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We performed a comparison between Blackboard Collaborate and Google Hangouts based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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

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"It has efficient recording features.""The facility is always online and very easy to share the screen using the solution.""The most valuable features are the chat features and the video conferencing features that enable more than two or three people to be connected at a time.""The most valuable feature has been the ability to present presentations during meetings.""The solution scales well.""Google Hangouts is an excellent tool.""It's integration with Google is the valuable feature.""Google Hangouts is very quick and easy to use, and the quality is very good."

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

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"Google Meet could be more secure.""In the next release, I would like to see call recording made available.""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.""It is not as stable. They can improve its stability.""The algorithm should be improved to automatically deal with poor connections in a better way.""There should be more space for multiple users at a time so that multiple people can connect, can share, and even transfer control to another colleague, employer, student, etc.""Collaboration in Google Hangouts has room for improvement compared to Microsoft Teams. On Microsoft Teams, you can share a document directly and work on that document all at once, in real-time, with other team members, which isn't the case with Google Hangouts.""The user interface is an area with shortcomings and needs improvement."

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  • "The screen-sharing feature is the most valuable feature."
  • "We are using the free version of Google Hangouts."
  • "This solution is available for free with the opening of a Google account."
  • "There is an annual subscription to use this solution."
  • "We are a small team and a small organization such as ours just uses the free version of Google, so there's no cost associated with Google Hangouts at the moment."
  • "I pay $6 per user per month for Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Hangouts."
  • "I believe my company has a yearly license for Google Hangouts, but I'm not sure because this is a corporate account, so I don't have the details."
  • "I use the free version of the solution."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:We faced outages when the user limit went over a certain number.
    Top Answer:We use the solution in web seminars, online classrooms, and meetings.
    Top Answer:The most valuable features of the solution are its ability to allow the sharing of screens and the way it allows a user to take control of another system.
    Top Answer:There is a need to make certain payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product and some other tools that are included in the suite offered by Google. Google Hangouts alone as a product… more »
    Top Answer:Google Hangouts is not good enough to be used in a professional environment or for some official work, especially when compared to a product like Microsoft Teams. The aforementioned area can be… more »
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    24th
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    Also Known As
    Blackboard Mobile
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    Overview
    Blackboard Mobile give your learners, educators, and community access to all aspects of the educational experience on their mobile devices and they'll be able to go anywhere. Giving you the power to engage everyone on their terms and devices. Offering instant access to the information they need. Encouraging the interaction they crave.

    Hangouts Chat makes it easy for teams to be able to get their work done in one place. From direct messages to group conversations, Chat helps teams collaborate easily and efficiently.

    Sample Customers
    University of Derby Online, Universty of Warwick, University of Liverpool, City College Norwich, Northumberland College, Mid-Kent College, Watson Pharmaceutials, Capella University, Shore Tel Sky, Lincoln PD, City of Somerville MA, Somerset County Council
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    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company15%
    Marketing Services Firm12%
    University9%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization96%
    Computer Software Company1%
    Financial Services Firm0%
    University0%
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business44%
    Midsize Enterprise26%
    Large Enterprise30%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business1%
    Midsize Enterprise96%
    Large Enterprise3%
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    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.

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