LMS-Market

Market analysis - both in market share and in subjective review - of the learning management system (LMS) market for higher education and K-12

LMS-Market

Aug 4, 2026

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8 min read

The Left Column Isn't Permanent

How agentic AI may lead the LMS browser UI to become an implementation detail rather than the core of the product

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

Jul 29, 2026

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10 min read

InstructureCon Conference Notes 2026

Real change in how Instructure faced the breach, less change in product and in the exec team

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

Building Blackboard Together Conference Notes 2026

Jul 28, 2026

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10 min read

Building Blackboard Together Conference Notes 2026

Back from bankruptcy and making the case, but the actual strategy waits until November

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

Jul 27, 2026

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9 min read

D2L Fusion Conference Notes 2026

Taking a strategic lead without reaping the rewards, at least not yet

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

Jun 17, 2026

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8 min read

Open edX Conference Notes 2026

What comes next?

Glenda Morgan

LMS-Market

Higher Ed Is Driving by the Rearview Mirror

Jun 3, 2026

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3 min read

Higher Ed Is Driving by the Rearview Mirror

I realize now that I gave the same answer six times in a podcast interview.

Phil Hill

security-and-outages

A Technical Deep Dive Is Not a Crisis Response

May 19, 2026

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8 min read

A Technical Deep Dive Is Not a Crisis Response

The company is optimizing for litigation posture when the bigger threat is to institutional trust.

Phil Hill

Regulatory Analysis

May 14, 2026

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2 min read

Introducing the On EdTech+ Podcast

Two episodes live now: the AI gap the industry won't talk about, and where the LMS market is actually heading

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

May 11, 2026

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6 min read

One Step Forward, One Step Back

Instructure adds a helpful, direct statement on the cyber attack, but it is becoming more clear that they don't get it . . . yet

Phil Hill

security-and-outages

Instructure Is Risking the Trust That Built Canvas

May 8, 2026

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5 min read

Instructure Is Risking the Trust That Built Canvas

The Canvas cyber incident is still active, and some details remain incomplete. But today's belated public update sharpens the trust question rather than retiring it.

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

May 7, 2026

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1 min read

Update to Spring 2026 LMS Market Analysis

Fixing two slides from a version-control error

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

May 7, 2026

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1 min read

Spring 2026 Higher Ed LMS Market Analysis

Our annual LMS market analysis with a new format and emphasis

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

Categories Might Be Safe, But Not Vendors

Apr 7, 2026

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7 min read

Categories Might Be Safe, But Not Vendors

A follow-up discussion of AI, SaaS, and EdTech survival

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

Apr 1, 2026

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8 min read

AI, SaaS, and EdTech Survival

Why the “SaaS Apocalypse” Isn’t the End of EdTech Software Providers

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

Instructure Releases the IgniteAI Agent: Now the Real Test Begins

Mar 26, 2026

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9 min read

Instructure Releases the IgniteAI Agent: Now the Real Test Begins

After months of credibility questions, Canvas delivers its agentic AI tool—but it's too early to evaluate impact due to cautious campus adoption

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

Mar 2, 2026

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8 min read

The New Blackboard Emerges From Bankruptcy

After 14 months of debt crisis and bankruptcy, Blackboard re-emerges debt-free with $70M in new capital and Matt Pittinsky set to return as CEO

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

The Report of the LMS's Death is an Exaggeration

Dec 17, 2025

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11 min read

The Report of the LMS's Death is an Exaggeration

A counter-argument to recent but common claims

Glenda Morgan, +1

Regulatory Analysis

Nov 21, 2025

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9 min read

Friday Follow Up

Tracking the two biggest stories in LMS land this year

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

Nov 19, 2025

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6 min read

Blackboard Goes Back to the Future (Sort Of): Matt Pittinsky to Return as Leader

And no, On EdTech is not becoming finishing school for executives

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

Oct 14, 2025

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9 min read

Mid-week Follow Up

Updates on Moodle Higher Ed, Fall 2025 enrollments, and post-bankruptcy Blackboard

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

Nexus’s Transparency Playbook: A Pattern to Watch

Oct 3, 2025

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2 min read

Nexus’s Transparency Playbook: A Pattern to Watch

An update on contradictory information regarding the Anthology bankruptcy

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

Nexus Playing Both Sides in Anthology's Bankruptcy

Oct 3, 2025

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10 min read

Nexus Playing Both Sides in Anthology's Bankruptcy

A troubling lack of transparency about the private equity firm shaping Anthology’s fate

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

Anthology's Chapter 11 Bankruptcy by the Numbers

Oct 1, 2025

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6 min read

Anthology's Chapter 11 Bankruptcy by the Numbers

Debt interest payments were 41% of total revenue, and other insights from the court filings

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

Anthology Declares Bankruptcy, Blackboard to Remain as the Core

Sep 30, 2025

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10 min read

Anthology Declares Bankruptcy, Blackboard to Remain as the Core

The official Chapter 11 plan is to recapitalize around Blackboard and sell off SIS/ERP and CRM/Student Success to competitors

Phil Hill

LMS-Market

Sep 24, 2025

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14 min read

MoodleMoot Global Conference Notes 2025

It's a long way from Mérida to Edinburgh

Glenda Morgan

LMS-Market

The Left Column Isn't Permanent

InstructureCon Conference Notes 2026

Building Blackboard Together Conference Notes 2026

D2L Fusion Conference Notes 2026

Open edX Conference Notes 2026

Higher Ed Is Driving by the Rearview Mirror

A Technical Deep Dive Is Not a Crisis Response

Introducing the On EdTech+ Podcast

One Step Forward, One Step Back

Instructure Is Risking the Trust That Built Canvas

Update to Spring 2026 LMS Market Analysis

Spring 2026 Higher Ed LMS Market Analysis

Categories Might Be Safe, But Not Vendors

AI, SaaS, and EdTech Survival

Instructure Releases the IgniteAI Agent: Now the Real Test Begins

The New Blackboard Emerges From Bankruptcy

The Report of the LMS's Death is an Exaggeration

Friday Follow Up

Blackboard Goes Back to the Future (Sort Of): Matt Pittinsky to Return as Leader

Mid-week Follow Up

Nexus’s Transparency Playbook: A Pattern to Watch

Nexus Playing Both Sides in Anthology's Bankruptcy

Anthology's Chapter 11 Bankruptcy by the Numbers

Anthology Declares Bankruptcy, Blackboard to Remain as the Core

MoodleMoot Global Conference Notes 2025

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