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I love the ability to share screens and write on a blank whiteboard to collaborate in real-time. I also appreciate the intuitive moderator functions so I can chat with students and they can raise their hands if

I'm in another room with another student. The file upload section is usually very fast and the PDF documents look nice when I'm sharing them with the students. Audio and video are usually decent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When I am working with students in a live session, they often lose connection. This interrupts the flow of their learning, which is unfortunate because they are only on one hour at a time with us and every minute is valuable. I also dislike the eraser feature because it confuses the students. They think it will function as a spot-treatment for mistakes, but it actually erases the whole page. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We use to distribute training guides/forms for employees to fill out. Very easy setup and simple to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We've had the tool crash a few times. We need a more stable tool so we had to switch applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I find most helpful is being able to meet with my online classes virtually snd in real time. As an online instructor, Blackboard Collaborate allows me to meet with distance students at mutually agreeable times. Students can also record virtual class presentations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I dislike about the new Blackboard Collaborate is that the grade tool has been removed from it. We used to be able to add Collaborate sessions in the grade book but now it’s gone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I liked the various options available for teaching 0 blogs, discussion threads, pre-recorded lectures, the Wimba classroom. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As what I was using was for part of a whole degree program, I disliked when the various classes were not standardized. The tool worked fine on its own but caused confusion for students and faculty when not used in a standardized way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a great way do an out of class review session. Students can participate via the chat session so that just the volume is from the instructor which is nice. The instructor can show multiple screens and write in real time or use a mouse to point to things. It's very user friendly as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes we have had a few connection issues while having a live review session. The sound will cut in and out briefly as well or there may be a brief lag. However, it hasn't happened much and usually isn't long. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

easy to navigate when youve been given instructions on how to use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it can be hard to find units or modules Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When Blackboard Collaborate works, it is easy, and meetings can run very smoothly. It gets the job done.The tablet app worked well for me. Unfortunately my "likes" about this program are minimal. I had a lot of issues with web access - see below. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have encountered numerous glitches when using Blackboard Collaborate and I found it frustrating on many occasions. Launching via web has proven inconsistent and I missed meetings and classes because of that. I have found the audio scratchy and screen shares/presentations and messaging to be basic and bare bones, and not really aesthetically pleasing either.Not fun to use. My biggest grip is the difficulty connecting though, it is not acceptable to miss scheduled conferences due to tech glitches. I am aware that the way I have utilized it and had this experience may simply be because of how the administrators on the other end created the content for the classes or meetings. Nonetheless I really have had extensive use with it, and my experience has been pretty consistent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Great for working closely with the rest of the classroom Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think it is pretty fit for purpose. Maybe it could be made a little quicker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to navigate — and to customize fir different uses Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes sharing options are a bit opaque Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Chat feature is helpful for when video/audio connection is bad or if there are microphone/background noise issues for a particular user. I found that it was particularly well-suited as a medium for lecture-based distance learning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For meeting or small-group based uses, there is some confusion in conducting the meeting with the audio delay that sometimes exists, which has multiple people trying to speak at the same time or weird gaps when answering questions. Additionally, for use in lecture based settings it is almost impossible for any distance learners to hear from the audience who is not wearing a microphone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.