Collaboration at the next level
December 14, 2015
Collaboration at the next level
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Blackboard Collaborate
I can't answer as to how it's used organization-wide, as we are a large state university. However, our small department uses it primarily for meetings where we need to share something visual, usually a course. It's very helpful, because it allows us to control access to our courses by being able to demo them rather than grant guest access.
- Blackboard Collaborate allows for simultaneous video, chat, audio, and sharing and does so in a very efficient way.
- I really like the feature that allows you to record the entire event, and how well that recording captures the session.
- It is generally easy to use, once it's open.
- Trying to get started can get very confusing. If you've already downloaded it once, sometimes it doesn't seem to find the previous downloads.
- When you're downloading, there's no indication that anything's happening until suddenly a small screen appears. This has caused me and others to start the download again and end up with two different windows open.
- Screen sharing can be glitchy - the person sharing can't necessarily see how fast (or how slow) the scrolling is happening on the other end. I usually have a second computer set up so I can "see" as both the facilitator and a participant.
- It's definitely allowed us to gain customers by being able to demo our courses and talk through them.