Adam MasseyAs announced in January, Blackboard Collaborate is no longer available. Collaborate Original sessions look like this: Attempts to launch any existing sessions or course rooms hosted in Original will result in an error Collaborate Ultra will not be affected by the shutdown of Collaborate Original. Recordings of previous sessions If you have any you want Continue Reading…
Category: Original Experience
Collaborate Original will be switched off in August 2020
The Collaborate Original Launcher is dependent on a version of Java which will no longer receive support after 2020. As such, Blackboard will switch off Collaborate Original on August 1 2020. Collaborate Original sessions look like this: Collaborate Ultra will not be affected by the shutdown of Collaborate Original. Recordings Links to Recordings, either Continue Reading…
Collaborate Maintenance: 1 August 2018
Blackboard Collaborate will be unavailable on the morning of 1 August 2018, while Blackboard perform a number of updates. Work will be carried out on both Collaborate Classic and Collaborate Ultra between 0700 and 1200 BST. See details for other timezones. During these times, you will be unable to create or join Collaborate sessions. Note Continue Reading…
New version of the Collaborate Original launcher for macOS
macOS users will need to install a new launcher at the beginning of August. Blackboard are aware of a known issue in the current macOS Launcher (v1.4), which will prevent users receiving updated files required for an upcoming Collaborate Original update. macOS users will need to update their Launcher to continue using Collaborate Original. The Continue Reading…
Interruption to service on 12 May 2018
Neil CocklinBlackboard Collaborate will be intermittently unavailable for up to six hours during the early morning on Sunday, 12 May 2018. The work will begin at 1300 BST and will last six hours. See details for other time zones. During this maintenance window, Collaborate with the Ultra experience with be unavailable! Clients using Collaborate Original will be able to Continue Reading…
Updated Launcher
Blackboard have released a fix for the issue affecting people joining sessions using Collaborate with the Original experience. If you downloaded the Collaborate Launcher between 23 September – 8 October 2016, and you’ve had trouble joining sessions, you will need to download the launcher again – follow the link on that page to the test session, then follow Continue Reading…