The overall quality, ease of use, features & functionality of blackboard make it a great software for college students and college campuses to invest in.

This app helps getting virtual teaching done with ease with presentations being easily shared for students to view while the lecturer teaches.

I enjoy the set up for BB Collab, that it is integrated into Blackboard, that is has features like the white board and file sharing. I also appreciate that it logs late students and attendance.

Great product that I use when I went to a community college. We use to use this as our online resources for materials like class work or books and etc.

I enjoyed using Blackboard as a student of a local community college.

I hate the bloat of menus and how user design does not seem to be considered. It is difficult to navigate and temperamental.

I like that it is fully integrated into blackboard. It is fairly easy to setup and assign to a class.

The only downside is that blackboard is indeed a blackboard.

Amazing UI and a great source of location independence but reduce the price.

I love using blackboard because its good for tests, quizzes, homework assignments, and posting notes and info needed.

This software is very intuitive navigation and interactions, the option about the blackboard in streaming video is funny, like drawing shape and the text.

Easy to integrate several options, excellent desing , easy to user and avaliable Intelligence data analisis.

Blackboard collaborate left me with a dislike for online courses. Not sure if I will enroll in any online course which uses Blackboard colaborate as their platform.

They make it so you can upload PDF into files, and share those with the users on the screen. This feature is nice as you only have to upload it once.

A feature that I absolutely love about this software is the breakout rooms for group projects. I love that professors can break us into groups and it is not difficult to see in Blackboard.

I like that the software was easy to use. I was able to learn the functions of the software on my own without any extensive training.

Robust package of features for online learning and collaboration. Relatively easy to use interface if you spend the time learning about all of the features.

Blackboard Collaborate is easy to use and integrates well with other Blackboard products. It has been helpful with trainings.

My overall experience with Blackboard has been unsatisfactory. I have used blackboard for 4 years and the terrible UX design of the website still remains.

Blackboard is a pretty good tool. The user interface reminds me of Facebook, especially how the comments feature looks.

The best thing about this design is that it is a shared experience with you and multiple users. It’s video and audio quality is clear.

I had a really good experience with Blackboard, it is user-friendly and easy to navigate.

Consider: cost, how many attendees you'll have, how often you'll use it, and what support you'll have.

I have always found blackboards functionality to be difficult and the platform confusing even with support.

Blackboard Collaborate was a lifesaver for our school. While many teachers opted to use zoom for class meetings, we however were able to utilize Collaborate as part of or program.

I think that this has been a great way to learn new things. It is free, and it is a great for anyone needing to save money and is a student.

Occasionally, the interface can be confusing, such as a collapsing menu bar. There is a brief learning curve to get used to the navigation.

The software occasionally has glitches or lags during virtual classes. Students and instructors have trouble logging in and staying in.

Overall, Blackboard has been a great solution to online learning. I think it's an essential software for any e-class.

We expect our students to be tech savvy, and it is embarrassing when our software does not hold up to this same standard.

Used this in a big corporation nationally and is a great means to communicate with multiple departments and ensure everyone has the same information.

Being able to communicate with many organizations in my company is great and useful. It is easy to use and organized.

It combines professional work with a fun side, where I can share ideas with my colleagues, as well as, any other things from my daily life that I may want to share with them.

We liked that this software gives the feeling of community and allowed us to broadcast side comments during a live stream.

Yammer is good for housing commonly asked questions & solving them in a group setting. Learning from each other is helpful.

The way it displays/sorts the feed is just confusing and unintuitive. Makes it hard to find specific posts.

It is more general or light-hearted news that is shared here, such as community service activities, industry trends, inspirational words from upper management. It makes us feel connected.

Communication method is better than sending emails. User friendly interfaces.

A simple UI and easy daily usage, great to share news to teammates, the content segmented by channel and topic subscription.

The ease of use and user friendliness makes it easy to use inside the organization and lets you spread the word quickly like any other social messaging sites but perfect limit ability.

The ability to stay connected to large company updates is fantastic. Its also a great tool for projects.

Interesting features and awesome idea. The user interface is not just an exactly nice one.

This application is easy to use and integrate into Microsoft products. I like how different groups can customize their topics and yammer page.

It's good to be on Yammer and check what is happening with the business and an excellent platform to network with your peers.

What i like the most about Yammer is its User interface, it is easy to navigate and we did not need any training to operate it. The best feature is that it can be integrated with Office 365 as well.

The interface is user friendly and very easy to use. It has all the best features like photo tagging.

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Blackboard Collaborate is an online collaborative learning solution designed primarily for elementary and high schools, higher education and government facilities.


Blackboard Collaborate offers a browser-based web conferencing tool to facilitate interaction between instructors and students. It has a classroom chatter feature that offers a chatting platform for students to share text, audio and video content.


The interactive whiteboard feature displays PowerPoint slides for engaging multiple participants with a single presentation. Whiteboard content can be added or edited directly from Blackboard Collaborate without opening PowerPoint.


Users can personalize their profiles with pictures, videos and other content to facilitate communication. Blackboard Collaborate allows users to share PowerPoint and PDF files with classes without any additional software required.


The solution can be integrated with Blackboard Learn to provide a complete learning management system (LMS).



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File Management

Whiteboard

Personalization

Two-Way Audio & Video

Presentation Tools

On-Demand Webcasting

Activity Tracking

Session Recording

Interactive Whiteboard

Communication Management

Brainstorming

Collaboration Tools

Private Chat

Assessment Management

Recording

Content Management

Screen Sharing

Compliance Management

Discussions/Forums

Training Management

Event Scheduling

Video Support

File Sharing

Real-time Broadcasting

Real-Time Chat

Virtual Classroom

Chat/Messaging

Electronic Hand Raising

Video Call Recording

Reporting/Analytics

Polls/Voting

Video Conferencing

Learning Management

Drag & Drop

Third-Party Integrations

Live Chat

Search/Filter

Presentation Streaming

Two Way Audio & Video

Higher Education

Progress Tracking

Certification Management

Faculty/Staff Management

Student Management

Contact Blackboard directly for detailed pricing information.

Email/Help Desk

FAQs/Forum

Knowledge Base

Phone Support

24/7 (Live Rep)

Chat

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11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1000

1000+

Blackboard Collaborate

In Person

Live Online

Webinars

Documentation

Videos

Microsoft Viva Engage is a private cloud-based social network that enables employees to collaborate across departments, locations, content and business applications. It is suitable for businesses of all sizes. Microsoft Viva Engage is available either as a standalone product or along with Microsoft 365.


Microsoft Viva Engage enables the creation and joining of private and public groups for small-team collaboration along with instant sharing of important updates within a group. 


Microsoft Viva Engage offers a mobile application for iOS and Android devices that provides employees an opportunity to collaborate and review documents anywhere and anytime.


The system also offers a user community, known as the Yammer Community Network, which provides answers to various user queries. Microsoft Viva Engage's group navigation panel allows users to switch between projects and team groups.


Other key features of Microsoft Viva Engage are enterprise microblogging, private messaging, Microsoft 365 integration, company directory, archives conversations, high-level security and message and content tagging.

User Management

Activity/News Feed

Project Management

Calendar Management

Full Text Search

Data Import/Export

File Transfer

Group Management

Version Control

User Profiles

Mobile Access

Role-Based Permissions

Employee Communities

Activity Dashboard

Alerts/Notifications

Knowledge Base Management

To-Do List

Prioritization

Tagging

Secure Data Storage

Task Progress Tracking

Archiving & Retention

Document Management

Private Network

Feedback Management

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Mac OS

Web browser (OS agnostic)

Windows 2000

Windows 8

Windows 10

Yammer is available with Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 E3 - $36.00/user/month (annual commitment)
Microsoft 365 E5 - $57.00/user/month (annual commitment)
Microsoft 365 F3 - $8.00/user/month (annual commitment)

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