Documentation:Blackboard Collaborate/Web Conferencing/What is it

What is it?

Blackboard (Bb) Collaborate Web Conferencing is an online classroom software where you can facilitate classes, meetings, presentations, discussion groups via an interactive web conferencing tool.

Sessions can be part of your online course in Connect where instructors and students can have opportunities for synchronous communications.

External sessions can also be organized, independent of any Connect course, which is ideal for meetings and seminars that may include participants outside of UBC.

Moderators can use several tools during a session such as interactive whiteboards, screen/application sharing, polling and chat rooms.

There are also several participant management features available, including voice and chat restrictions, participant indicators (e.g. raise hands, check marks, etc), and breakout rooms.