of Blackboard Mobile, in a prepared statement. “But we wanted to implement a model that gave users the choice to use the application even if their school hasn’t subsidized it. We hope that providing users this new option will help more students and institutions expand access to mobile learning.”
Full Text: Blackboard Takes Mobile Apps to the End User — THE Journal.