Neil CocklinThe vast majority of people give access to Collaborate sessions via the Collaborate Scheduler in Blackboard. There is nothing wrong with this and actually there are a number of advantages to do it this way. Once a session has been scheduled the link automatically appears in the schedule no further work is required to give Continue Reading…
Did you know? – Breakout Rooms
Breakout Rooms could be thought of as a mini Collaborate session inside your Collaborate session. They have most of the features of the main room, such as audio, video, whiteboard and application sharing. They can be used for many things such as large class activities, group work or private meetings. Public rooms can be created Continue Reading…
What to do about session attendance monitoring?
The last months have not been Collaborates finest hour in relation to session attendance reporting. Collaborate giveth and Collaborate taketh away… Over the summer we updated the building block which amongst other things brought with it the ability to view a list of students that attended a session via the Blackboard interface. No longer did Continue Reading…
Collaborate Blackboard Building Block Upgrades Part 2
In the last post about the updates I forgot to write about one of the new features. Before we get into that here’s a reminder that the update to Blackboard and therefore Collaborate will be happening this weekend, on July 5th. Now for the bit I forgot. Viewing Session Attendance Previously the only ways of Continue Reading…
Blackboard Collaborate Maintenance Notification
Blackboard Collaborate Web Conferencing – Hosted CA-SAS Service Maintenance Notification Blackboard Collaborate will be performing maintenance during the regularly scheduled maintenance window on Sunday, June 29th, 2014. Begin Time: Sunday, June 29th, 2014 – 02:00am End Time: Sunday, June 29th, 2014 – 6:00am Affected Users: CA-SAS Details: During the upcoming maintenance, Blackboard Collaborate services will Continue Reading…
Collaborate Blackboard Building Block Upgrades
On July 5th 2014 Blackboard will be updated to the April 2014 Release. This means we also have to update the Collaborate Building block which brings in much greater flexibility to the way in which sessions can be scheduled and accessed. There are a number of changes that are important to highlight. The Collaborate Launcher Continue Reading…
Scheduled Maintenance: 22nd June
On Sunday, June 22, 2014 from 02:00 GMT until Sunday, June 22, 2014 at 10:00 GMT Collaborate and the scheduling system will be “at risk” and possibly unavailable. Blackboard Collaborate web conferencing 12.6.2 is a maintenance release and addresses the following reported issues. Resolved Issues Failed whiteboard pre-loads no longer prevent subsequent pre-loads. Users can Continue Reading…
Scheduled Maintenance: 13th April
Blackboard Collaborate will be performing maintenance on 13th April 2014. It may be intermittently unavailable between 0300 – 1100 BST. See here for details in other timezones.
Collaborate Recording Conversions Problem
It transpires that there is a problem with the recording converter that turns standard Collaborate recordings into mp4 videos. Description – The recording will appear to have converted but when trying to play it back the video will at best be only a few seconds long. The issues is listed as known here: http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336&task=knowledge&questionID=2733 Although Continue Reading…
Scheduled Maintenance: Saturday 22nd February
From Saturday 22nd February 2014 at 07:00pm to Sunday 23rd February at 01:00am Blackboard Collaborate will be updated. No down time is anticipated but it’s possible that Collaborate maybe intermittently unavailable during this period.