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Blackboard
What do you like best about the product?
I have used Blackboard Collaborate over that last several years. I have always found it to be easy to use and very user friendly. If you know the term "if it ain't broke don't fix it". Why should I use another one.
What do you dislike about the product?
I did not see any negatives. It is all positives.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are able to communicate with each other and view each other's work.
Collaborate as a Plug-In to Canvas
What do you like best about the product?
At my institution we use Blackboard Collaborate as a plug-in within our learning management system, Canvas, which makes its use simple and easy. I use the tool to host virtual meetings and events with the students involved in career development and career advancement activities. The ability to invite external guests (like employers) makes this tool an important resource in providing students with exposure to a variety of speakers and topics. Overall, it is very easy to set-up sessions, start and end them, and to create recordings of the meetings and events for archival use.
What do you dislike about the product?
This tool does what is supposed to in a very easy way and as a add-on resource to Canvas, I don't really have much to say about it in terms of dislikes.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The ability to host virtual meetings and events with students from within a specific Canvas course.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Just know what you need out of a virtual classroom / meeting support tool, especially if it's going to plug into an LMS.
Usable but not as useful
What do you like best about the product?
I like the way that different programs are able to be incorporated. It's simple to use breakout rooms and use polls within the program. I also like that all the tools that you can use are on one page.
What do you dislike about the product?
The entire program can be a bit sloppy at times. The video quality can often be choppy. The audio sometimes can go in and out as well. The price of Blackboard Collaborate is a bit higher than other options in the same class.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm not currently using Blackboard Collaborate. I've used it in the past, but my current employer has it's own system. When I used Blackboard Collaborate, it solved our problem of holding new employee orientation when we were unable to do so in person.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you have the option to choose any program for your organization, I would definitely shop around, as there are others that can do similar or the same things for a better price.
Flexible
What do you like best about the product?
The options and user interface are great.
What do you dislike about the product?
The design is less user friendly than some other programs for beginners.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is great for schooling.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It has many user options that other E-learning programs do not.
Virtual Learning for Elementary School Students
What do you like best about the product?
It's secure and you're able to get onto Zoom meetings with the teacher through Blackboard
What do you dislike about the product?
It's hard for elementary school students to remember the steps to navigate these online learning tools without help from an adult
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We're able to communicate with teacher and look back at past projects and assignments
Blackboard Review
What do you like best about the product?
I like the ease of use of Blackboard. Everything is in one place.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish it were easier to communicate with peers. I don't like how the email server is set up. The email portion of Blackboard is embedded with in the application. I wish the application would allow to open the mail application on the computer allowing it to be easier to read and the format being comparable to what I am familiar to using on an everyday basis. Additionally, I wish I had the ability to not have the email carbon copied to myself. I can understand in order to have a paper trail to look back upon. Instead I believe it should be an option, as it is in a typical email as well weather we send a carbon copy to ourselves as well.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Communication and classwork can be complete while working and attending school remotely. I am able to communicate effectively with my peers via email to solve classroom assignments and concerns. It is easy to use in that there are multiple resources that are available to use to help with assignments and or links that are associated with Western Kentucky Universities website and resources that we may need.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would highly recommend Blackboard to other users as it is easy to use. I like how it is easy for users to manuver the application and can easily find files and submit responses and assignments with ease.
Blackboard Collaborate for Education
What do you like best about the product?
Blackboard Collaborate is great for virtual learning especially at a time like this when many students are learning virtually.
What do you dislike about the product?
The share screen feature does not always work.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Blackboard Collaborative solves the issue of students and teachers not being able to be in the same room together. It makes you feel like you are all together!
Easier than easy to use
What do you like best about the product?
What I like the best is the fact that you can figure it out everything in this application in a couple of minutes, each clic is an answer. The design is quite clear and very intuitive, maybe that is the reason of the success of this platform among others that are being using because of the COVID - 19. You won't have to be worried about the fluency of the app and switching between menus is just smooth, lag does not exist in this app.
What do you dislike about the product?
Maybe the amount of internet that it uses, sometimes the strength of the internet get lower and lower, but it should be solved if your internet connection is enough.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm solving my studies, actually now on maybe virtual education will increase, and that's because of this application, it just makes easy the experience of learning and teaching, some of the teachers are elder people that are not very familiar with new systems and technology.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Blackboard collaborate is the definitive app that universities and schools around the world must use, it must be in the list of priorities for virtual, semi presencial and all types of education outside the classroom.
Blackboard Collaborate is a user friendly meeting space
What do you like best about the product?
I like that Blackboard Collaborate allows users to meet in a shared space within the LMS platform. This allows for meetings to occur in a space that users are already familiar with. As an instructional tool students gain access from the moment that they are enrolled in the course. For the purpose of synchronous instruction it is a wonderful and highly useful tool that is very user friendly.
Features that I enjoy the most are the ease at which meeting sessions can be created, the ability to repeat sessions and therefore eliminate the need to setup recurring sessions, the ability to allow for participants to have early entry into a meeting at intervals up to an hour before start time and the ability to share attendance within the Learning Management System.
Features that I enjoy the most are the ease at which meeting sessions can be created, the ability to repeat sessions and therefore eliminate the need to setup recurring sessions, the ability to allow for participants to have early entry into a meeting at intervals up to an hour before start time and the ability to share attendance within the Learning Management System.
What do you dislike about the product?
I currently do not have any dislikes I have found this tool to be exceptional in meeting my instructional needs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Blackboard Collaborate has allowed me to maintain synchronous instruction within the university LMS. Especially useful is the whiteboard feature which allows the instructor to teach material by writing on a "virtual board." Blackboard Collaborate also has the capability to record each session. This is especially useful to those who wish to review a missed lecture.
Online courses
What do you like best about the product?
I like that students have the option to indicate their hand is raised during class. I can also post a mini survey during class as an understanding check. You are also able to create breakout groups so students can participate in small group discussion.
What do you dislike about the product?
In order for me to observation breakout groups I have to join each individual group. That means I cannot easily move from group to group. Also, I cannot read what the group members previously posted in the small group discussion. Also, if a student comes late to class then they are not automatically added to a group so you need to keep an eye to make sure you don't have an stragglers or else they will just be left in the main room. If everyone has their microphone on then there is also a ton of feedback.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm able to have real-time interactions with students while have class online. I can share my screen to go through lecture and answer any questions students have. Students can either raise their hands and I call them on and they turn on their microphones or they can write out their questions in the group chat. One unexpected element to blackboard collaborate is that students really embraced the used of emojis to express their feelings.
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