Blackboard has sold the Collaborate product and related product support will end in June 2025. The 2024-25 Semester 2 will be the last semester using Class Collaborate (formerly Blackboard Collaborate) services. Instructors are encouraged to leverage Zoom and Microsoft Teams for class recordings and interactive class activities.
To assist with this transition, a comparison table outlines the functions of both Zoom and Class Collaborate:
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Zoom |
Class Blackboard Collaborate |
Remarks |
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Record class session |
Schedule Class Session in Blackboard, then start the meeting and recording during class. |
In Zoom, instructors can prevent students from joining the class session solely for recording purposes by enabling the 'Only authenticated users can join' option when scheduling the Zoom class session.  |
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Session capacity |
500 |
500 |
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|
Virtual Background |
Yes |
No |
|
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Make Class recordings available to students |
One clicks of a button in Zoom makes the recording available. User Manual > 4.2 - Page 8 |
Recordings will be available to students after the recording ends. |
In Zoom, instructors can use the trim function to edit recordings before sharing them with students. |
|
Breakout room for class discussion |
Breakout room / Pre-assign breakout rooms |
Breakout room with groups of students from the Blackboard course. |
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|
Polls / Chat |
Yes |
Yes |
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Should you need further information, please contact the IT HelpCentre (Tel: 2766 5900, WhatsApp/ WeChat: 6577 9669) or reach out to us via the IT Online ServiceDesk.
