Summary

Send data-driven course messages in Blackboard Ultra to boost contactability and improve retention and graduation rates.

Details

Nimbi is a student-success SaaS that gives higher-ed teams real-time, actionable insight into every learner, breaks communication silos across departments, and automates outreach to drive continuous improvement.

The integration connects Nimbi’s proactive Action Plans to Blackboard so each student receives the right nudge, at the right moment, inside the LMS they already use—no extra credentials or custom development required.

Student benefits

1. Receives messages directly within Blackboard Ultra, the primary academic environment, enhancing visibility.
2. Improves the understanding of key information, as messages are delivered in context (e.g., within a specific course).
3. Accesses relevant, personalized messages (student name, course name, progress indicators).
4. Avoids losing messages in external email accounts or having messages filtered out as spam.
5. Doesn’t need to learn new systems; communication happens inside the environment they use daily.

Institution benefits

6. Automates delivery of up to 80% of student alerts, significantly reducing manual messaging workloads.
7. Increases contactability, as messages are delivered directly in the platform students actively use.
8. Provides tracking of message delivery and interaction, including opens, clicks, and student responsiveness.
9. Quickly implements the solution using a pre-configured connector with AWS-hosted infrastructure.

10. Improve key indicators—retention, persistence, re-enrolment and on-time graduation—with data you can prove.

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