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include:

-- A new marketing director, based in Amsterdam
-- A new UK-based communications agency
-- A new Applications Service Provider (ASP) Data Center in Europe (to
open later this year)
Blackboard is pleased to announce the arrival of Dave Hayward as Marketing
Director, Europe.

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Later this year, Blackboard intends to open a new ASP data center in
Amsterdam to enable more of its clients to host their Blackboard
solution through Blackboard ASP Services.

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The Norman campus serves as home to all of the university's
academic programs except health-related fields.

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(NASDAQ: BBBB), a leading
provider of e-Learning software and services to more than 2,200
universities and K-12 schools worldwide, is expanding awareness of its
software products and services across Europe."

About Blackboard Inc. Blackboard's clients include colleges,
universities, schools and other education providers, as well as textbook
publishers and student-focused merchants that serve education providers and
their students.
In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release
represent the Company's views as of April 14, 2005. Utilizing the advanced CRM
marketing and contact management tools, Intelliworks will enhance and
streamline the tracking of their student information. Intelliworks provides all that. The university's
annual operating budget is more than $1 billion.

It is offered primarily to the prospective student with an interest in pursuing an actuarial education in a university setting.

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Hayward to generate
awareness and excitement about how Blackboard is enabling academic
institutions across Europe to enhance the educational experience.

About The University of Oklahoma

Created by the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature in 1890, the University of
Oklahoma (OU) is a doctoral degree-granting research university serving the
educational, cultural , economic and health care needs of the state, region
and nation.

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Blackboard is a leading provider of enterprise software and services to the
education industry. Intelliworks' solutions have
evolved through a synergy of built-in best practices from Duke, Columbia,
UC - Berkeley, Dartmouth, Wharton, Maryland, Georgia, and others.

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Hayward will serve as a dedicated in-market resource
to assist Blackboard in meeting the e-Learning needs of institutions across
the region. EuroPR Group will work closely with Mr.

The Intelliworks Relationship
Manager will allow the university to manage student profiles, class size
and diversity goals. Enrolling more than 31,000 students , the University
of Oklahoma is a doctoral degree-granting research university serving the
educational , cultural, economic and health care needs of the state, region
and nation.

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About Intelliworks

Intelliworks, Inc.

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The Company's product line consists of five software
applications bundled in two suites, the Blackboard Academic Suite and
the Blackboard Commerce Suite.com for more information.

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PRESS RELEASE BLACKBOARD Expands in European Markets

"Blackboard is making a solid commitment to expand is presence across
Europe," said Michael Chasen , CEO and President of Blackboard.

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Hosting with
Blackboard is quick, easy and affordable and frees institutions to focus on
their education objectives.

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The center will be staffed and
monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Intelliworks, Inc. Both the Norman and Health
Sciences Center colleges offer programs at the Schusterman Center, the site
of OU-Tulsa.

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As a 100%
web-based application, Intelliworks offers attractive scalability for
schools and can be implemented at a department, school-wide, or university
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OU enrolls more than 31,000
students, has more than 2,000 full-time faculty members, and has 19
colleges offering 147 majors at the baccalaureate level, 152 majors at the
master's level, 80 majors at the doctoral level , 35 majors at the first
professional level, and eight graduate certificates.

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"We
recognize a real demand for e-Learning tools in the region, and these new
resources will enable us to help schools achieve their educational
objectives. Actual results may
differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements
as a result of various important factors, including the factors discussed
in the "Risk Factors" section of our most recent 10-K filed with the SEC. These forward -looking
statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as
of any date subsequent to April 14, 2005.

"We are pleased to be working with a university that understands the
importance of implementing technology solutions that address the
complexities related to recruiting and enrollment management," states Dev
Ganesan, president & CEO, Intelliworks, Inc.

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More
than 350 learning institutions currently license Blackboard software
products and services in Europe, some of which are hosted by Blackboard's
ASP Services from servers based in the United States., the leader in
collaborative CRM software for the higher education market, today announced
the University of Oklahoma (OU), one of the top public universities in the
nation, has signed a multi-year agreement to license the Intelliworks
Relationship Manager for its CRM solution. enables colleges and universities to generate additional
revenue and cost savings from increased knowledge of their prospective and
current students, and stronger alumni and external relationships with
its innovative client relationship management (CRM) solutions, designed to
meet the needs of higher education customers.

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Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and
prospects for Blackboard and other statements containing the words
"believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will," and similar
expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

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Hayward joins Blackboard with a decade of experience
working as a marketing executive at Oracle Corporation. However, while the Company may elect to update these
forward -looking statements at some point in the future, the Company
specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. The University of
Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution.

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, with
offices and staff in North America, Europe and Asia. The Company anticipates
that subsequent events and developments will cause the Company's views to
change.

PRESS RELEASE The University of Oklahoma Selects Intelliworks Relationship Manager

This category lists actuarial science departments with their own web presences .

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Blackboard has also retained The EuroPR Group, a London-based Independent
PR Consultancy to support its European marketing and communications
efforts. Blackboard is headquartered in Washington , D. The OU Health Sciences Center, which is located in Oklahoma
City, is one of only four comprehensive academic health centers in the
nation with seven professional colleges.

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With existing homegrown systems becoming outdated, combined with the
increasing reality that key pieces of information were accumulating outside
of these databases, University officials wanted to enhance the tracking of
student information. "Senior administrators need
to make pro-active decisions, rather than simply storing data.

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As OU looked to more accurately communicate with
potential students, tracking the large volume of interactions, whether
attendance at a recruiting event, request of a brochure, or application
submission, became increasingly more important. They also
want to take advantage of CRM best practices in addition to integrating
front-end and back-end functions in order to forge more collaborative
relationships with key constituents, whether prospective or current
students, business leaders , or alumni.