Blackboard Collaborate Review

Blackboard Collaborate Webconferencing is a web conferencing solution that originated from an eLearning environment. This becomes fairly obvious when looking at the range of functionalities offered. To some extent this online meeting solution can be utilized for virtual teamwork and online presentations.

In Blackboard Collaborate the organizer can create an online meeting room, which can be used anytime. However, simultaneous web meetings are not possible. The organizer can either invite the participants directly from the website or by providing the link to the virtual room with his or her local email client. What weighs in negatively is that participants of previous web meetings can enter the meeting room any time, since no meeting ID is generated and the leader cannot create a password for a meeting. On the plus side Blackboard Collaborate Webconferencing has integrated VoIP. So there is no need for participants to dial into a telephone conference.

Bottom line: The software is a good solution for eLearning – but only partially for online collaboration. Also, the leader has next to no options to make attendance meeting-specific or denying access to a meeting.

Pricing

No pricing information openly available

License options

Single and multi-user licenses

Voice over IP and phone costs

VoIP integrated