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BigBlueButton: About Engage your online students. BigBlueButton is a web conferencing system designed for online learning. Looking for a professional solution for teaching remote students online? BigBlueButton provides real-time sharing of audio, video, slides, chat, and screen. Students are engaged through sharing of emoji icons, polling, and breakout rooms. Synchronous learning tools should feel like part of your management system (LMS). Instructure, Schoology, Jenzabar, and D2L all ship their LMS with a native integration for BigBlueButton. Moodle and Sakai have plugins for deep integration. And BigBlueButton is learning tools interoperability (LTI) 1.0 compliant for widest adoption. BigBlueButton backed by a world-wide community of developers (and commercial companies) that care about making the best web conferencing system for online learning.	Blackboard Collaborate: About Blackboard Collaborate in a simple, convenient, and reliable online collaboration software solution designed for education and training. This one-click virtual classroom and online collaboration tool offers a browser-based web conferencing solution that promotes a deeper level of connection and engagement between instructors and students. Designed for accessibility and simplicity as well as to support education and training workflows, Blackboard allows learners to be actively engaged virtually, participate in training, gain new skills, and learn from their peers through “face-to-face” conversations. Key features include responsive design, broadened device support, and high definition audio and video, interactive whiteboard, among others.
BigBlueButton: Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported	Blackboard Collaborate: Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Supported iPad Supported Android Supported Chromebook Not Supported
BigBlueButton: Audience Teachers and schools searching for a powerful virtual classroom software solution	Blackboard Collaborate: Audience Blackboard Collaborate serves corporate and government education, training, and development leaders, sales trainers, human resources, and more. This intuitive solution is designed primarily for elementary and high schools, government facilities, and higher education.
BigBlueButton: Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported	Blackboard Collaborate: Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Supported Online Supported
BigBlueButton: API Offers API Not Supported	Blackboard Collaborate: API Offers API Not Supported
BigBlueButton: Screenshots and Videos View more images or videos	Blackboard Collaborate: Screenshots and Videos View more images or videos
BigBlueButton: Pricing No information available. Free Version Supported Free Trial Not Supported	Blackboard Collaborate: Pricing No information available. Free Version Supported Free Trial Supported
BigBlueButton: Reviews/Ratings Overall 0.0 / 5 ease 0.0 / 5 features 0.0 / 5 design 0.0 / 5 support 0.0 / 5 This software hasn't been reviewed yet. Be the first to provide a review: Review this Software	Blackboard Collaborate: Reviews/Ratings Overall 1.5 / 5 ease 1.5 / 5 features 2.5 / 5 design 1.0 / 5 support 1.5 / 5 Read all reviews
	Blackboard Collaborate: Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros You can do live sessions with a lot of students. Students can be muted if they're interrupting the class and can be broken down into groups for group work. The sessions can be recorded and it's easy to make sure only the right people get access to your sessions. Because I have to list some pros, I'll mention that there are a lot of features available to really customize you're experience as an instructor. But that's it.... the rest is in the cons section. Cons Regardless of browsers and internet connection strength, everyone lost connection at some point. This was a huge problem with recording attendance. Students frequently missed class because they either couldn't connect or they were so frequently disconnected during a session they effectively weren't there at all. This happened to staff as well. So much class time was wasting due to connection issues. It didn't always record sessions either and screen sharing frequently failed. Sometimes breaking out into groups immediately disconnected people, including the teachers. I could say a lot of things in here. I simply hate everything about BB Collaborate. Let's start with the awful user environment and interface. I've been using this software for 5 years and I still struggle to find things. I need every semester. Creating content, uploading files, organizing things around takes SOOO much time. To give a simple example. If you make a file available, you give a name to the item and upload a file. Now if later you want to upload a new version of the file, you click on the upload file button and select the new file. Well, when you do that, BB, erases the name of the item, so you have to retype the name you had before. Seriously? You have to be super careful when creating grading schemes, and your grading book because if there's an error, you won't see it until a student comes to you at the end of the semester and complain their final grade. Navigating the different menu is so painful. Daily/Weekly notifications are really cryptic (although they have improved recently).
BigBlueButton: Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported	Blackboard Collaborate: Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Supported
BigBlueButton: Company Information BigBlueButton Founded: 2007 United States bigbluebutton.org	Blackboard Collaborate: Company Information Blackboard Founded: 1997 United States www.blackboard.com
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BigBlueButton: Mconf-Live Mconf Tecnologia	Blackboard Collaborate: Cisco Webex Cisco 4.8 out of 5 stars
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BigBlueButton: Categories Audio Conferencing Supported Tutoring Supported Video Conferencing Supported Virtual Classroom Supported Web Conferencing Supported	Blackboard Collaborate: Categories Collaboration Supported Video Conferencing Supported Virtual Classroom Supported Web Conferencing Supported Whiteboard Supported
BigBlueButton: Video Conferencing Features Electronic Hand Raising Supported Mobile Access Not Supported On-Demand Webcasting Supported Presentation Streaming Supported Presentation Tools Supported Private Chat Not Supported Real-Time Chat Supported Record & Playback Ability Not Supported Screen Sharing Supported Two-Way Audio & Video Supported Video Conferencing Supported Whiteboard Supported Virtual Classroom Features Annotation Tools Supported Attendee Analytics Not Supported Audio/Video Conferencing Supported Customizable Branding Not Supported eCommerce Integration Not Supported Electronic Hand Raising Supported File Sharing Not Supported Interactive/Collaboration Tools Supported Learning Management System Not Supported Live Chat Supported Live Streaming Supported Mobile Access Supported Multiple Camera Feeds Not Supported Notifications Not Supported Online Whiteboard Supported Schedule Management Not Supported Screen Sharing Supported Session Recording Not Supported Surveys / Polls Not Supported Web Browser-based Supported Web Conferencing Features Electronic Hand Raising Supported Mobile Access Not Supported On-Demand Webcasting Supported Presentation Streaming Supported Presentation Tools Supported Private Chat Not Supported Real-Time Chat Supported Record & Playback Ability Not Supported Screen Sharing Supported Two-Way Audio & Video Supported Video Conferencing Supported Whiteboard Supported Show More Features Tutoring Features Appointment Scheduling Not Supported Attendance Tracking Not Supported Automatic Grading Not Supported Billing & Invoicing Not Supported Client Management Not Supported Electronic Assignments & Tests Not Supported Employee Management Not Supported Learning Plans Not Supported Lesson Notes Not Supported Online Classes Not Supported Online Payments Not Supported Parent / Student Portal Supported Progress Reports Not Supported	Blackboard Collaborate: Video Conferencing Features Electronic Hand Raising Supported Mobile Access Supported On-Demand Webcasting Supported Presentation Streaming Supported Presentation Tools Supported Private Chat Supported Real-Time Chat Supported Record & Playback Ability Supported Screen Sharing Supported Two-Way Audio & Video Supported Video Conferencing Supported Whiteboard Supported Virtual Classroom Features Annotation Tools Supported Attendee Analytics Supported Audio/Video Conferencing Supported Customizable Branding Supported eCommerce Integration Not Supported Electronic Hand Raising Supported File Sharing Supported Interactive/Collaboration Tools Supported Learning Management System Supported Live Chat Not Supported Live Streaming Supported Mobile Access Supported Multiple Camera Feeds Supported Notifications Supported Online Whiteboard Supported Schedule Management Supported Screen Sharing Supported Session Recording Supported Surveys / Polls Supported Web Browser-based Supported Web Conferencing Features Electronic Hand Raising Supported Mobile Access Supported On-Demand Webcasting Supported Presentation Streaming Supported Presentation Tools Supported Private Chat Supported Real-Time Chat Supported Record & Playback Ability Supported Screen Sharing Supported Two-Way Audio & Video Supported Video Conferencing Supported Whiteboard Supported Show More Features Collaboration Features Brainstorming Supported Calendar Management Supported Chat / Messaging Supported Contact Management Not Supported Content Management Supported Document Management Not Supported Project Management Not Supported Real Time Editing Supported Task Management Not Supported Version Control Not Supported Video Conferencing Supported
BigBlueButton: Integrations Fantastical Supported Schoology Learning Supported Amanote Not Supported Brisk Teaching Not Supported Campus Cafe Not Supported Chamilo Supported CommandCenterHD Not Supported ConexED Not Supported Creatrix Campus Not Supported Docebo Supported Enlyft Not Supported Ikigai Not Supported Krisp Supported Naboo Academy Supported Pencil Spaces Not Supported Prometheus Supported ScholarLMS Supported ShareKnowledge for SharePoint Supported The Academix Supported Vibe Interactive Whiteboard Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 29 Integrations	Blackboard Collaborate: Integrations Fantastical Supported Schoology Learning Supported Amanote Supported Brisk Teaching Supported Campus Cafe Supported Chamilo Not Supported CommandCenterHD Supported ConexED Supported Creatrix Campus Supported Docebo Not Supported Enlyft Supported Ikigai Supported Krisp Not Supported Naboo Academy Not Supported Pencil Spaces Supported Prometheus Not Supported ScholarLMS Not Supported ShareKnowledge for SharePoint Not Supported The Academix Not Supported Vibe Interactive Whiteboard Supported Show More Integrations View All 30 Integrations
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