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Overview

Class for Web

4.2

(442)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Class for Web

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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Class for Web Pricing and Plans

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Class for Web Features

Features of Class for Web
Activity Tracking
API
Assessment Management
Brainstorming
Breakout Rooms
Chat/Messaging
Collaboration Tools
Communication Management
Compliance Management
Conferencing
Content Management
Discussions/Forums
Drag & Drop
Electronic Hand Raising
Event Scheduling
Faculty/Staff Management
File Management
File Sharing
For Higher Education
Interactive Whiteboard
K-12
Learning Management
Live Chat
On-Demand Webcasting
Polls/Voting
Presentation Streaming
Presentation Tools
Private Chat
Progress Tracking
Quizzes
Real-time Broadcasting
Real-Time Chat
Recording
Reporting/Analytics
Screen Sharing
Search/Filter
Session Recording
Student Management
Third-Party Integrations
Two Way Audio & Video
Two-Way Audio & Video
Video Call Recording
Video Conferencing
Video Support
Virtual Classroom
Whiteboard

Class for Web Integrations

Schoology

Canvas

Class for Web User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.2

Ratings Breakdown

42%

41%

15%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.1

Value for money

4.2

Customer support

4.1

Functionality

4.2

Yvonne S.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

501-1000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2019

Not sure this is worth the price

Previously 4

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Previously 5

Functionality

Previously 5

Pros:

I like the record feature and all the basic video conferencing extras like screen/app share and chat.

Cons:

It takes a long time to render the MP4 file if you record. Also, I really don’t like that its only meant to work on Google Chrome. This confuses students and users when they don’t see the options they need and it’s always due to the browser. The cost is way to expensive when you can get more stable products like Zoom or Google Hangouts.

Wassim I.

Verified reviewer

Computer Networking

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2023

Blackboard Collaborate: Video Conferencing Embedded into the Blackboard LMS Platform

Very great experience. Has been using it with Blackboard for conducting video lectures and office hours in my online and face-to-face university courses.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The integration of Blackboard Collaborate with the Blackboard LMS makes it very easy to conduct video chat sessions with course participants for the sake of online lecturing, tutorial sessions, or office hours. Collaborate has more or less all the features available in dedicated video conferencing tools such as Zoom or MS Teams with the ease and flexibility of using it from within the Blackboard LMS.

Cons:

Some performance lagging in voice has been experienced on slow network connections. The number of participants is not the cause of this but probably the media tuning algorithms to smooth the lags cause by intermittent Internet connections.

Reasons for switching to Class for Web

The flexibility of using Collaborate with in the Blackboard LMS

Nancy M.

Primary/ Secondary Education

1001-5000 employees

Used unspecified for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2018

Blackboard Collaborate is easy to use!

Previously 4

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Previously 3

Pros:

Blackboard Collaborate is super easy to use in teaching students. Students are apprehensive at first but the tools are simple to use and they are comfortable after a short time. Fun to use as a teaching tool. Used for meetings as well, interactive.

Cons:

Had some concerns with recording sessions and hsd to use main room to record. Figured out how to record in breakout room so all is well.

Kahlil H.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2021

Understanding Blackboard Collaborate

The overall experience is good as the demands form the software are being met

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The software is suited for online classes. The software has what is described as two factors authentication prior to sharing sound and video

Cons:

The bandwidth needed to participate on this platform is high therefore a strong network connection is needed to actively participate.

Reasons for choosing Class for Web

Functionality of the software is more suited than the other softwares

Diego G.

Verified reviewer

Media Production

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed October 2020

Workable, but lacking in reliability

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Great for large groups, has enough features to keep up with the competition including: breakout rooms which work great, screen sharing, whiteboard for demonstrations, moderating for a smooth meeting flow. It's somewhat easy to use, so that's always a plus.

Cons:

My biggest problem is reliability and stability. The software has crashed on me quite often, even with a robust and very capable laptop. For a software that's supposed to make collaboration easy, these issues are big drawbacks for me, and it's why we switched back to our original software.

Reasons for switching to Class for Web

Just for a test run and see what it was like, but we switched back to Zoom!

Nikolaus W.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

11-50 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2020

Good Product, just pricy in comparison to others

We use blackboard for our e-learning webinars and are satisfied

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to use, worked everytime we used it

Cons:

it cost much more than our other webinar software

Reasons for choosing Class for Web

we did switch from Blackboard to Livewebinar because of the price

Eugenio C.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

51-200 employees

Used other for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

Old software for newer times

The support was horrible, most of them are salesman and when they redirect to the specialist at the end is openning a ticket because they do not know neither.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It has the aspect of blackboard ultra, so if you paid blackboard ultra 7000 euros per year, then you can benefit paying 3000 euros more for the collaborate and have it all in one.

Cons:

There are not good features in it, other newer platforms have more features, configurations, options and the price is a lot less.

Reasons for choosing Class for Web

I did not choose Blackboard Collaborate because of the low features and high price.

Reasons for switching to Class for Web

Because we need high quality software and lower price, that is why we stop paying blackboard collaborate and ultra.

Natalie K.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

Outdated learning management system

I don't particularly like using Blackboard, I would not recommend for schools to use it.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

I like that you can create folders to resemble modules for different assignment sequences during the semester.

Cons:

I don't like the interface of Blackboard because it looks old and and very Web 1.0. To complete a function, you need to go through many clicks. It is also not intuitive to figure out how to build content.

Reasons for switching to Class for Web

This is what the university adopted. It was not my choice.

Noxolo R.

Verified reviewer

Accounting

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2024

Collaborate Personal Experience

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love that one can teach, create and manage sessions, get grades and have online training and seminars.

Cons:

I don't like that sometimes the number of people who can attend an online session is limited (it was 250 personnel) and that it crashes.

Vanessa B.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

Pros and Cons and my experience

This application solves well in my profession as a lecturer and as a student as well. It benefits both those who manage the sessions, as well as the students or participants in general.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I really like the virtual classroom and the various tools it has to manage the sessions and interact with the participants, and know the internet connection that each participant has.

Cons:

It is not a very easy platform to use, you have to understand it first or practice to master it. There are some tools that can be improved, such as screen sharing, permissions to record and manage the session (which others can't easily do), and fast connection to sessions.

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