style . the references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation footnoting or external linking . october 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message angel learning inc. type private industry educational software elearning founded july 2000 headquarters indianapolis in united states key people ceo and president christopher d. clapp vp and cto david mills vp and chief products officer ray henderson and chief visionary tony leonard products angel learning management suite angel eportfolio revenue not disclosed operating income not disclosed net income not disclosed number of employees not disclosed website http www.angellearning.com angel learning inc. was a privately held educational software company specializing in elearning . its main products are the angel learning management suite lms angel eportfolio and services offerings . in may 2009 it was acquired by blackboard inc. contents 1 background 2 products 2.1 angel learning management suite 2.2 angel eportfolio 2.3 services 3 r & d projects 3.1 open source contributions 3.2 second life 4 partnerships 5 awards 6 see also 7 references 8 external links background edit angel learning and the angel lms evolved from research at indiana university purdue university indianapolis iupui . the initial research system deployed in 1996 became indiana university s oncourse founded by chris clapp and tony leonard . the angel lms was created using the early system concepts and was released by the newly formed cyberlearning labs inc. in july 2000 . the company has since changed its name to angel learning . on may 6 2009 competitor blackboard inc announced that it is purchasing angel learning with the merger s completion planned for the end of may 2009 . 1 products edit angel learning management suite edit the angel lms is used by k 12 schools and districts community colleges universities and proprietary schools to create virtual learning environments for online learning and to offer hybrid or blended web enhanced classes . corporations also use the system for online corporate training . the latest version 7.4 was released in april 2009 . it is for all students of the united states angel eportfolio edit angel eportfolio is used by students to create an electronic portfolio of their digital work . schools use angel eportfolio to collect and report on data for accreditation purposes . the latest version 2.1 was released in june 2008 . services edit angel learning also offers services such as training implementation integration and application hosting . r & d projects edit open source contributions edit angel learning recently contributed source code to the development of the ims gls common cartridge digital content and to educational wiki development through a source code contribution to tiddlywiki . 2 second life edit angel learning created and maintains angel learning isle in second life . the island is open to educators for educational experimentation in the use of virtual collaboration technologies for online learning . 3 the san jose school of library and information science is now working with angel learning on a project to integrate second life with the angel lms . 4 partnerships edit angel learning has a number of partners who either offer content in the angel format or integrations to the angel lms . some of these partners include biggyan elluminate emantras pearson education smarthinking tegrity turnitin wiley and wimba . 5 awards edit the angel lms has received several industry awards and angel learning has also been recognized by various organizations . recent awards include 2009 codie finalist best classroom management solution for prek 12 6 2009 codie finalist best postsecondary course or learning management solution 7 2008 codie finalist best postsecondary course or learning management solution 8 2007 ims glc first place learn sat award 9 2007 codie award best postsecondary course content management solution 10 2006 codie award best postsecondary course content management solution 11 parature legend makers award 12 see also edit e learning learning management system references edit press release blackboard inc blackboard to acquire angel learning inc. may 6 2009 . http www.mfeldstein.com angels open source move http www.angellearning.com products secondlife downloads the % 20power % 20of % 20virtual % 20worlds % 20in % 20education 0708.pdf http slisweb.sjsu.edu slis happenings 2008 happenings2008jul11.htm press release http www.elluminate.com press angel 2008 . jsp press release archived copy . archived from the original on 2007 10 07 . retrieved 2007 09 06 . press release http www.pearsoned.com pr 2004 063004 . htm press release archived copy pdf . archived from the original pdf on 2009 01 02 . retrieved 2008 07 21 . press release http www.tegrity.com press release.php id 53 permanent dead link press release archived copy pdf . archived from the original pdf on 2007 08 20 . retrieved 2007 08 21 . http he cda.wiley.com wileycda section id 305305.html http www.wimba.com products integration angel.php 2009 codie finalist best classroom management solution for prek 12 . 2009 codie finalist best postsecondary course or learning management solution . 2008 codie finalist best postsecondary course or learning management solution . ims glc learning technology satisfaction and trends . 2007 codie award best postsecondary course content management solution . 2006 codie award best postsecondary course content management solution . parature legend makers award . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title angel learning & oldid 744535319 categories educational software companieshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2016articles with permanently dead external linkswikipedia references cleanup from october 2009all articles needing references cleanuparticles covered by wikiproject wikify 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