VitalSource has recently expanded its relationship with BlackBoard, further connecting the leading e-textbookplatform with the leading learning management system. As a global Premier Partner of Blackboard, VitalSource offers Blackboard customers one-click access from the Blackboard Learn™ portal to Bookshelf, the world’s most preferred e-textbook distribution platform.
The Bookshelf platform is an “always on” gateway to digital textbooks and trusted publisher content that can be directly accessed from your Blackboard Learn environment without requiring users to do anything but click on their reading assignment.
Through the VitalSource Building Block, students gain immediate access to Bookshelf’s cutting-edge technology and enhanced learning tools including integrated notes, highlights, annotations, and more. For complete portability, the new Building Block also allows users to download Bookshelf to their desktop or laptop computer, or their iOS or Android mobile device. And, no matter how or where e-textbooks are read, the notes and highlights will all be in sync.
Benefits
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Simple & streamlined integration through standards-based content delivery
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Support for the Blackboard Learn 9.1 environment including SP7 and later
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Single sign-on (SSO) to Bookshelf
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Instant access to content
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Download support for Windows®, Mac®, iOS®, and Android™
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Support for Blackboard Mobile™ users
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Instructor support for content linking from anywhere within a course or assignment
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Support for deep linking to any part of the content
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Support for student access during the course add/drop period
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Distribution of complementary copies to course instructors
