# Blackboard

>[Blackboard Learn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackboard_Learn) (previously the `Blackboard Learning Management System`)
> is a web-based virtual learning environment and learning management system developed by Blackboard Inc. 
> The software features course management, customizable open architecture, and scalable design that allows 
> integration with student information systems and authentication protocols. It may be installed on local servers, 
> hosted by `Blackboard ASP Solutions`, or provided as Software as a Service hosted on Amazon Web Services. 
> Its main purposes are stated to include the addition of online elements to courses traditionally delivered 
> face-to-face and development of completely online courses with few or no face-to-face meetings.

## Installation and Setup

There isn't any special setup for it.

## Document Loader

See a [usage example](../modules/indexes/document_loaders/examples/blackboard.ipynb).

```python
from langchain.document_loaders import BlackboardLoader

```