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Class adds $30 million to its balance sheet for a Zoom-friendly edtech solution

TechCrunch

Class, launched less than a year ago by Blackboard co-founder Michael Chasen , integrates exclusively with Zoom to offer a more customized classroom for students and teachers alike. On the instruction side, Class for Zoom helps teachers launch live assignments, quizzes and tests, which can be completed by students in real time.

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What are learning platforms?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

These include Blackboard , ANGEL , and WebCT (now owned by Blackboard), among others. Most proprietary LMS are geared specifically toward the college/university or corporate training markets, and are thus quite expensive.

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Tired of ‘Zoom University’? So is edtech

TechCrunch

Now, nearly a year since students were first sent home because of the coronavirus, a cohort of edtech companies is emerging, emboldened with millions in venture capital, ready to take back the market. Upon joining the platform, each student is placed at a virtual table with another small group of students.

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Introducing Tableau data literacy curriculum for the Canvas learning management system

Tableau

One: Instructors spend valuable time building courses in learning management systems—time they could be spending with students. Tableau Academic programs were created to give students worldwide the tools and knowledge to explore, understand, and communicate with data. With this release, we set out to address two truths.

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Introducing Tableau data literacy curriculum for the Canvas learning management system

Tableau

One: Instructors spend valuable time building courses in learning management systems—time they could be spending with students. Tableau Academic programs were created to give students worldwide the tools and knowledge to explore, understand, and communicate with data. With this release, we set out to address two truths.

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Addressing the importance of data and visualization skills in health and healthcare fields

Tableau

This Tableau Academic Programs course provides students with the skills to prepare, analyze, visualize, and communicate health and healthcare data using best practices. This course is a prerequisite for anyone working in the current and emerging data-driven health and healthcare environments and will prepare students for professional success.

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Addressing the importance of data and visualization skills in health and healthcare fields

Tableau

This Tableau Academic Programs course provides students with the skills to prepare, analyze, visualize, and communicate health and healthcare data using best practices. This course is a prerequisite for anyone working in the current and emerging data-driven health and healthcare environments and will prepare students for professional success.

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