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CourseInfo

CourseInfo LLC, one of the two companies forming Blackboard Inc. was founded in 1997 by Daniel Cane and Stephen Gilfus while at Cornell University. They joined together to officially form the partnership known as CourseInfo and developed the company into a small course management software provider. The product at the time was called the Teachers Toolbox.…

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Product development

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Company formation

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Blackboard overview

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Overview

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Founded
Ithaca, N.Y. 1997
Industry
Educational Software
Headquarters
Ithaca, N.Y., United States
Area served
USA
Fate
Merged with Blackboard Inc in 1997
Founder
Daniel Cane, Stephen Gilfus

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Overview

Company formation

Product development

Blackboard overview

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CourseInfo

Top relations

related to Product development · 26
CourseInfo → Access, Blackboard's, Blackboard's CourseInfo, Cane, Cornell University, CourseInfo Enterprise Edition, Generator, Gilfus, Guest, ILN, In, Interactive Learning Network, July, Much, MySQL, Netscape, October, On April, On January, On November
related to overview · 19
CourseInfo → As, Blackboard, Blackboard CourseInfo, Blackboard Inc, Blackboard LLC, Cane, Cornell University, CourseInfo LLC, Gilfus, IMS Global Learning Consortium, In, It, January, June, Matthew Pittinsky, Michael Chasen, Originally, Providence Equity Partners, The
related to Company formation · 13
CourseInfo → ARPANET, As, Cane, Cane's, Cindy, Cornell, Dr, Early, Es, Es's, Gilfus, PLATO, This
Area served · 1
CourseInfo → USA
Fate · 1
CourseInfo → Merged with Blackboard Inc in 1997
Founded · 1
CourseInfo → Ithaca, N.Y. 1997
Founder · 1
CourseInfo → Daniel Cane, Stephen Gilfus
Headquarters · 1
CourseInfo → Ithaca, N.Y., United States
Industry · 1
CourseInfo → Educational Software
Key people · 1
CourseInfo → Dan Cane, Stephen Gilfus

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Important terminology

blackboard cane company gilfus 1997 inc cornell course product 1998 llc two learning software management stephen known founded teachers toolbox

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CourseInfoArea servedUSA1.00infobox
CourseInfoFateMerged with Blackboard Inc in 19971.00infobox
CourseInfoFoundedIthaca, N.Y. 19971.00infobox
CourseInfoFounderDaniel Cane, Stephen Gilfus1.00infobox
CourseInfoHeadquartersIthaca, N.Y., United States1.00infobox
CourseInfoIndustryEducational Software1.00infobox
CourseInfoKey peopleDan Cane, Stephen Gilfus1.00infobox
CourseInfoNet incomeUnstated1.00infobox
CourseInfoNumber of employees7 (September 1997)1.00infobox
CourseInfoOperating incomeUnstated1.00infobox
CourseInfoProductsTeachers ToolBox, Interactive Learning Network 1.5, Blackboard's CourseInfo1.00infobox
CourseInfoRevenueUnstated1.00infobox
CourseInfoTypePrivate1.00infobox
CourseInfoWebsitecourseinfo.com1.00infobox

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    CourseInfo

    Nodes20
    Edges19
    Triples73
    Avg. degree1.9
    Density0.1
    Components1
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