We performed a comparison between Blackboard Collaborate and Google Hangouts based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Virtual Meetings solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"Document loading and annotation."
"The solution allows me to connect and collaborate with my classes."
"The technical support team for Google Hangouts has been pretty responsive and could solve whatever challenges arise, within a day or two."
"The most valuable features are that you don't have to create a separate account, it's easy to use, and you don't have to enter an ID or password to start video conferencing."
"Stable communication tool with a good history feature and very easy installation."
"We use Google Hangouts to chat and exchange some quick information."
"Communication platform that's effective in project planning, project status communication, and virtual meetings. Setting it up is straightforward."
"The facility is always online and very easy to share the screen using the solution."
"This is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature has been the ability to present presentations during meetings."
"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."
"The system can overload when too many try logging in."
"We faced outages when the user limit went over a certain number."
"There could be more precise instructions for beginners using the solution."
"I think the version that I'm using doesn't allow recording. I guess it's more of a licensing issue than anything else, and it needs to be improved."
"Google will not have two identical chat platforms. Google Chat is always a winner because it is compatible with my device."
"The user interface is an area with shortcomings and needs improvement."
"The solution could integrate more automation into the product."
"Google Meet could be more secure."
"The solution can be improved by integrating other tools."
"You only get 60 minutes of video conferencing."
Blackboard Collaborate is ranked 24th in Virtual Meetings with 4 reviews while Google Hangouts is ranked 6th in Virtual Meetings with 51 reviews. Blackboard Collaborate is rated 7.6, while Google Hangouts is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Blackboard Collaborate writes "Useful in webinars, meetings and online classrooms ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Hangouts writes "A tool for personal use with good screen-sharing capabilities". Blackboard Collaborate is most compared with , whereas Google Hangouts is most compared with Zoom. See our Blackboard Collaborate vs. Google Hangouts report.
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