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Seamless transition: moving from Class Collaborate to Zoom for Course Instructors

Blackboard has announced the end of support for Class Collaborate. The 2024/25 Semester 2 will be the last semester in which we use Class Collaborate services.

 

Below is a function mapping table comparing Class Collaborate and Zoom, along with support resources to ease course instructors in transitioning from Class Collaborate to Zoom in the upcoming summer semester.

Comparison table

Zoom

Class Blackboard
Collaborate

Remarks

Record class session

Schedule the Class Session at Blackboard, start the meeting, and begin recording during the class.

In Zoom, instructors can restrict student access to the class session for recording purposes by enabling the option titled "Only authenticated users can join meetings" when scheduling the Zoom class session.

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User Manual

User Manual

Session capacity

500

500

 

Make Class recordings available to students

With one click in Zoom, the recording becomes available.

User Manual
– page 8 > section 4.2

Recordings will be available to students when they are ready.

In Zoom, instructors can use the trim function to edit recordings before releasing them to students.

Zoom Trim function

Breakout rooms for class discussion

Breakout rooms / pre-assign breakout rooms

Breakout rooms with groups from Blackboard course students

Polls / Chat

Yes

Yes

 

 

Additionally, please find more resources from our previous workshop and PowerPoint presentation at the following links: PPT and Recording.

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