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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.Blackboard Collaborate for Virtual ClassroomsAcross the whole college, we use Blackboard Collaborate for virtual classrooms.,The ability to break students out into smaller groups and then bring them back to the main room Having all tools (chat, participant management) all on one page,Quality of video in large meetings Price is high compared to competitors,4,Positive in that its easy to use and integrates with our LMS well Negative in that it is more expensive than competitors,Zoom,Zoom, McGraw-Hill Connect, Google DriveBlackboard Collaborate- a big step up from SkypeThis program is used in academic support services for online tutoring and academic coaching, which are increasingly needed as more and more degree programs are offering online-only options and the number of students outside a commuting radius increases. While Skype and Google Hangouts are useful for video chat, they aren't designed for academic purposes and lack many of the tools available in Bb Collaborate.,Training,The Whiteboard feature is perfect for tutoring. We use it to write out formulas, draw diagrams, etc while in video chat to enhance explanations. The file attachment feature is also very handy. This means we don't have to do a follow-up with a student using their email to send files of handouts, etc. It's great that we only have to share a classroom access link for a student to enter a session. With other products, they had to set up a username and log-in with an account. Link access means 1 less hassle. We are currently beginning to use the "record session" feature video sessions to use as training for new employees.,I recently tried to use the Share Screen feature, which would be extremely valuable for online tutoring, but despite installing the additional Blackboard Screensharing app, it won't work. I have not yet contacted support to get help with it, but it seems this should work when one follows the instructions. It's not incredibly intuitive in its setup. For example, to get the "share video" icon to appear (the only way you can activate the camera to start video feed), you have to do a sound and video test first.,7,Our implementation has been gradual over the last 2 semesters. Students who have used it to access live academic support despite being unable to drive in for face to face sessions have been extremely happy. It is gradually boosting student morale for offsite students, who have long felt they were unable to access services that were paid through fees with their tuition. Multiple support services who have wanted to provide online support but were unsure how they could are more empowered to do so now. The current mood is "what else can we offer online through this, workshops, advising, live broadcast of student org meetings"?,Google Hangouts and Skype,BlackboardCollaborate in Education with Blackboard Collaborate (Ultra)We've been using Blackboard Collaborate since back when it was Elluminate (then Blackboard Collaborate, and now Blackboard Collaborate Ultra). The Ultra version is browser-based and very simple to use. It is typically used for office hours for our online instructors, handling virtual training sessions our team administers to our faculty, and other times people on our campus may want to meet virtually. Collaborate is also an easy way to have a guest speaker join a classroom remotely. Collaborate Ultra is integrated with our LMS (Blackboard, though they support other integrations), so essentially there is no setup involved for the faculty member. Students just click a link, type in their name, and they are able to join the session, simple as that. Smartphones and tablets are also supported. The Collaborate team has been aggressively working on making the tool more and more accessible.,Internal communications Lead generation Training,Very simple to use. While not overbearingly rich with features, there are a lot of features available to get workflows done. Allows for several options to make a session accessible, while the developers are working on even more ways. Mobile friendly.,Takes advantage of features available in Firefox and Google Chrome browsers for application sharing; these features are not yet available in Safari or Microsoft Edge.,10,Collaborate Ultra has been the most effective for us for training faculty virtually. Faculty have been excited that they can have a remote guest speaker in their classroom, and all they need to do for set up is to e-mail that guest speaker a link to join the session. Collaborate Ultra is beyond useful for faculty to meet with online students who are either across the country, or even in other countries, with tools that really help to focus on course work.,Google Hangouts and Skype,Ubuntu Linux, Oracle VM VirtualBox, IntelliJ IDEA, Blackboard, Docker, Microsoft Office 2016, LibreOfficeGreat for small groups of online studentsBlackboard Collaborate is generally used across our e-school. Teachers use the software to present live and recorded lessons to our students across the state of Florida. It allows us to deliver instruction in a more interactive method, reaching all types of learners and incorporating audio, video, and interaction.,Internal communications Training,Enables teachers to upload PowerPoint presentations and display them for the class Allows multiple people to be present at one time Has adequate tools for teachers to be able to engage class in interaction (polling, raising hand, allowing microphone and video camera sharing),Blackboard Collaborate frequently causes us to see "Exception errors" Students and teachers regularly get "kicked out" of the online classroom/lose connectivity PowerPoints are static. Does not support animations unless using another program to upload.,7,We've been better able to engage students in their learning opportunities We can host reviews, allowing students to prepare better for exams, and thus boosting test scores We can get to know our online students in a personal way,Elluminate,Snagit, Mozy Pro, Adobe Acrobat DC, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe PhotoshopBlackboard Collaborate for Optimal Company Communications!Blackboard Collaborate is utilized by my company for teachers to hold office hours for students within the online courses provided by the company. It is also used to hold virtual department meetings. This addresses our need for communication between teachers and students, teachers and other teachers, and teacher and management staff.,The ability to host a number of people in a meeting and manage their participation via text and audio. The screen sharing features allows presenters to demonstrate procedures exactly as instructed on the screen. This also allows the presenter to permit others to share their screens if they need clarification of something or to share further ideas. The software gives you the freedom to use a whiteboard to draw/demonstrate concepts to students and other employees.,Some of the newest computer high resolution screens are not as compatible with the interface. The font and windows are much smaller and the user is not able to increase the size of the windows to make it easier to read/navigate. The audio can sometimes be inconsistent and tune in and out when someone is speaking. This is not every time though and many times the audio is clear. The login process takes a bit longer to get into the program. You have to go through a few step process and loading time to get into the application.,8,The program has allowed enhanced communications between teachers and students so that students can get real time tutoring and not rely on back and forth emails. The program gives teachers a platform to come together and participate in professional development activities together and ask questions/make suggestions in real time. Has created an "office" like atmosphere online to help simulate a brick and mortar classroom teacher office where students can feel comfortable communicating with teachers about their concerns.,,Skype, Google Drive, Adobe Acrobat DCStop! COLLABORATE and Listen!Currently at Polk State College, Blackboard Collaborate is used as a synchronous learning environment in online and hybrid courses. Students are able to interact with professors while they (the students and/or the professors) are off campus and at odd hours. Students participate in guided online course orientations, study sessions, and workshops via Blackboard Collaborate.,The synchronous environment is great for online and hybrid courses. Students are able to ask questions and receive feedback in real time. The video option is great, especially for 100% online courses. It gives a face to the professors name--humanizes us a little bit for the students. The record option is wonderful for students who cannot be in class, students with special needs, enrichment/supplement, and content reviews.,Logging in can be challenging for students who are not exactly computer literate. The program's reliance on an updated Java can be a real source of frustration for students and parents. Accessing sessions once they've been recorded is a bit cumbersome. It is especially difficult for professors who are not as computer literate. Accessing a virtual classroom could be improved. I would like to see a customizable "button" or "widget" option that can be placed on a professor's webpage.,7,N/A,Nearpod,Google Drive, Dropbox, Desire2Learn,Yes,Product Features Product Usability,I was not involved in the decision-making process of either organization I worked for who use that product,Managing participant controls is very easy. Using the whiteboard is a cinch.,Logging on (if Java isn't up to date) Accessing recorded sessions. Accessing the meeting link to share with participants.,Yes,8Blackboard Collaborate -- Great for teaching or being taught!I have used it both as a continuing education student, and as a site-manager for classes that my colleagues teach. Blackboard Collaborate makes it easy to connect students with professors and teaching assistants. As a student, the features make it easy for our professor to screen share, draw, and do presentations for us. On top of that, it is easy to work and coordinate with other students who are also using Collaborate.,Collaborate makes it easy to share screens, presentations, and images in a digital classroom, which is essential when teaching difficult concepts to people who are not in the same room as the presenter. Collaborate even allows for small-group work WITHIN a larger group. Our teacher was able to break us out into smaller "rooms" for small discussions and presentation prep. The basic controls and modules are easy to learn and teach with presenters.,Some of the more advanced features are difficult to use. Troubleshooting at home can be difficult--if it doesn't open for some reason, etc. I have been kicked off repeatedly before (although this might be more my own computer functionality, rather than the program). Sometimes there is a lag, causing the presenter's voice to need to catch up/speed up.,8,Makes it easy for students with unusual schedules, or in other locations to participate. Recording classes is very helpful should the student have to miss classes or if someone has to miss a meeting but wants to catch up. Helps keep people up to date and is well known so most people have used it in some capacity before.,Skype,SkypeLooking Forward to Collaborate UltraCurrently, we enable the Blackboard Collaborate tool in courses only upon request due to the complexity of its interface. However, with the upcoming implementation of the new UI, we are going to be opening up the tool to all courses system wide. The new UI is so much easier to understand and use, and I am confident that the adoption rate is going to drastically increase. Currently, some instructors use it for virtual office hours, some use it for lecture capture and still others use it for remote lecturing back to their class when they are off campus. Some of our organizations use it for web conferencing as well. With the greater availability of the tool next semester, I figure the use cases will at least be the same but more likely new ideas for using it will come about.,The new UI is so much more simpler to use. Every month more features from the classic UI are being implemented.,In my experience, the only bad aspect that I can bring up is that the video does not keep up with the audio and you will sometimes see that they are out of sync. I have also read that some people are experiencing degraded audio in their recordings. During the session the audio is fine but in the recordings it is not good.,10,Adoption rates have been low so ROI isn't what it could be. However, in our case, this is due to a lack of training about and on the product.,WebEx Meetings and Zoom,Blackboard,The new Ultra experience makes the whole process very simplistic. The new browser based WebRTC technology in the Ultra experience makes joining a session so easy without the need for any downloads. Navigating the session controls couldn't be easier.,When chat is busy in a session, it would be nice to increase the width of the chat window for easier readability.,Yes, but I don't use it,9Blackboard Collaborate is best when collaborating with other Blackboard ProductsI helped evaluate if Blackboard Collaborate was a good tool for the academic community of a previous position. In then end, the team did recommend that our school purchase and use Blackboard Collaborate in sync with Blackboard Learn, the LMS we were using. In the end, my organization decided to hold off on implementing Blackboard Collaborate because they wanted to confirm that Blackboard was still the best LMS for the school. However, in many ways I wish the organization would have adopted Blackboard Collaborate as it allows students and faculty easy ways to connect and since LMS evaluations take a long time the lack of having a tool like Blackboard Collaborate is highly noticed. In our evaluation, we suggested that Blackboard Collaborate would be used solely for academic purposes and in addition to other stuff, it would solve the problem of remote meetings, team collaboration and online office hours.,Connecting students: Collaborate allowed students to connect with each other based on their current classes and past classes. Dynamic permissions: Allowing students to change their own permissions so student could set the level of access they wanted for other students. They could do this while still allowing instructor and TA access at the classroom level. Making the LMS more engaging: Collaborate made Blackboard seem more like Facebook which may have made some students and faculty more interested.,Video and audio was lacking when we evaluated it. Multiple language inputs were not well developed when we looked at it - and what was there was very klunky and confusing. Security wasn't clear. I didn't understand how my organizations information was separated from others. (I'm not really sure of the technical stuff here - but our security guys were not happy with Blackboard's explanations to their questions.),6,Since we did not implement Blackboard this question is not applicable.,,WebEx Meetings, Adobe Connect, GoToMeetingBlackboard Collaborate - A great fit for the academic settingBlackboard Collaborate is an essential tool for us to allow for synchronous communication among our online instructors and students. It has been a valuable tool to support this real-time communication in these courses, especially for things like office hours and student presentations to the class.,Real-time interaction using VoIP and web cams among a group of students in an online class. Polling and breakout rooms during a presentation to make the conversations lively and engaging for a distance audience. Allows for the recording of key presentations to be viewed at a later time.,As Blackboard Collaborate is dependent on Java, we have had issues with users accessing the tool depending on recent Java updates and compatibility issues with browsers and operating systems. However, Blackboard's new version, Collaborate Ultra, will be moving away from Java which should resolve many of these issues.,9,Essential real-time conversations between instructors and students that are an important part of the learning experience.,Blackboard Collaborate is a solid choice for integration, feature set, and usability.Blackboard Collaborate is used chiefly as an online real-time course environment. Online and hybrid classes meet in Blackboard Collaborate sessions, leveraging it as a virtual classroom for instructional purposes, student presentations, small group collaboration, and other interactivity purposes. The platform is also used regularly as a training and development environment, providing online hosting for webinars and other events.,Sharing of flattened (image) Power Point slides Recording/capture of sessions for later review in mp3, mp4, and proprietary playback formats Real-time audio and video interactivity, with tools for text-based supplemental interaction,Audio and Video quality is in need of performance Ease of access/use (e.g. launcher software is required by the current version to gain access) Overall responsiveness is in need of improvement, as audio and video delays are fairly commonplace,7,Collaborate has had a positive impact on our goals, as it affords our online learners and faculty a place to meet and interact in online courses. It has proven itself more reliable and easier to use, as well as being a more modern option, than tools used in the past. Use of real-time meetings in our online class offerings are likely at an all-time high in part due to Collaborate's implementation.,Love the creativity of Collaborate!I find Blackboard Collaborate to be very useful as a conduit to communication for my students and I. It is easy to use and provides the right amount of choices necessary to have a great communicative session.,The visuals are great. Choices for usage are helpful. Ease of use is exactly what new online students need.,Time lapse of verbal communication. Inability to share Microsoft Word documents directly.,8,Great student interface. Ease of communication with students. Enhanced course participation.,Angel,BlackboardCollaborate with EaseWe use Blackboard Collaborate for meetings and for tutoring students, one-on-one or in groups. Our department, the instructional department, is the only department that uses it. Many of our employees work remotely, so being able to communicate in a virtual setting is a beneficial alternative to email. Also, we tutor our students remotely, and using Skype, email, or phone is not conducive to what we need to do.,Allows for sharing of the whiteboard between participants Easy to enter rooms Ease of recordings and retrieval of recordings The tools that are available...text, write, chat, talk, app share, go directly to videos,The app sharing feature - it is great that it exists, but it is clumsy and lags behind. It is also hard sometimes for the 'sharer' to tell if they are sharing or not. There is also a lag between the sharer and the participants. The tool bar seems to get stuck sometimes. I will try to write or highlight and I cannot switch between the different options. The Blackboard Collaborate app commands are hidden. It would be nice if the chat feature to the moderator went to the main room chat by default, rather than the moderator chat.,8,Without Blackboard Collaborate, we would not be able to tutor remotely with our students. Blackboard Collaborate has a positive ROI due to its availability in different mediums and ease of use for many different users.,Skype for Business,Google Domains, Skype, Skype for Business, MS SharePoint, JIRA SoftwareBlackboard CollaborateCollaborate is a excellent online and remote classroom training tool that allows students to connect to class via a remote session. Features like: whiteboard, sync across devices, ability to make timed quizzes, and the ability to upload assignments and docs are some nice features.,Its ability to share the presenter's desktop to distance learning classrooms/students. Its ability to share the presenter's video feeds to distance learning classrooms/students. A particularly nice feature is the ability for an instructor to be able to share his notes with the class. It is nice that students can participate in the class as if in the classroom using a chat session. Students can actually see the instructor which makes them have a more personal experience. Whiteboard feature. The ability to upload assignments and docs is a nice features. Synchronization across devices and quick syncing time. Ability to make timed quizzes. Easy to learn interface for instructors and from what feedback I have heard it is easy for students to use.,Loading of presenter slides is not as intuitive as it could be.,9,Collaborate is not an inexpensive tool. However, integration into the Blackboard environment is excellent. If you are already a Blackboard school it is easier to integrate and use than other solutions. So, you may save money and time on learning a totally new environment and you will be more familiar with getting support from Blackboard. As a side note, Blackboard provides really good training documentation for Collaborate.,Skype, Wimba and Tegrity,80,5,Fully Online Classes Blended Classes: Part Online and Part in-Class Mixed Classes: In Classroom classes that have some student that are online students.,We have been able to reach out to students that cannot attend on site classes. Training of other faculty and staff can be done across campus without having to physically meet to have a conference or training.,We have several remote (satellite) campuses. So, I can see us in the future possibly having a dual location class where students in a classroom at more than one location can attend the same class. Multiple students in separate classrooms in separate locations. Collaboration and communication between faculty members.,9,9,No,9Blackboard Collaborate creates virtual classroom.Blackboard Collaborate is used to deliver real-time, synchronous, educational content to our users. Specifically, online classes use Blackboard Collaborate to deliver online lectures and presentations using the audio and video components within Blackboard Collaborate as well as the fully interactive whiteboard. Instructors load presentation materials and slides on the interactive whiteboard while student participants follow everything that occurs on the screen. Many classes also use Blackboard Collaborate for group study sessions -- often times without instructor participation. Students are able to share desktop applications, use the interactive whiteboard, and communicate with each other through the built in text chat tools as well as through the audio and video modules.,The interactive whiteboard allows instructors to load PowerPoint or other presentations into the display which can then be highlighted, marked on, typed on, or used for real-time presentations with students. Blackboard Collaborate features a robust desktop sharing component that allows instructors to share their entire desktop, portions of their desktop, or just specific applications with participants. They can also pass control over those applications to session participants. This is very useful for demonstrating software programs that session participants may not have on their own computers. The user feedback buttons in Blackboard Collaborate allow session participants to express a variety of emotions during online sessions through buttons that represent a smiling face, thumbs down, and a confused face. In a face-to-face classroom, instructors who notice a confused face on some of their students know to stop and re-explain a concept. These digital faces provide the same interaction in the virtual classroom.,Currently, the audio and video features are enabled separately from each other. You could end up in a situation where 6 people in a 12-person classroom have their cameras enabled and 6 different people have their microphones enabled. It would be ideal if one "Talk" button turned on that person's audio and video simultaneously. The number of active participants able to turn on their microphone or camera is still limited compared to other products on the market. Competing products allow dozens of participants to enable their audio and video during the entire session without having to switch back and forth as Blackboard Collaborate requires with larger sessions. Blackboard Collaborate still relies on Java to function. As such, it has to bundle a Java launcher application in order to open sessions. Similar products can function using HTML5 entirely within modern browsers. Desktop sharing is not visible on mobile apps although the chat, whiteboard, and audio is fully functional.,9,Because faculty can schedule sessions on-the-fly without IT involvement, they are able to accomplish goals that they plan for weeks in advance as well as impromptu goals that come up at a moments notice. Integration with the campus Learning Management Systems provides quick and easy scheduling of sessions that can be joined easily by students in those courses. Scheduling of meetings can also be done through the web interface directly which enables administrative departments not associated with courses in the learning management system to also schedule meetings not affiliated with courses. On-campus users can schedule meetings without outside participants by sending an open "guest link" URL that allows users to participate despite not having an account within the system iteself.,Big Blue Button and WebEx Meetings,Canvas, Blackboard, SlackMakes a Student's Life much Easier - Improves Communication SkillsBlackboard is being used by the whole Campus of the University, and it is helping students to catch up on their course work and also be punctual on all their assignments as well as their lectures.,Fast synchronization accross devices upon a change Well organized and simple to use Able to take short quizzes and put a timer on them Able to upload documents for assignments and provide a quick review of that document,First time users have it hard to understand how to use it. Maybe, provide a "User Guide for the first-time log in users" would help to navigate easier with Blackboard.,8,Easy to set up a video-call meeting Provides a good way for Professors and Students to communicate with each other,,8,8,9Stop COLLABORATE and listenWell, it varies by department. But Blackboard Collaborate is used to hold virtual meetings, professional development sessions, parent and student conferences, and virtual office hours, and for student projects.,File sharing can be done in session and is quick and seamless. No software downloads are required if you are using the Ultra version. Very user friendly.,I've run into issues with downloading the launcher especially for remote users. There are some known issues with the launcher not playing recordings of sessions. There is a bit of lag when sharing the desktop or trying to do a web tour.,10,Allows for increased participation across the organization by eliminating the need to travel. Opens communication to outside resources.,
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April 23, 2018

Blackboard Collaborate- a big step up from Skype

Becca Guler
Score 7 out of 10
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Bb Collaborate has educational tools unavailable in Skype or Google Hangouts and is available without the student needing to have an account or log-in information.
The upswing is incredible, with highly interactive video tutoring capabilities. It is also integrated with a tutor and other staff profiles, appointment scheduling and session notes capabilities that are shared across departments, but it was cost-prohibitive for us.
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December 18, 2017

Collaborate in Education with Blackboard Collaborate (Ultra)

Joseph Axenroth
Score 10 out of 10
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Google Hangouts and Skype, while free and easy to use, do not provide the focus on educational settings that Collaborate Ultra does. They also do not provide the features for making a session accessible to attendees.
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February 05, 2016

Stop! COLLABORATE and Listen!

Laura Abercrombie
Score 7 out of 10
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Nearpod does not allow for the same type of synchronous environment that Blackboard collaborate does. Further, Nearpod, as the name suggests is best suited for a face-to-face classroom that is, preferably, one-to-one. While it has some of the same functions as Nearpod, Blackboard collaborate is best suited for remote transmission rather than face-to-face.
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May 03, 2016

Blackboard Collaborate -- Great for teaching or being taught!

Mallory Rice
Score 8 out of 10
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Blackboard collaborate offers so many more features that help make a presentation successful. It offers the option for people to speak or chat at specific times, therefore keeping interruptions at a minimum during classes, but still lets people "raise their hand" should something arise. Skype is much more basic seeming--it allows for chatting, and screen sharing, but I don't know what other features are available. Blackboard Collaborate is well known in education, and for good reason. Skype also tends to be down during busy times, restricting access and potentially postponing meetings.
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November 18, 2015

Blackboard Collaborate - A great fit for the academic setting

Katie Sabourin
Score 9 out of 10
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Blackboard Collaborate is a great fit for an academic setting compared to some of the other products. Its layout is intuitive and user friendly, while providing many advanced features that other tools do not offer.
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November 17, 2015

Blackboard Collaborate is a solid choice for integration, feature set, and usability.

Jeremy Bond
Score 7 out of 10
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When Collaborate was chosen, other products investigated included Wimba (a predecessor), Big Blue Button, TinyChat, and others. Collaborate, though requiring a greater financial investment, was superior to other options in essentially all respects. Its integration into our existing LMS is seamless and important in our setting. Furthermore, the recording and access to the recordings likewise integrated into the LMS is another highly desirable feature. Finally, and perhaps most compelling for some, is the vendor-hosting model for Collaborate, which does not require clients to setup or maintain the necessary server and other resources.
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October 03, 2016

Collaborate with Ease

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Score 8 out of 10
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While Skype for Business is nice, it takes a few times to try and get into meetings. Also, Blackboard Collaborate has more tools that allow for the user to write on the whiteboard or on uploaded PowerPoints. Finally, the ability to place people into mini groups and allowing for Q&A and polling is something that makes Blackboard Collaborate superior.
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June 03, 2016

Blackboard Collaborate

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Score 9 out of 10
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Blackboard LMS and Collaborate's integration as well as support from one vendor makes it a first choice if you are already using Blackboard as your LMS.
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November 17, 2015

Blackboard Collaborate creates virtual classroom.

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Score 9 out of 10
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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 allow simply scheduling as well as has a separate front-end to allow for use outside of the LMS.
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February 26, 2016

Makes a Student's Life much Easier - Improves Communication Skills

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Blackboard Collaborate is the only program of this kind that I have used so far, therefore I cannot compare against other programs that are alike. But, I would say that I will be using this tool for a long time, because it offers me almost everything that I need as of right now.
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December 16, 2015

Stop COLLABORATE and listen

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I've other webinar tools like Go to Meeting and Adobe...I would say they are all comparable.
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Blackboard Collaborate Scorecard Summary

Likelihood to Recommend (90)
6.9
Likelihood to Renew (1)
9.0
Usability (3)
8.9
Availability (1)
8.0
Performance (1)
9.0
Support (1)
9.0
Product Scalability (1)
8.0

Feature Scorecard Summary

High quality audio (24)
7.0
High quality video (24)
6.9
Low bandwidth requirements (23)
5.7
Mobile support (4)
8.4
Desktop sharing (24)
6.9
Whiteboards (24)
7.8
Calendar integration (10)
10.0
Meeting initiation (17)
7.5
Integrates with social media (5)
8.2
Record meetings / events (23)
8.0
Slideshows (6)
8.1
Live chat (24)
8.6
Audience polling (22)
8.7
Q&A (6)
8.6
User authentication (17)
7.1
Participant roles & permissions (22)
8.5
Confidential attendee list (12)
8.2

About Blackboard Collaborate

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 to provide a complete learning management system (LMS).

Blackboard Collaborate offers a browser-based web conferencing tool to facilitate interaction between instructors and students. It has a classroom chat feature that offers a messaging platform for students to share images, text, audio, and video. It also supports live captioning to meet the accessibility needs for deaf and hard of hearing students with its Blackboard Live Closed Captioning Service feature.

Its interactive Whiteboard feature is used for conducting presentations using PowerPoint slides for engaging multiple participants with a single presentation. However, Whiteboard content can be added or edited directly from Blackboard Collaborate without opening PowerPoint. And despite being browser-based, Blackboard Collaborate does offer some features through its Blackboard Collaborate ™ Mobile app.

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