WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) today announced that Michael Chasen, president and CEO and Mike Beach, CFO and Michael Stanton, SVP of Treasury & Investor Relations, will present at the Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona on Wednesday, December 3, 2008.

    Event:     Blackboard Presentation at the Credit Suisse Annual Technology
               Conference
    Date:      Wednesday, December 3, 2008
    Time:      2:30 p.m. Mountain/4:30 p.m. Eastern
    Location:  The Phoenician, Scottsdale, Arizona

The audio webcast of this presentation will be available live on the Blackboard Investor Relations Web site, http://investor.blackboard.com.

About Blackboard Inc.

Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) is a leading provider of enterprise software applications and related services to the education industry. Founded in 1997, Blackboard enables educational innovations everywhere by connecting people and technology. With two product suites, the Blackboard Academic Suite(TM) and the Blackboard Commerce Suite(TM), Blackboard is used by millions of people at academic institutions around the globe, including colleges, universities, K-12 schools and other education providers, as well as textbook publishers and student-focused merchants that serve education providers and their students. Blackboard is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia.

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SOURCE Blackboard Inc. 12/02/2008
CONTACT: Michael J. Stanton, Senior Vice President, Treasury & Investor
Relations of Blackboard Inc., 1-202-463-4860, ext. 2305
Web site: http://www.blackboard.com
http://investor.blackboard.com (BBBB)