What is Blackboard? Everything you need to know about the online learning platform Sophie PutkaDec 12, 2020, 08:51 IST Blackboard is an increasingly common platform for online learning.Andreas Arnold/picture alliance via Getty Images Blackboard Learn is a highly customizable online learning application that allows users to take or host online courses. Students and teachers can interact using assignments, video conferencing, discussion groups, tests, and more in Blackboard Learn and its upgraded version, Ultra. Blackboard's mobile apps and accessibility tools allow students to participate remotely and flexibly in classes. Blackboard is a customizable online learning tool that can replace or supplement traditional face-to-face classes for a school or any other classroom structure. Many conventional classroom functions have equivalents in Blackboard Learn, allowing students and teachers to emulate just about every physical classroom experience element.