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"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 Microsoft tech support are very good. They get back to you. I log a support call, and I usually have someone on the phone within a half an hour, so it is pretty good."
"People are now able to virtually collaborate with their staff and have a conference call. We don't need a phone line to make that conference call and we are saving on that. People are able to share their presentations. Also, they can chat using the Skype"
"I use the chat feature to communicate with my staff, which is very helpful."
"I like the seamless integration to local telecommunications."
"The most valuable features of Skype for Business include its persistent chat, Edge Server, Reverse Proxy, front-end server, back-end server, and business calling capabilities, among others."
"It saves trouble, and it saves us time."
"The solution is stable and scalable."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"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 are not many options, in terms of some other third-party integration."
"Sometimes Skype is slow, and we cannot use other elements of our devices while using the Skype solution."
"Skype for Business could improve the interface. It could be easier to use. Additionally, it's hard to find the people or add people you want to communicate with."
"I feel bored with the look and feel of the tool, so it should be changed."
"We need a feature where you can virtually raise your hand to silently let the presenter know that you have a question."
"We overcame the audio quality issues by asking users to use the 'Call Me' feature with their desk phone."
"We would like to better customize our instructions within the Outlook plugin/invite, but we are unable to do so."
"The solution lacks to provide reporting functionality, and I would like to see the solution provide that feature."
Blackboard Collaborate is ranked 24th in Virtual Meetings with 4 reviews while Skype for Business is ranked 4th in Virtual Meetings with 59 reviews. Blackboard Collaborate is rated 7.6, while Skype for Business is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Blackboard Collaborate writes "Useful in webinars, meetings and online classrooms ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Skype for Business writes "Reliable, useful for remote work, and great but isn't as robust as Microsoft Teams". Blackboard Collaborate is most compared with Zoom, whereas Skype for Business is most compared with Webex, Zoom, TeamViewer, GoToMeeting and Cisco Meeting Server.
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