December 03, 2019
Blackboard Collaborate for Education
Alternatives Considered
As far as cost, Zoom is much more economical to us. For full features, Blackboard has a few more tools available than Zoom.
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December 02, 2019
Blackboard Collaborate for Virtual Classrooms
Alternatives Considered
- Zoom
Blackboard Collaborate is more expensive and does not perform as well with our internet connections.
April 23, 2018
Blackboard Collaborate- a big step up from Skype
Alternatives Considered
- Google Hangouts and Skype
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.
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.
December 18, 2017
Collaborate in Education with Blackboard Collaborate (Ultra)
Alternatives Considered
- Google Hangouts and Skype
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.
September 29, 2016
Blackboard Collaborate for Optimal Company Communications!
Alternatives Considered
We have used Skype for Business for meetings, however it does not have nearly the amount of features available as Collaborate and does not function as seamlessly.
February 05, 2016
Stop! COLLABORATE and Listen!
Alternatives Considered
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.
Alternatives Considered
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.
February 05, 2016
Looking Forward to Collaborate Ultra
Alternatives Considered
- WebEx Meetings and Zoom
Blackboard Collaborate came bundled with our LMS.
Alternatives Considered
Blackboard Collaborate meets the needs of a conferencing tool. It is especially great used in sync with other Blackboard products.
November 18, 2015
Blackboard Collaborate - A great fit for the academic setting
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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.
November 17, 2015
Blackboard Collaborate is a solid choice for integration, feature set, and usability.
Alternatives Considered
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.
December 04, 2015
Love the creativity of Collaborate!
Alternatives Considered
- Angel
I prefer Blackboard because it is user friendly.
February 01, 2018
Great for small groups of online students
Alternatives Considered
- Elluminate
Blackboard is just the most widely known software. All of them have issues and glitches, but Blackboard is well supported.
Alternatives Considered
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.
Alternatives Considered
- Skype, Wimba and Tegrity
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.
November 17, 2015
Blackboard Collaborate creates virtual classroom.
Alternatives Considered
- Big Blue Button and WebEx Meetings
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.
February 26, 2016
Makes a Student's Life much Easier - Improves Communication Skills
Alternatives Considered
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.
December 16, 2015
Stop COLLABORATE and listen
Alternatives Considered
I've other webinar tools like Go to Meeting and Adobe...I would say they are all comparable.
Blackboard Collaborate Scorecard Summary
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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.
Blackboard Collaborate Technical Details
| Operating Systems: | Unspecified |
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| Mobile Application: | No |