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Blackboard Collaborate Overview

What is Blackboard Collaborate?

Blackboard Collaborate™ is a one click virtual classroom and online collaboration tool built specifically for institutions who need to deliver more engaging, personalized, and flexible learning options for students. It goes well beyond traditional web conferencing to meet the extensive and varied collaboration needs of today’s educators and learners. Designed with the learner in mind, Blackboard Collaborate delivers a level of engagement that makes students forget they’re not in a physical classroom. Blackboard Collaborate is helping thousands of higher education, K-12, professional, corporate, and government organizations worldwide deliver a more effective learning experience through online, blended, and mobile learning. It will help you open new aspects of real-time or anytime learning to engage more students. Try Blackboard Collaborate today: www.blackboard.com/collabtrial Or watch this video to learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qya2MrXNA1o

Blackboard Collaborate Details
Languages Supported
Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Irish, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Maori
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Product Description

Blackboard Collaborate is a dynamic tool that allows learners to be actively engaged virtually, participating in training, gaining new skills and learning from their peers “face-to-face” no matter where they are.


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Seller
Anthology
Year Founded
1988
HQ Location
Boca Raton, FL
Twitter
@AnthologyInc
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4,691 employees on LinkedIn®
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800.483.9106
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Anthology delivers education and technology solutions so that students can reach their full potential and learning institutions thrive. Millions of students around the world are supported throughout their education journey via Anthology’s ecosystem of flagship SaaS solutions and supporting services, including the award-winning Blackboard® (LMS), Anthology® Student (SIS/ERP), and Anthology® Reach (CRM). Through the Power of Together, we are uniquely inspiring educators and institutions with innovation that is meaningful, simple and intelligent to help customers redefine what’s possible and create life-changing opportunities for people everywhere. www.anthology.com.


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"Learning and Training Visual"
The most helpful thing about blackboard is that it allows you to enhance your leaning by actively participating in learning with tools and screen s...
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5.0 out of 5
"Blackboard Collaborate Experience"
I could attend class from home instead of driving to campus.
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"Not quite there yet."
I enjoy the functionality of BB which continually improves, with new features and support is superb
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What do you like best about Blackboard Collaborate?

Very easy to use. A beginner can practically jump in and figure out how to use this platform on their own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard Collaborate?

I dislike some of the limitations such as not being able to upload and/or play some file types. Our company also experiences many "hiccups" which cause the participants and moderators to get bumped out of Bb and cannot reenter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Very easy for the users. The curriculum portion seems a bit more difficult to learn how to create initially. Otherwise, a very good platform with many features which allows you to customize it for your needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard Collaborate solving and how is that benefiting you?

Blackboard allows the company I work for to delivery e-Learning courses to a large group of people. Many of these people are brand new to e-Learning and not very tech savvy. Blackboard makes it easy for them to access the coursework and live sessions. This eases much of the anxiety they experience with entering into something unfamiliar to them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard Collaborate?

Video conferences makes group projects easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard Collaborate?

I have had issue in the past with the audio, but not every time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard Collaborate solving and how is that benefiting you?

I did not use in the business capacity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard Collaborate?

I love the integration of Blackboard products for our K-12 school district. It's easy to send messages through a variety of mediums with a simply click. As a one-person shop, it saves time and effort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard Collaborate?

As BB has continued to buy up other products on the market, they need to ensure they are delivering the best in customer support for all of those products. Sometimes, it's been difficult to get a timely answer on more complex questions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard Collaborate:

I would highly recommend BB and it's line of products to any school PR practitioner. It's been a great product for us and I'm continually impressed with their updates and solutions. They absolutely "get" the demands of multiple audiences and the methods by which to reach them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard Collaborate solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use BB for all of our mass messaging solutions in schools and as the district on the while. It's user friendly, quick to use, and the day-to-day customer support is spot on. We see BB as a true solution for our mass messaging needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

John D.
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Professor of English and Literature
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What do you like best about Blackboard Collaborate?

Blackboard Collaborate provides an important venue for students who are more introverted but who still want to engage with course content. It allows the deeper thinkers to reveal their advanced observations while serving as a great place for the hesitant learner to develop their responses to instruction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard Collaborate?

Sometimes the text boxes and other dialogue components within Blackboard Collaborate can malfunction. The student or participant will be typing, video-chatting, or recording, and the box they were using will simply disappear from view. This could be a problem with hardware rather than Collaborate, but in our experience, it has happened frequently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard Collaborate:

Be aware of its benefits and its potential drawbacks.. Blackboard Collaborate can allow students to use the digital tools that they are native to, but it can also create digital conflicts that require monitoring and moderation by the instructor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard Collaborate solving and how is that benefiting you?

The student who might not be as engaged in the "live" classroom is made more comfortable by the degree of separation provided by BB Collaborate. Much like the student who fears eye contact being made more comfortable with glasses, BB Collaborate provides an extra "buffer" that allows students to become more authentic and think out their answers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard Collaborate?

Ease of interface, ability to connect directly from Blackboard: if you already use the Blackboard platform faithfully, you'll appreciate the ability to be "centralized" and not have to go to multiple platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard Collaborate?

The program seems as though it is still evolving: it has the Blackboard "brand name" that makes it of course appealing to educators, but it does not have all of the sophistication of its competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard Collaborate solving and how is that benefiting you?

In addition to Blackboard's wonderful features like Journals, Self & Peer Assessment, and Discussion Boards, here is a way to have a more authentic interaction with students. The "Join Room" indicator is very clear, which is an improvement upon the above-mentioned tools: I have actually had students submit work late because Blackboard does not have a clear button, for example, to submit a journal: the words "Create Journal" are actually the upload link, but that is not intuitive. Blackboard Collaborate seems to be much more user-friendly! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard Collaborate?

It is a great solution when it comes to share stuff with your team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard Collaborate?

I would like the interface to be a bit better but still I like it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard Collaborate:

If you need an easy way to share information with your work mates, do video calls and make sure people are your organisation are informed at all times of what is happening. This is your tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard Collaborate solving and how is that benefiting you?

You can share pics, schedules and all kind of information you want to share with your colleagues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard Collaborate?

It is easy to use and to connect with other members and instructors to view live presentations and each other. Many features to it such as hands up, mute users and share documents with each other. It also records live streaming so that those can't attend or missed the live seminar can catch up by watching the recordings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard Collaborate?

There is not much to dislike about it. The only thing is you might have to install plug in to be able to use it. There are times we hear echo sounds when someone trying to connect to it. But these are minor issues and the pros overcomes the cons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard Collaborate:

This product has a lot of features to it. It is easy to use and can be learn within minutes. Just play around it and you will be fine. The nice thing about it is that the host can record the presentations so that it can be viewed later. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard Collaborate solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are able to connect people where ever they are in the world into one place and interact with each other. We can discuss and show presentations among each other as if we were live in person. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cailee Anne V.
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Technical Database Administrative Assistant
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What do you like best about Blackboard Collaborate?

Good for students to view all courses in an online interactive way Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard Collaborate?

A lot of features , and am unsure how to use a lot of them. Professors do not use many of these either Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard Collaborate:

Familiarize yourself with all the features offered Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard Collaborate solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using for education. A good way to interact virtually with students Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard Collaborate?

I like the linear design. Once you are accustomed to it Blackboard is simple to navigate and use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard Collaborate?

It took me a while to get used to the layout. I always felt like I was missing something. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard Collaborate solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's a great space for remote work and (particularly internal) webinars or seminars with engagement or feeback involved. Because of some issues logging in sometimes I'm not sure I'd opt for external webinar/seminar usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blackboard Collaborate?

The thing that I liked the most is, that you could collaborate and share information, with teachers and fellow students as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blackboard Collaborate?

I dislike that sometimes it is difficult to find things, like which folder a paper or assignment is located in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blackboard Collaborate:

I strongly recommend it for everyone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blackboard Collaborate solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is helping us share stuff without having to be in the same place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.