Adam MasseyThe latest version of Collaborate is now available. Changes Breakout group privacy When session participants without chat permission are moved to a breakout room, participants can chat in the breakout rooms but not in the ‘Everyone’ Chat channel. Change of Name Over the summer, Blackboard sold Collaborate to Class Technologies. You will start to see Continue Reading…
Blackboard Collaborate 22.12
The latest version of Collaborate Ultra will be released on 14 July 2022, including the ability for moderators to pause and resume breakout groups.
Blackboard Collaborate 22.10
The latest version of Collaborate Ultra will be released on 9 June 2022. New feature As Aston wasn’t part of the first wave of access to Chime sessions, we will have access after this upgrade. You can find out more about what this means for your sessions on the previous blogpost. Maintenance window This will Continue Reading…
Blackboard Collaborate 22.08
The latest version of Collaborate Ultra will be released on 12 May 2022. New features Download whiteboard and annotated documents Participants will be able to download a PDF of content shared to the session’s whiteboard, including any annotations. The download link will be in the whiteboard toolbar. More information is available in the release notes Continue Reading…
Blackboard Collaborate 22.06
The latest version of Collaborate Ultra will be released on 19 April 2022. New features Engagement insights More information Note This feature will be released gradually between 19-21 April. Recording insights More information Maintenance window This will begin at 0000 and end at 0400 BST (See details for other time zones). You can subscribe to Continue Reading…
Blackboard Collaborate 22.04
The latest version of Collaborate Ultra will be released on 10 March 2022. After the upgrade, there will be fewer limitations on creating large sessions. You will be able to create large sessions that: Last more than 24 hours Recur Don’t have an end date. More information is available on Blackboard’s Release Notes Maintenance window Continue Reading…
Blackboard Collaborate 22.02
The latest version of Collaborate Ultra will be released on 10 February 2022. Blackboard will release details of new features or fixes closer to the date. We’ll update this post when we know more. Maintenance window This will begin at 0000 and end at 0400 GMT (See details for other time zones). You can subscribe Continue Reading…
Collaborate Ultra 21.24
The latest version of Collaborate Ultra will be released on 13 January 2022. The return of the whiteboard pointer The first release of the new Whiteboard didn’t include a pointer, instead suggesting a workaround of annotating the slide with an arrow and moving that around. Blackboard have listened to feedback and have added a pointer! Anybody Continue Reading…
Collaborate Maintenance: 22 December 2021
Blackboard will perform scheduled maintenance on Collaborate Ultra overnight tonight. The emergency maintenance window begins at 0000 on Wednesday 22 December and finishes at 0400 GMT. See details for other time zones. There will be intermittent availability of Collaborate during the maintenance window. You can read more details and subscribe to updates on the Blackboard Continue Reading…
Collaborate Ultra 21.22
The latest version of Collaborate Ultra will be released on 9 December 2021. We will update this post with changes/new features/etc when Blackboard has announced them. Maintenance window This will begin at 0000 and end at 0400 GMT (See details for other time zones). You can subscribe to updates on Blackboard’s status site.