The teaching & learning platform powering 150M+ learners — now in your region.
TallyMarks IT Consulting (TMC) is an Official Anthology Channel Partner, the authorised partner for Anthology® Blackboard® in the UAE, Pakistan and Iraq. We deliver the Blackboard® by Anthology platform, Ally®, Illuminate®, Evaluate® and Premium Add-Ons® with regional implementation, Arabic-first onboarding and a named account manager in your time zone.
Global Footprint & Presence
A single environment where teaching, learning, accessibility, and insight come together.
Blackboard® is the digital backbone for higher education, K-12, government and corporate learning — built around three commitments that institutions can plan around.
Predictability
A single, vendor-supported platform with global scale, 24×7 support and continuous innovation — backed by 30 years of operating experience.
Inclusion
Accessibility built into the core — not bolted on. Award-winning Ally® generates alternative formats on demand, supporting UAE Federal Law 29 by design.
Partnership
A vendor that listens. The global learning community of 150M+ users directly shapes the Blackboard® product roadmap — not the other way around.
The portfolio, unpacked.
Click through each product to see what's included and what it does for your institution.
Blackboard®
The industry's most innovative cloud-based LMS, with the AI, accessibility and reporting tools competitors charge extra for — included in the standard licence.
- ✓ Unlimited courses, advanced student progress tracking & plagiarism detection
- ✓ AI Design Assistant & Content Designer for streamlined course creation
- ✓ Modern mobile apps for students and instructors
- ✓ Built-in Content Accessibility Checker
- ✓ Course Conversion Tool for migrating from legacy systems
- ✓ Lifelong Student Portfolio & Learning Outcomes Management
- ✓ Advanced AI Assessment & Engagement tools
- ✓ LMS reporting + 24×7 administrator support
Ally®
Automatically scans every piece of course content — PDFs, slides, videos, web pages — and generates alternative formats for learners on demand. Named a Tech & Learning Best of 2025 award winner.
- ✓ Auto-generated audio, electronic braille & translated versions
- ✓ Accessibility scoring with clear remediation guidance for faculty
- ✓ Institution-wide accessibility reporting for accreditation evidence
- ✓ Maps directly to UAE Federal Law 29 & MOHESR requirements
- ✓ Works with Arabic content the same way it does with English
- ✓ Compliance by design — not by remediation
Illuminate®
A cloud-native data warehouse that consolidates institutional data from across the Blackboard® ecosystem into a single reporting-optimised model — so leaders can make decisions on evidence.
- ✓ Unified data model across the Blackboard® ecosystem
- ✓ Student success & at-risk insights for academic leaders
- ✓ Course effectiveness & engagement analytics
- ✓ Institutional outcomes & accreditation reporting
- ✓ Simplified, role-based access for IT, faculty & leadership
Evaluate®
Streamlines the entire course evaluation process — from survey design to distribution to actionable reporting for academic leadership.
- ✓ Drag-and-drop survey designer with academic templates
- ✓ Automated distribution tied to course rosters
- ✓ Real-time response tracking & reminders
- ✓ Comparative reporting for departments & faculties
- ✓ Actionable insights surfaced for academic leadership
Extend further, on your terms.
A curated set of add-ons for institutions ready to go further on video, credentialing, course design, and managed services — delivered by TMC at the regional layer.
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Video Studio — recording, editing & sharing inside the LMS
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Adopt — personal adoption guides keep users on track
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Milestone — badging & digital credentialing for career readiness
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TDM (Course Catalog) — structured catalogue for institutions and learners
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24×7 User Support — via Anthology Services
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Course Design Services, Advanced Implementation & Managed Services
Key benefits, translated into what they actually mean for your institution
AI Design Assistant and Content Designer streamline course creation, grading, test bank development — less admin, more teaching.
Ally® automatically makes courses accessible, generating alternative formats on demand. Meets UAE Federal Law 29 on accessibility.
Illuminate® consolidates LMS data into a single analytics view, enabling data-driven decisions on student success and course quality.
150M+ user community directly informs Blackboard® product roadmap — customers have a voice.
24x7 global support + regional Channel Partner (TMC) for Arabic onboarding, faculty training, integrations.
If you haven't seen the new Blackboard® in 18 months, you haven't seen Blackboard®. AI, accessibility, and LMS reporting are now standard — not premium add‑ons.
Global product. Local partner.
Blackboard® delivers the global platform, the support, the security patches and the product roadmap. TMC, as your authorised regional partner, delivers everything that has to happen locally to make the platform actually land.
One Arabic-speaking team. One named account manager. One time zone. One implementation accountability.
- ★An Official Anthology Channel Partner for UAE, Pakistan & Iraq — under the FY26 Blackboard® Channel Partner Program.
- ★Four-stage migration playbook — discovery, mapping, pilot, full cutover with parallel running.
- ★Arabic-first delivery — onboarding collateral, faculty training and learner-facing materials in Arabic and English.
- ★Integration expertise — SIS, HRIS, Office 365, Microsoft Teams and the wider campus stack.
- ★Regional time-zone support with a named account manager — not a ticket queue.
Straightforward licensing, no surprises.
Pricing is based on active user count and add-ons. Typical first-year investment for a 5,000-student institution ranges from USD 60K–150K (Blackboard® licence + TMC implementation).
Questions we hear from institutional leaders.
Direct answers — no marketing fog.
Premium add-ons: Ally® (advanced), Adopt, Video Studio, Evaluate®, Milestone, TDM catalog, 24×7 user support, Course Design Services, Managed Services, Advanced Accessibility Services.
Tell us about your institution. We'll do the rest.
Five short questions so our consultant can come prepared. No sales boilerplate — just a real conversation about your LMS, your faculty and what you're trying to fix.
Most institutions can be operational within 8–12 weeks. Talk to us for a sizing estimate tailored to your faculty count.