Meet Online in Collaborate

The video says it best – let Collaborate be your one-click virtual classroom! Collaborate is a web conferencing tool that is available in every myCourses site where instructors can meet with their students.

Instructors can use Collaborate for things like:

  • Holding virtual office hours where students can drop-in for help.
  • Inviting your online students to a virtual orientation.
  • Meeting one-on-one with students.
  • Setting up online spaces for student groups to meet and work together.

How do I get started?

It’s easy! If you already have a myCourses site, just add a tool link to “Blackboard Collaborate Ultra” on your course menu. We have embedded a quick tutorial below that will get you up and running with Collaborate in just three minutes.

Support for Collaborate

Here are a few more tutorials that provide a more in-depth exploration of everything that Collaborate can do.

read a tutorial on hosting a collaborate session watch a tutorial on hosting a collaborate session Instructors – Hosting a Collaborate Session

read a tutorial on Attending a Collaborate Session watch a tutorial on Attending a Collaborate Session Students – Attending a Collaborate Session


Accessibility in Blackboard Collaborate

Blackboard is committed to ensuring that the platform is usable and accessible. The code and user interface design techniques are continually audited to ensure that the application is usable by everyone, to the greatest extent possible, regardless of age, ability, or situation. Learn more.