Morton College

Morton College Selects YuJa’s Enterprise Video Platform for Campuswide Lecture Capture and Media Storage Solution

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Morton College, a community college located in Cicero, Illinois, has selected the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform to serve its more than 5,000 students campuswide.

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  • Morton College, a community college located in Cicero, Illinois, has selected the YuJa Enterprise Video Platform to serve its more than 5,000 students campuswide.
  • In addition to its ease of use and video features, the Platform provides cloud-based, scalable storage, adaptive streaming, device compatibility, and more.
  • The college serves a variety of constituents, and all-in-one tech tools help streamline processes and enhance the learning experience.
  • Morton College is a public comprehensive community college recognized by the Illinois Community College Board as District 527.

Blackboard Learn Ultra Adoption Builds Momentum Worldwide

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Monday, July 11, 2022

BOCA RATON, Fla., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Anthology, a leading provider of education solutions that support the entire learner lifecycle, today announced a 46 percent increase in the number of courses designed using Blackboard Learn Ultra, and a 30 percent increase in the number of institutions deploying Learn Ultra courses, year over year.

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  • Following the merger with Blackboard, Anthology tripled Learn Ultra development resources and increased opportunities for client feedback in the development process, a strategy that continues to power a rising cadence of new features and enabled the largest Learn Ultra release to-date delivered this July.
  • With a research-informed approach that involves clients throughout the development process, Blackboard Learn Ultra users benefit from significant improvements to the learning experience aligned with the pedagogical preferences of instructors.
  • "Anthology's Blackboard Learn Ultra is so much more than an LMS.
  • This news comes as education leaders and Blackboard Learn Ultra clients from around the world converge at Anthology Together, the company's first combined user conference with Blackboard.

Fig Factor Media Presents 11 Latinas for First Young Latina Talks In Cicero; College Student Wins $1,000 Scholarship

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Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Sterling Morton High School to share their personal stories of overcoming barriers, self-doubt, adversity who exemplify perseverance during the first Young Latina Talks held in Cicero.

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  • Sterling Morton High School to share their personal stories of overcoming barriers, self-doubt, adversity who exemplify perseverance during the first Young Latina Talks held in Cicero.
  • Fig Factor Media Publishing in collaboration with the Town of Cicero, Morton College and J.
  • Young Latina Talks, created by Fig Factor Media Publishing CEO Jacqueline S. Ruiz, is a Ted Talk-style event created in the spirit of widely successful Today's Inspired Latina book series and global movement.
  • Sharing this sentiment was Town Clerk of Cicero and Young Latina Talks Judge Maria Punzo Arias.

25 Illinois Community Colleges Make It Easier For Employers To Recruit Their Job-Ready Talent, For Free!

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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Employers posting jobs today can simultaneously reach tens of thousands of job seekers from 25 community colleges, including Black Hawk College, College of DuPage, College of Lake County, Danville Area Community College, Elgin Community College, Highland Community College, Illinois Central College, Illinois Valley Community College, Joliet Junior College, Kankakee Community College, Kaskaskia College, Kishwaukee College, Lewis & Clark Community College, McHenry County College, Moraine Valley Community College,Morton College, Oakton Community College, Parkland College, Prairie State College, Richland Community College, Rock Valley College, South Suburban College, Southwestern Illinois College, Triton College, and Waubonsee Community College.

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  • Employers posting jobs today can simultaneously reach tens of thousands of job seekers from 25 community colleges, including Black Hawk College, College of DuPage, College of Lake County, Danville Area Community College, Elgin Community College, Highland Community College, Illinois Central College, Illinois Valley Community College, Joliet Junior College, Kankakee Community College, Kaskaskia College, Kishwaukee College, Lewis & Clark Community College, McHenry County College, Moraine Valley Community College,Morton College, Oakton Community College, Parkland College, Prairie State College, Richland Community College, Rock Valley College, South Suburban College, Southwestern Illinois College, Triton College, and Waubonsee Community College.
  • Miller added, "Many employers traditionally have posted jobs only at the closest community colleges.
  • But, with the Consortium, employers can easily extend their reach, at no cost, and post statewide or target a specific combination of regional Illinois community colleges."
  • But our Illinois Community Colleges Jobs Consortium gives employers a no-cost option that's a direct path to our combined community colleges career centers and in-state talent.