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The Not So New Faculty Information Systems
When we first started to track faculty information systems, this category was not what it looks like nowadays. In fact, in 2019, we didn’t know that these solutions even existed. Since that time, we have expanded our database, from five products in 2019 to more than twenty. What is a Faculty Information System? What Are ... The Not So New Faculty Information Systems Read More
A Brief History of Blackboard
It’s time for another company profile. For this post, we want to paint the picture of one of the first LMS companies: Blackboard. Once the leading company in this product category, Blackboard diversified its corporate assets to curb the decline of revenues and to explore new business opportunities. To understand how Blackboard started, we need ... A Brief History of Blackboard Read More
The Relationship Between Help Desk and Project Management Categories
We have all contacted the IT service help desk when a system did not work or the machine simply refused to boot up. Most of us have also used a project management solution to track our projects and ensure we deliver projects on time and within budget. What does not strike us at first glance ... The Relationship Between Help Desk and Project Management Categories Read More
The Rise of Online Program Management (OPM)
For any higher education institution looking to thrive in 2021 and beyond, the adoption of an Online Program Management system is more or less mandatory
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Career Readiness Solutions: From K-12 to Higher Education
Career Readiness Solutions have an upwards trend in the number of implementations that clearly started in 2012.
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Instructure’s Impressive Implementations Record
In the many product categories we track, we often spot a player who has unique characteristics and who pushes us to dig a little deeper into our data. In the learning management system category, this company is Instructure, with its product Canvas. Since its inception in 2008, Instructure has seen an impressive and unmatched run ... Instructure’s Impressive Implementations Record Read More
PowerSchool: The Path to Dominate the K-12 Market
Like many IT stories in the 1980s and 1990s, the creation of PowerSchool initiated from one specific need: getting attendance tracking (as well as other information) to be sent through the school district’s network. From this initial class project, Greg Porter (founder of PowerSchool) worked on his project to build the first version of PowerSchool ... PowerSchool: The Path to Dominate the K-12 Market Read More
Average Year of First Learning Management System Implementations
At LISTedTECH, we like to drill down into our data to better understand historical market trends. As you may know, we have lots of data on learning management systems. In this post, we want to show when the average year of the first learning management system implementation was for each country. To make sense of ... Average Year of First Learning Management System Implementations Read More
New Category in the Portal: Room Scheduling
Part of a trimestrial routine, room scheduling remains an essential step in providing education to thousands of individuals. University staff have to make sure that their system tracks the institution’s needs, the instructor’s needs and the learning equipment’s availability to optimally assign classrooms and laboratories. It is especially useful in peak periods such as exam ... New Category in the Portal: Room Scheduling Read More
HigherEd Email Market: Not Just Gmail and Outlook
As North Americans, we often think that the email product category is pretty much stagnant: it’s either Microsoft or Google or if you prefer Outlook versus Gmail. This is true in North America, but the rest of the world has a different email software landscape. Before going into details, let’s add an important note: our ... HigherEd Email Market: Not Just Gmail and Outlook Read More
Catalog Management: A New Product Category
The once-a-year schedule of updating academic catalogs has been curbed as catalog management solutions have made an appearance in postsecondary institutions. Over the last few years, we received requests from institutions and edtech companies to start tracking these catalog management tools and we are pleased to provide you with some data on this product category. ... Catalog Management: A New Product Category Read More
