SIGNATURE OF A PROTOCOL BETWEEN BLACKBOARD AND FRENCH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

USPA NEWS - Blackboard, a leading e-learning solutions for education, announces the signing of a protocol with the Ministry of Education, Higher Education &Research. This agreement, enables 300 beneficiary institutions of Software Group protocols will enjoy Moodlerooms solution on negotiated terms.

THIS PROTOCOL COVERS THE MOODLEROOMS SOLUTION PLATFORM OEN SOURCE ONLINE---------------------  The Software Group of the Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research comprises representatives of 13 academic Computer Resource Centres uniformly distributed over the entire national territory (Bordeaux, Caen, Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier , Nancy, Nice, Orsay, Paris 6, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulouse), representatives of 8 Research organisations (ADEME, CIRAD, CNRS, INRA, INRETS, INRIA, INSERM, IRD), as well as experts. The mission of the Software Group is negotiating with publishers very attractive price conditions for public higher education and research, taking into account the specific needs of these institutions.--------------------------------------------------------------- "The LMS platform allows Moodlerooms to establish a learning path and offer a user experience that is both intuitive, original and challenging, that are accessible everywhere, at all times, with additional data analysis capabilities," commented Nicolas Albouze, France CEO of Blackboard. Bought in 2012 by Blackboard, Moodlerooms is an enterprise version that simplifies and enhances the open source Moodle solution, one of the management systems of learning the most widely used worldwide. Moodlerooms is hosted in the cloud and offers an unparalleled user experience. It relies on a core Moodle to combine functionality enhancements, specific services and service in an affordable online learning solution and totally flexible.