Blackboard provides custom software to help students collaborate and communicate with teachers. It was built in 1997 and has over 19,000 clients in 100 countries. The presentation discusses the meaning of Blackboard, its branding and marketing, technological features like Learn, Collaborate, Connect, and Analytics, user experience benefits and drawbacks, and concludes that Blackboard has been a successful model that has revolutionized modern education by offering more opportunities for learning and closer communication between teachers and students.