https://www.stephengilfus.com/blackboard New Blackboard artifacts from Stephen Gilfus — founding whitepapers, architecture notes, Building Blocks, IPO history, and field notes on Blackboard Inc. (1997–Anthology). en-us Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:34:41 GMT https://www.stephengilfus.com/whitepapers/blackboard-ims-adl-scorm https://www.stephengilfus.com/whitepapers/blackboard-ims-adl-scorm Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT Open-standards alignment as a product requirement: how Blackboard committed to IMS / ADL / SCORM 1.2 portability rather than vendor lock-in. Whitepaper blackboard https://www.stephengilfus.com/whitepapers/blackboard-5-learning-system https://www.stephengilfus.com/whitepapers/blackboard-5-learning-system Sun, 01 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT The enterprise edition that turned Blackboard into platform infrastructure — Building Blocks, SIS integration, role/provisioning at 2,000+ institutions. Whitepaper blackboard https://www.stephengilfus.com/whitepapers/blackboard-building-blocks-initiative https://www.stephengilfus.com/whitepapers/blackboard-building-blocks-initiative Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT The published partner contract — documented system services and supported interfaces — that turned the LMS into an extensible platform. Whitepaper blackboard https://www.stephengilfus.com/whitepapers/blackboard-2000-product-strategy https://www.stephengilfus.com/whitepapers/blackboard-2000-product-strategy Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00:00 GMT The platform thesis published as a whitepaper: how the 2000 strategy paper laid out the architecture that became Blackboard Inc. Whitepaper blackboard