KFUPM has adopted Blackboard 9.1 as the online Learning Management Systems (LMS) for the whole KFUPM campus. Blackboard is currently hosted locally at KFUPM and is administered and maintained by the Learning Technology Center (LTC) in collaboration with the Information Technology (KFUPM-IT). Blackboard service is made available to all faculty of KFUPM, which allows them to use Blackboard features in support of delivering and conducting their courses.

The LMS is used by instructors in carrying out course related activities online including course content delivery, communication and collaboration, and developing and delivering assessments. Blackboard is a flexible and feature-rich course development and delivery system. The features of Blackboard provide freedom and control to instructors as course designers. Thus, almost all KFUPM courses have virtual presence on Blackboard. To maintain efficient and effective use of Blackboard, LTC provides many training seminars and workshops on the use of Blackboard throughout the academic year.

Blackboard at KFUPM is fully integrated with the Banner Student Information System (SIS) and therefore course rosters are populated with students automatically. This LMS-SIS integration allows Blackboard to maintain an active link throughout the academic semester with the SIS to update course rosters automatically.

Microsoft Teams is an online platform for collaboration, meetings, and video conferencing. It is freely available to the members of KFUPM community. While it is not originally designed as a learning management system (LMS), it offers several LMS-like features, such as content sharing, online collaboration, and assignment submission.

While Blackboard is the only officially supported LMS at KFUPM, some instructors at the university prefer the Microsoft Teams environment and use it to manage their courses. The IT team at KFUPM facilitates such instructors by creating a "Team" for each course section, including the instructor and enrolled students, at the beginning of each term.

Unlike Blackboard, the student roster in Teams is added only once and cannot be kept in sync throughout the semester. Accordingly, a Team is created for each course section after the initial add/drop period of the term when the student enrollment in the course section has stabilized.