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How can Collaborate help you?
Peer-to-peer learning – let students work in groups
to improve retention, grades, study skills and
problem solving
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How can Collaborate help you?
Peer-to-peer learning – let students work in groups
to improve retention, grades, study skills and
problem solving
7 Inspiring Ways Universities Are
Using Blackboard Collaborate
Blackboard
Design For Education
Blackboard Collaborate is a modern solution for
online collaborative learning. Based on feedback
from tutors and students, its principle features cover:
- Browser-based web conferencing
- Breakout groups and instant polling
- Award-winning accessibility, including closed captioning
- Real-time interactive whiteboard with text and annotations
- Sharing of screens and apps
- Records sessions as video
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Chat and file-sharing
- Virtual hand-raising, profiles and participant lists
Design For Education
Blackboard Collaborate is a modern solution for
online collaborative learning. Based on feedback
from tutors and students, its principle features cover:
- Browser-based web conferencing
- Breakout groups and instant polling
- Award-winning accessibility, including closed captioning
- Real-time interactive whiteboard with text and annotations
- Sharing of screens and apps
- Records sessions as video
-
Chat and file-sharing
- Virtual hand-raising, profiles and participant lists
"The pitch there really is about research collaboration, new
ways of working and more efficient use of time. We’re trying
to encourage people to use it for collaborations which would normally involve travel… We’re trying to make people aware that it’s a flexible, online collaborative tool, which is more powerful than something like Skype.”
Neil Morris,
Director of Digital Learning,
University of Leeds
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How can Collaborate help you?
Peer-to-peer learning – let students work in groups to improve retention, grades, study skills and problem solving
The pitch there really is about research collaboration, new ways of working and more efficient use of time. We’re trying
to encourage people to use it for collaborations which would
normally involve travel… We’re trying to make people aware
that it’s a flexible, online collaborative tool, which is more
powerful than something like Skype.”
Neil Morris,
Director of Digital Learning,
University of Leeds
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