Blackboard Collaborate vs Zoom comparison

"Document loading and annotation."

"One of the features that people enjoy is the whiteboard, providing opportunities for academics to present content and for students to contribute. The platform also allows for the creating of different rooms, enabling large classes to break into smaller groups for discussions. Students can then return to the main classroom to share their opinions. It integrates with LMS."

"The solution allows me to connect and collaborate with my classes."

"The most valuable features of Zoom are quick connectivity, screen sharing, and quick response."

"The initial setup is very simple."

"I'm using it only for meetings, and it is good for me. It provides options for remote control and screen sharing."

"The solution is stable and user-friendly."

"The best thing about Zoom is that it is very easy to use."

"Zoom is interoperable and user-friendly."

"The solution is easy to navigate."

"You don't need to be technical in order to use it."

"The system can overload when too many try logging in."

"If there were maybe more tutorials outside of what I'm aware the university is suggesting, I would take more tutorials on effective ways to deliver content. I come from the industry and content was always needed when people that were observing were smart and involved and decision-makers instead of so passively just trying to pass the course. In my imagination, the tutorials would be a tool where the learners themselves can have much more hands-on learning during a Collaborate session."

"We faced outages when the user limit went over a certain number."

"They could improve security more."

"Zoom could improve by allowing multiple users to share their screens at the same time."

"Zoom's user interface could be improved. For example, it could have bigger buttons for elderly people."

"Lacks an indicator on chat to show that a message has been read."

"In the next release, I would like to see an easily accessible bandwidth feature so that you can see how much data you've used on a particular call."

"I have read some news about Zoom being a little bit insecure, but when we never had any issue with it. They can improve by making the sessions more secure."

"The video quality of the free version might not be as good as the enterprise edition."

"Zoom meetings can only have 1,000 attendees. For more than 1,000, you must buy the Zoom Webinar product."

"I use the tool's free version."

"The cost of Zoom is approximately $150 USD annually."

"We are using the free version of Zoom."

"We pay a yearly licensing fee for Zoom, which is expensive in our part of the world."

"In the basic version, there is a 40-minute time limit on group meetings."

"The cost for Zoom is reasonable."

"Zoom is licensed as a subscription model and it is available on a monthly or yearly basis."

"There are no licensing fees required."