Class Collaborate

About Class Collaborate

Class Collaborate is a real-time video conferencing tool that lets you add files, share applications, and use a virtual whiteboard to interact. Class Collaborate with the Ultra experience opens right in your browser, so you don't have to install any software to join a session. Class Collaborate Experience is continuously developed. Learn what's new by reviewing the Release Notes.

UMBC’s license for Class Collaborate (formerly Blackboard Collaborate) will end on July 31, 2025. Faculty and student access to Collaborate via Blackboard ends on May 25, 2025.

DoIT offers three synchronous meeting tools with robust functionality:

To learn more about these synchronous platforms, please explore pedagogical and technical use cases in this comparison chart.

External Collaborate Resources

Links marked with a ↗︎ symbol go to Collaborate  documentation. 

Getting Started


Moderating & Teaching with Collaborate

The following Collaborate resources for moderators are provided by Collaborate and will redirect to the Collaborate support website.


Participating with Collaborate


Class Collaborate

Class Collaborate (formerly Blackboard Collaborate) is now part of the Class family.


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Watch the Skill Builder Class Collaborate webinar recording (August 2021)