Service Updates
New Features/Enhancements in Blackboard 9.1 SP7
New - Collaborate Web Conferencing Tool
OTC Online is pleased to announce the availability of the new Blackboard Collaborate Web Conferencing Tool. Collaborate provides online meeting spaces for faculty, staff, and students to interact through live video and audio web presentations, chat sessions, and whiteboards. Additionally, all sessions may be recorded and archived by moderators for future playback.
Collaborate and Wimba (OTC's current web conferencing tool) will both be available for use until December 31st of this year, at which time Wimba will be discontinued. During this transition period, it is advised that faculty and staff submit a Wimba Archive File Conversion Request Form (shown below) to online@otc.edu for the Wimba archives that you would like to save.
If you are a faculty or staff member who would like to use Collaborate, please follow the instructions below to get started. For questions, please contact Blackboard Support at 417-447-8200, option 2 or email online@otc.edu.
Getting Started
An Introduction to Blackboard Collaborate