Maricopa Blackboard is a collection of Institutions that have uniform management system to provide lectures online. They include:

• Gateway Community College
• Phoenix College
• Chandler Gilbert Community College
• South Mountain Community College
• Estrella Mountain Community College
• Scottsdale Community College
• Glendale Community College

The Maricopa initiative was reached to give students a wide range of choice and allow flexible programs for people committed in other fields. Someone realized that work schedules for different individuals needed to be compromised to allow studies to proceed at one's convenient time and speed. Students attending the various Colleges/Campuses can apply a single course system with one identity.

The Maricopa Blackboard is intended to provide learners with the best variety of quality studies, at the same time allowing them to do their studies with no pre-programmed routine. There are so many positives in learning through this system;

• One can create his/her own timetable without interfering with job schedules.
• Due to the variety of Institutions, there is always a large pool of studies to choose from.
• Online lectures are by far cost friendly compared to other media.
• Cross-referencing is made easier and that naturally brings about fully baked students.
• One can take up as many courses as they like, provided they can create time for each.
• Anyone can be enrolled, provided they feel equal to the tasks, e.g. a mother who has just had a baby will not have the baby as an excuse for not attending lectures.
• Everything is in record and remains there for the longest time, so it'll be easy to refer to the notes anytime you wish.

There are five categories of learning in this system, which provides distance teaching and learning instructions;

• Computers, applications, Internet, browsers, and linking
• Computers, applications, online education, interactive learning
• Reference, distant lectures, online training and studies
• Reference, Information Technology, blog applications
• Library and data technology

To have access to the blackboard, one needs to either be teaching or learning. Those interested can look up the training schedule. Everything you need to know will be available at the blackboard online support that is handy to assist all customer concerns round the clock. There is also a toll free number for support, a live chat window for instant response, problem submission and solution, guides and paperwork for trainees and employers, and so much more. There are windows directing you to different products all you need to do is click on.