From the September 2006 Edition of the Blackboard Academic Bulletin, Blackboard has officially announced the renaming of the Suite of WebCT products to become the Blackboard Learning System. They now have logos (see right).
This change was hinted at during the WebCT IMPACT! Conference
More specifically…
| Before | After |
|---|---|
| WebCT Vista | Blackboard Learning System Vista Enterprise License |
| WebCT Campus Edition (Institution License) | Blackboard Learning System CE Enterprise Ltd License |
| WebCT Campus Edition (Focus License) | Blackboard Learning System CE Basic License |
In addition a new product will be coming called Blackboard Learning System CE Enterprise License
As promised, these changes will take effect after upgrading to Service Pack 1 for Application Pack 1
More detailed information can be found here (PDF).
[...] My colleague, Dan Bramer at watersedge, beat me to the punch on this one. In our email today came this announcement from Blackboard which provided a link to the official renaming schema of WebCT to Blackboard Learning System. In our case, running WebCT Campus Edition 6, our new product name is Blackboard Learning System CE Enterprise Ltd License. Try saying that five times fast! [...]