Dive Brief:
- Blackboard has added a new interface and boosted the accessibility offered by Moodlerooms, its open-source learning management system service provider.
- According to Campus Technology, the improvements to the interface should make navigation more intuitive for users, and make searches for content and use of that content easier.
- Moodlerooms also now has better assistive tools for visually impaired users, including better access through screen readers.
Dive Insight:
According to Moodlerooms, Moodle is the most popular learning management system, with 67 million educators, users, and developers in the Moodle community, which also includes online teaching in higher education and K-12. Moodlesrooms works with Joule, an LMS that combines Moodle with enhancements and services. Blackboard acquired Moodlerooms in 2012, though Moodlerooms operates independently from its parent.
