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NEWSLETTER BME HOLDING

MONTHLY EDITION

September,2025

BME LEADS AGAIN

BLACKBOARD PARTNER OF THE YEAR 2025

ELLUCIAN MODULAR, FUTUREREADY SYSTEMS

EXPLORANCE

LAUNCHES BLUEX 2.0

CLASS

UNVEILS FIRST-OF-ITSKIND LEARNER

SYMPLICITY

FOOTPRINT IN THE REGION

ANTHOLOGY TOGETHER 2025 THE FUTURE OF E-LEARNING

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INSIDE THIS EDITION: We’re proud to begin this edition of the BME Newsletter by announcing that BME has once again been named Blackboard Partner of the Year 2025.

Plus, get insights from Anthology Together 2025, where global leaders and technologists came together in Las Vegas to explore AI, innovation, and the future of education. From keynote sessions to product announcements, the event reaffirmed the power of collaboration in shaping what's next in EdTech.

Learn how Ellucian’s modular, API-driven systems are helping universities build futureready digital campuses.

Explore BlueX 2.0 by Explorance, a creative expression platform that moves beyond traditional surveys—enabling interactive feedback, digital content sharing, and dynamic communication.

Plus, see how Class is redefining virtual learning with its first-of-its-kind learner experience focused on engagement, presence, and real-time collaboration.

Also, checkout the symplicity foot prints in the region.

At Board Middle East (BME), we are shaping the future of education with big ideas that challenge conventional thinking and advance new models of learning.

Every day we are inspiring people to find new ways to learn, connect and drive change in the way education is delivered and experienced. Through technology and services we bring people closer to the knowledge they seek and to ways they can change their own education and their own world for the better.

By partnering with clients across the Middle East, we’ve built the best technologies and solutions to help advance our industry in meaningful ways. But we are not building new learning products; we are building a new way for learning to happen.

Established in 2010 as a local company, BME has become in 2011, the Master Distributor of Blackboard for the Middle East. With offices in Riyadh and Beirut, BME work closely with partners throughout the region to make its online learning solutions available to schools, universities, corporations, government and military organizations.

The companys presence includes operations and investments in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Lebanon, Kuwait and its customer relations extend across the eleven countries of the region.

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BME NAMED BLACKBOARD PARTNER OF THE YEAR 2025 A DECADE OF EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION, AND IMPACT IN EDUCATION

A recognition

that celebrates more than a decade of collaboration, innovation, and shared vision in transforming education across the Middle East. This honor reflects our continued commitment to delivering impactful solutions that empower institutions and support student success through Blackboard’s powerful learning technologies.

We are proud to celebrate this milestone with our partners, clients, and the Blackboard team. This award reinforces BME’s role as a trusted leader in the region’s education technology landscape—and inspires us to continue pushing boundaries, driving change, and shaping the future of digital learning. www.bmeholding.com

ANTHOLOGY TOGETHER 25 WHERE EDTECH LEADERS UNITE

Anthology Together 2025 (AT25) delivered three days of cutting-edge keynotes, breakout sessions, and networking designed to inspire education technologists worldwide . With a renewed “Power of Together” focus, the event emphasized collaboration, innovation, and community through hands-on experiences, peer-driven discussions, and meaningful social moments like the opening celebration and customer appreciation party .

ELLUCIAN DRIVES MODULAR INNOVATION WITH EXPERIENCE PLATFORM & APIS Ellucian is advancing modular system architecture through its Experience Platform and enhanced Banner APIs, giving institutions unprecedented flexibility in how they connect, customize, and scale their digital environments.

The Experience Platform provides a unified, personalized front-end for students, faculty, and staff, while Banner APIs facilitate seamless integrations with third-party applications and internal systems.

This modular approach empowers IT teams to implement change incrementally, reduce operational disruptions, and future-proof their digital infrastructure.

It also supports hybrid learning models, mobile access, and institutionwide agility in an increasingly fast-paced educational landscape.

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CLASS UNVEILS FIRSTOF-ITS-KIND LEARNER When in person, instructors and facilitators rely on their intuition and observations to gauge engagement—tracking who has spoken, asked questions, and contributed—all while managing the classroom and delivering impactful instruction. This is already a challenge, but in a virtual setting where 70% of virtual instructor-led learning is delivered on video conferencing platforms, where access to the same non-verbal cues is limited, it can be even more difficult to truly understand participation and engagement levels.

Class is unveiling Learner Engagement Scoring, first-of-its-kind real-time analytics that helps facilitators identify, measure, and respond to learner participation in virtual learning and training programs.

Learner Engagement Scoring is designed to address one of the most pressing issues in online education and corporate training: limited visibility into learner participation.

With Learner Engagement Scoring, organizations can: Track learner participation instantly with a composite score that includes talk time, attendance, chat activity, emoji reactions, and more.

Identify at-risk learners early and intervene when it matters most.

Instructors and administrators can drill into individual engagement metrics.

Use real-time engagement data to refine learning strategies, adjust instruction dynamically, and ensure learners stay engaged.

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EXPLORANCE LAUNCHES BLUEX 2.0 Explorance, a global leader in feedback analytics, launches BlueX 2.0, a bold evolution of its agile feedback platform. Reimagined from the ground up and enhanced with powerful new capabilities, BlueX 2.0 enables organizations to gather insights, inspire engagement, and create interactive experiences—intuitively, flexibly, and at scale.

More than a survey tool, BlueX 2.0 is a platform for expression. It helps organizations shift from simply asking questions to creating experiences that invite conversation, creativity, and reflection.

Whether it’s a traditional survey, a branded newsletter, a digital assignment, or an open-access form—BlueX empowers those who want to listen to also be heard and those that want to make real impact with action.

What’s New in BlueX 2.0: Advanced reporting: Interactive visualizations, filtering, and ready-to-share insights Flexible sharing and collaboration workflows: Co-editing, versioning, and targeted distribution Role-based survey approvals: Designed for academic, HR, and enterprise governance Deeper integration: Seamless with Explorance Blue, Canvas, Salesforce, and enterprise systems Creative versatility: Publish content that sparks engagement, from reflections to open calls for expression

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SYMPLICITY FOOTPRINT IN THE REGION Empowering Student Success Across Leading Institutions Symplicity continues to support universities and academies across the GCC and Saudi Arabia in transforming student employability, career readiness, and alumni engagement. Through its robust career services and experiential learning platforms, Symplicity is helping institutions streamline student support, enhance career outcomes, and build stronger employer connections.

With more institutions turning to technology-driven student success platforms, BME is proud to highlight our growing network of partners that are shaping the future of higher education across the region.

AIBARA IDUAS

Qassim University King Fahad University for Petroleum and Minerals Tabuk University Umm Al-Qura University Prince Muqrin University NEOM Academy Tuwaiq Academy

CCG

United Arab Emirates University American University of Sharjah American University of Cairo Khalifa University Zayed University Mohammed Bin Zayed University Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) Bahrain Polytechnic

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