Blackboard Collaborate v21.06 will be available after the maintenance window on 8 April 2021. Featuring: Gallery View Read more on Blackboard’s help site. User experience improvements Easier whiteboard editing The clear whiteboard icon is now a rubbish bin to more clearly warn what it does. The Remove Attendee option has been relocated Read more on Continue Reading…
Category: System Updates
Potential Problem in the June Update
Please see this communication from the Blackboard Collaborate user group. Written by Amy Eyre. The June Collaborate Ultra update was applied last night (in Europe at least) and it’s introduced an issue. A new “Session Inactivity” feature has been turned on which automatically ends Collab Ultra sessions (and kicks everyone out) after 7-8 minutes of Continue Reading…
Collaborate Ultra Maintenance: 1 November 2018
There will be maintenance for Collaborate Ultra on the morning of 1 November 2018. The maintenance window will begin at 0600 GMT and will end at 1000 GMT. During these times, there may be intermittent availability of Collaborate Ultra See details for other timezones Read more on Behind the Blackboard
Collaborate Ultra Maintenance: 18 October 2018
There will be maintenance for Collaborate Ultra on the morning of 18 October 2018. The maintenance window will begin at 0800 BST and will end at 1100 BST. During these times, there will be intermittant availablity of Collaborate Ultra See details for other timezones Read more on Behind the Blackboard
Collaborate Maintenance: 20 September 2018
Collaborate will be performing maintenance on Thursday 20 September 2018. Expect disruption to the Collaborate service for approximately one hour at some point between 8:00am and 12:00pm.
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
Blackboard 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…
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…