DOC-REF: FRC-2026-04-28Rev 04 / 2026

Section 8.4 - Register entry

DOC-REF: FRC-MKT-F1506076709

Blackboard LMS

Blackboard lists Blackboard LMS on the FedRAMP Marketplace with the status FedRAMP Certified, at Moderate impact, on the Agency path under the Rev5 process. Package F1506076709, read from the marketplace feed as of September 3, 2026.

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Section A. Register entry

What the marketplace records

FedRAMP package ID
F1506076709
Cloud service provider
Blackboard
Certification status
FedRAMP Certified
Impact level
Moderate
Certification class
Class C (Moderate)
Authorization path
Agency
Certification type
Rev5
Marketplace phase
Ongoing Certification
Deployment model
Government Community Cloud
Register snapshot
September 3, 2026
Service model
SaaS
Certification date
April 21, 2020
Status date
April 21, 2020
Annual assessment
September 22, 2011
Agency authorizations
9
Recorded reuses
8
Business categories
Education & Training, Learning Management
Milestones on record
3

The marketplace carries Blackboard LMS under package F1506076709 with 19 recorded fields. Its certification date is April 21, 2020. A-LIGN Compliance and Security, Inc. dba A-LIGN is named as the independent assessor, with an annual assessment date of September 22, 2011. 9 agencies are listed as having authorized it, among them Department of Agriculture, Department of Labor, Department of State and 6 more, and the feed records 8 reuses of the package. It is delivered as SaaS on a government community cloud, filed under 2 business categories including Education & Training and Learning Management.

Section B. Milestones

3 entries in the marketplace event log

Most recent first, as recorded by FedRAMP.

Event log
DateCategoryRecorded
April 21, 2020Status ChangeStatus changed from PMO Review to FedRAMP Certified
September 26, 2019Status ChangeStatus changed from Agency Review to FedRAMP In Process
July 24, 2019Status ChangeStatus set to Agency Authorization In Process

Section C. Cost context

What reaching Moderate costs

Our own published ranges for a provider going through this level. Nothing here is a figure this provider has disclosed.

Cost context

Budget for a Moderate authorization

Initial authorization$800,000 to $2,000,000
Continuous monitoring$150,000 to $350,000 a year
Typical timeline12 to 18 months
Control baseline325+ controls
Annual assessment$90,000 to $260,000 a year

Our published planning range for a provider pursuing Moderate. It is not a figure any listed provider has disclosed.

Read the FedRAMP Moderate cost guide / annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost

Path

Agency Authorization is the route for 578 of the offerings on the marketplace. Our cost pages put it at $800,000 to $2,000,000 over 12 to 18 months for Moderate. Agency authorization cost

Assessment and monitoring

An annual assessment date of September 22, 2011 is on the record, and that assessment recurs for as long as the package stays listed. Annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost

Section E. Agencies on the record

9 agencies listed against this package

As published on the marketplace. An agency named here has issued its own authorization to operate; FedRAMP does not issue ATOs itself.

  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Labor
  • Department of State
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Federal Aviation Administration
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Federal Highway Administration
  • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Section G. Nearest entries on the register

Comparable offerings

Scored on impact level, path, status, shared business categories and how close the two entries sit in the register's own timeline.

Section H. Description

As published on the marketplace

The provider's own description of the service, reproduced from the FedRAMP feed without edits.

Blackboard's LMS solution offers government and military agencies next-generation online, social and mobile tools that create a continuous learning environment, built around peer-to-peer interaction, content and discussions.

Next step

What the same authorization would cost you

The worksheet turns an impact level, an existing security posture and an organization size into a line-by-line budget, with the 3PAO fee split out.

Provenance and independence

Source: the FedRAMP Marketplace product feed, produced by the General Services Administration. The feed's own last-change stamp is September 3, 2026; this copy was taken on September 5, 2026.

GSA's disclaimers page states that FedRAMP content about a specific commercial product or service is provided for the information and convenience of the public and “does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the General Services Administration”. A listing here is a record of a certification status, not a judgment about the product.

FedRAMPCost.com is an independent cost reference. We are not affiliated with FedRAMP, the GSA, any provider listed on this page, or any assessment organization, and no provider pays to appear in this register.

DOC-REF: FRC-2026-04-28 / Updated 2026-04-28