Welcome to the APAC Blackboard User Group! This user group brings together Blackboard users from Asia & Pacific to share insights, discuss challenges, and collaborate on best practices. Whether you’re looking to connect with peers, stay up to date on regional events, or exchange ideas, you’re in the right place. Let’s build stronger connections within our local community!

APAC Blackboard User Group

Asia and Pacific

Welcome to the Arkansas Blackboard User Group! This user group brings together Blackboard users from Arkansas to share insights, discuss challenges, and collaborate on best practices. Whether you’re looking to connect with peers, stay up to date on regional events, or exchange ideas, you’re in the right place. Let’s build stronger connections within our local community!

Arkansas Blackboard User Group

Welcome! The Ally West UG is a space for Blackboard Ally customers across the US West coast to connect, share ideas, and learn from one another.
 

Blackboard Ally West User Group

The California State Agency Genius/Blackboard Community of Practice (CA GCP) is designed to connect system administrators and training professionals statewide in a learning community focused on the use of the Genius/Blackboard LMS.

CA State Agency Community of Practice

Welcome to the Carolina Blackboard User Group! This user group brings together Blackboard users from North Carolina and South Carolina to share insights, discuss their experiences, and collaborate on best practices and innovative ideas. Whether you’re looking to connect with peers, stay up to date on regional events, or exchange ideas, you’re in the right place. Let’s build stronger connections within our local community!

Carolina Blackboard User Group

Welcome to the Chicago Area Blackboard User Group! This user group brings together Blackboard users from North America to share insights, discuss challenges, and collaborate on best practices. Whether you’re looking to connect with peers, stay up to date on regional events, or exchange ideas, you’re in the right place. Let’s build stronger connections within our local community!

Chicago Area Blackboard User Group

Welcome to the Lower Virginian Blackboard User Group (LoVBUG)! This user group brings together Blackboard users from North America to share insights, discuss challenges, and collaborate on best practices. Whether you’re looking to connect with peers, stay up to date on regional events, or exchange ideas, you’re in the right place. Let’s build stronger connections within our local community!

Lower Virginia Blackboard User Group

Welcome to the Maryland Blackboard User Group (MD-BUG)! This user group brings together Blackboard users from North America to share insights, discuss challenges, and collaborate on best practices. Whether you’re looking to connect with peers, stay up to date on regional events, or exchange ideas, you’re in the right place. Let’s build stronger connections within our local community!

Maryland Blackboard User Group (MD-BUG)

The Michigan Blackboard Users Group, or MIBUG, is a group of faculty, administrators, instructional designers, and technical support staff who use the Blackboard LMS in the state of Michigan and surrounding areas. Our membership includes representatives from K12 school districts, community colleges, and universities who work together to share their expertise and benefit from each other’s experiences.

Michigan Blackboard User Group (MiBUG)

Welcome to the Mid-West US Blackboard User Group (Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Missouri)! This user group brings together Blackboard users from North America to share insights, discuss challenges, and collaborate on best practices. Whether you’re looking to connect with peers, stay up to date on regional events, or exchange ideas, you’re in the right place. Let’s build stronger connections within our local community!

Mid-West US Blackboard User Group

New England User Group

Welcome to the New York, Ohio, West Virginia Blackboard User Group (NOWBUG)! This user group brings together Blackboard users from North America to share insights, discuss challenges, and collaborate on best practices. Whether you’re looking to connect with peers, stay up to date on regional events, or exchange ideas, you’re in the right place. Let’s build stronger connections within our local community!

New York, Ohio, West Virginia (NOWBUG)

Welcome to the Southeast US Blackboard User Group! This user group brings together Blackboard users from AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, and TN to share insights, discuss their experiences, and collaborate on best practices and innovative ideas. Whether you’re looking to connect with peers, stay up to date on regional events, or exchange ideas, you’re in the right place. Let’s build stronger connections within our local community!

Southeast US Blackboard User Group

Welcome to the Texas Blackboard User Group! This user group brings together Blackboard users from North America to share insights, discuss challenges, and collaborate on best practices. Whether you’re looking to connect with peers, stay up to date on regional events, or exchange ideas, you’re in the right place. Let’s build stronger connections within our local community!

Texas Blackboard User Group

Welcome to the Western Pennsylvania Blackboard User Group! This user group brings together Blackboard users from North America to share insights, discuss challenges, and collaborate on best practices. Whether you’re looking to connect with peers, stay up to date on regional events, or exchange ideas, you’re in the right place. Let’s build stronger connections within our local community!

Western PA Blackboard User Group

WIBUG is a collaborative hub for sharing best practices, exploring innovative teaching and learning strategies, and connecting with peers to enhance student engagement. Whether you’re looking to exchange ideas, troubleshoot challenges, or stay ahead of emerging trends in educational technology, WIBUG provides a supportive space to learn, grow, and innovate together.

Wisconsin Blackboard User Group

North America

Welcome to the DACH Blackboard User Group! This user group brings together Blackboard users from Europe to share insights, discuss challenges, and collaborate on best practices. Whether you’re looking to connect with peers, stay up to date on regional events, or exchange ideas, you’re in the right place. Let’s build stronger connections within our local community!

DACH Blackboard User Group

A space for Blackboard users across Ireland to connect, share best practices, and collaborate on enhancing teaching and learning experiences.

Irish Blackboard User Group

Connect with fellow Blackboard users from across the Midlands region to share insights, experiences, and practical tips for enhancing teaching and learning. This group is your space to collaborate, ask questions, and stay informed on regional events and updates.

Midlands UK Blackboard User Group

A community for Blackboard users across Northern England to connect, exchange best practices, and collaborate on innovative approaches to teaching and learning.



North England Blackboard User Group

Join fellow educators and Blackboard users across Scotland and Northern Ireland to share insights, collaborate on local initiatives, and explore ways to enhance the teaching and learning experience with Blackboard tools.

Scotland Blackboard User Group

Welcome to the Blackboard Wales User Group!
This group connects education professionals across Wales who use Blackboard solutions to enhance teaching, learning, and student success.

Wales Blackboard User Group

Europe, Middle East, and Africa

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This isn’t just any program; it’s your exclusive access to learn, share, and collaborate with like-minded users and Anthology.

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Comunidad Blackboard en Español

Engagement Groups

A collaborative space for educators to explore practical and responsible uses of generative AI. Members share real examples, exchange ideas, and learn from one another in a supportive, low-pressure environment. Whether you’re curious, cautious, or just getting started, this group offers hands-on insights grounded in everyday teaching practice. More than a discussion group, it’s a community for experimentation, shared learning, and thoughtful innovation that supports student success.

AI User Group

Welcome to the Business & Government Group! This group is designed for Blackboard users who work within the corporate or government space. Here, you can collaborate with peers, exchange tips and use cases, and stay informed about product updates, upcoming events, and best practices tailored to your specific needs. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced user, your insights are welcome—let's learn and grow together!

Business & Government

The Anthology Faculty Network is a dedicated space for educators to collaborate, share and elevate their practice. Here, faculty can share teaching strategies, explore innovative uses of edtech, and learn from peers across institutions. Whether you're new to digital tools or a seasoned online instructor, this community offers practical insights and meaningful dialogue. It's more than a forum—it’s a place to spark ideas, build connections, and elevate student learning.

Faculty Network

We're excited to offer you integrations with the Anthology partners, as they provide compelling solutions that will help your learners, educators, and administrators save time and increase productivity. And, ultimately, improve the learner experience. 

With hundreds of partnerships with the industry’s most innovative EdTech companies, you’ll have no trouble finding integration partners that will align with your goals. 

Partnerships

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Welcome to the Adopt User Group! This group is designed for Blackboard users who share a common interest in Anthology Adopt. Here, you can collaborate with peers, exchange tips and use cases, and stay informed about product updates, upcoming events, and best practices tailored to your specific needs. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced user, your insights are welcome—let's learn and grow together!

Adopt User Group

Welcome to the Ally User Group! This group is designed for Blackboard users who share a common interest in Ally or work within the accessibility space. Here, you can collaborate with peers, exchange tips and use cases, and stay informed about product updates, upcoming events, and best practices tailored to your specific needs. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced user, your insights are welcome—let's learn and grow together!

Blackboard Ally User Group

Welcome to the Illuminate Developers User Group! Join to gain insight from our product experts and network with other developers. llluminate Developer gives you direct access to the underlying data model powered by the Illuminate platform. It is helpful for Developers, Researchers, and System Administrators who want to create custom queries and analyses based on their institutional data. 

Blackboard Illuminate Devs User Group

Welcome to the Blackboard LMS: Course Catalog User Group! This community is designed for Course Catalog users to connect, collaborate, and learn from one another. Share ideas, exchange best practices, and discover new ways to support short courses, microcredentials, non-degree programs, and workforce learning initiatives. Whether you're new to Course Catalog or an experienced user, your insights and experiences are valued—let's learn, innovate, and grow together!

Blackboard LMS Course Catalog User Group

Welcome to the Blackboard User Group! This group is designed for Blackboard users. Here, you can collaborate and learn from your peers, exchange tips and use cases.  Whether you're a beginner or an experienced user, your insights are welcome—let's learn and grow together! The group meets on a regular basis, once every two weeks on a Thursday at 11:00 a.m. EDT /  4:00 p.m. GMT. 

Blackboard LMS User Group

Welcome to the Corrections Education User Group! This group is designed for Blackboard users who share a common interest in Corrections Education or work within the space. Here, you can collaborate with peers, exchange tips and use cases, and stay informed about product updates, upcoming events, and best practices tailored to your specific needs. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced user, your insights are welcome—let's learn and grow together!

Corrections Education User Group

Welcome to the Institutional Effectiveness group! This group is designed for users who share a common interest in Institutional Effectiveness solutions that support outcomes assessment, strategic planning, accreditation, evidence collection and reporting, and continuous improvement. 

Here, you can collaborate with peers, exchange tips and use cases, and stay informed about product updates, upcoming events, and best practices tailored to your specific needs.

Institutional Effectiveness

Welcome to the K-12 User Group! This group is designed for Blackboard users who work within the K-12 space. Here, you can collaborate with peers, exchange tips and use cases, and stay informed about product updates, upcoming events, and best practices tailored to your specific needs. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced user, your insights are welcome—let's learn and grow together!

K-12 User Group

Welcome to the Technology Learning Community! The Blackboard TLC is a community of *educators* whose common goal is to create and successfully maintain a high-quality online teaching and learning environment at their respective institutions. The TLC gathers each week virtually to discuss issues including but not limited to: trends (hot topics), examine and analyze current challenges, and foster best practices.
*Educators* includes: system administrators, IDs, instructors, TAs, Bb folks and more

Technology Learning Community

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