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 most valuable feature of Google Hangouts for me is content sharing."
"The solution is easy to use and navigate."
"I think that Google Meet allows for easy interaction and has additional features, such as background blurring, among others."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"It's good for conferencing with others."
"I appreciated having the basic features like screen sharing and camera options."
"We use Google Hangouts to chat and exchange some quick information."
"I find the sound quality of Google Meet a valuable feature. You can join Google Meet with just your phone. You only need the link of the meeting to join."
"We faced outages when the user limit went over a certain number."
"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."
"Google Hangouts restricts you to those with a Gmail account."
"One area where I see room for improvement in Google Hangout is the voice quality during meetings."
"Google Hangouts should add a feature to show how someone connects, such as via a laptop or phone. If you know if someone is using a laptop you can ask them to share their screen."
"Google Hangouts could work on making the service better for slow connections."
"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."
"We've noticed the product works better in Chrome and doesn't work as well in Safari browsers."
"Sending documents and other things is not an option."
"There is no delete option for messages which could be an added feature in a future release."
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 Zoom, whereas Google Hangouts is most compared with Zoom. See our Blackboard Collaborate vs. Google Hangouts report.
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