Blackboard Collaborate is an online, collaborative learning platform well-suited for the education industry and corporate learning needs. It includes features such as screen and application sharing, web conferencing, and integration with Blackboard Learn.
$300
per year
Canvas
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Instructure is an educational software company based in Sandy, Utah. It is the developer of the Canvas learning management system, which is a comprehensive software package that competes with such systems as Blackboard Learning System, SumTotal and Saba.
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Blackboard Collaborate
Canvas
Editions & Modules
Classroom
$300.00
per year
Department
$9000.00
per year
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Blackboard Collaborate
Canvas
Free Trial
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Yes
Free/Freemium Version
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Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
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Blackboard Collaborate
Canvas
Considered Both Products
Blackboard Collaborate
Verified User
Administrator
Chose Blackboard Collaborate
Canvas LMS is a far more superior product, in fact, many schools switched to it from Blackboard while 0 switched from Canvas to BB. The reason is that Canvas is a Cloud-native tool and it is faster at implementing new features, fixing bugs, etc. It has a bigger advantage in the …
While other products can handle more active participants in a meeting at one time, Blackboard Collaborate has a much simpler and easy-to-use interface that makes it an ideal product for one to many presentations. It integrates fully with multiple learning management systems to …
Assistant Director of Housing and Residence Life for Marketing and Communications and Technology
Chose Canvas
I have used Blackboard for years and Canvas blows it out of the water. I always felt like Blackboard was outdated and using Canvas has really sped up my teaching and course creation. What used to take me days, now just takes a few hours. There was a slight learning curve, but I …
Canvas surpasses Blackboard not only visually, but technically as well. It offers more customization options, as well as more features for students and teachers a like in regard to grading, notifications, and uploading files. It also seems to stream videos more successfully, …
As an online college student, I worked with Blackboard and Canvas. If given a choice, I would choose Canvas. It is easier to navigate through courses, provides various ways for professors to distribute mediums and set up the course, and it allows many ways to connect with the …
Instructional Technology Specialist and Adjunct Instructor
Chose Canvas
Canvas has more features and is more user-friendly than Blackboard. It has an interface that is familiar to students and is, therefore, easier for them to use.
Canvas provides a nice blend of intuitive, simple interfaces with strong functionality. Other products will often try to do too much and become bloated (e.g., BB) or are not mature enough to provide reliable functionality in key areas without extensive support (e.g., Moodle). …
Canvas is the evolving LMS for improvement, organization, and implementation toward a robust student-centric learning environment. Another important aspect of the Canvas LMS is its ability to harness customer input, feedback, and collaboration for product improvement via its …
There are a few features that Canvas does not offer that Blackboard Learn had - Blackboard Learn had more advanced gamification features including advanced achievement badges and adaptive release rules, and allowed students to embed images using the WYSIWYG editor. Overall, …