Elluminate offers a hosted solution for live e-learning and web collaboration.
Now acquired by Blackboard and known as Blackboard Collaborate.
- Website: Blackboard Collaborate
- Cost: Commercial
- Free Trial: Yes
- Availability: Online
- Top 100 Tools 2010: 35
- Top 100 Tools 2009: 43=
- Top 100 Tools 2008: 50=
- Top 100 Tools 2007: 50=
Comments from some of those who selected Elluminate as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2009
- free on line classroom (for up to three people) Jane Challinor
Comments from those who selected Elluminate as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2008
- “For training between campuses as well as virtual office hours, I have come to really love Elluminate’s flexibility and power. The fact that the experience is the same for both Mac and PC users is also a very strong selling point for me. Not free.” Audrey J Williams
- “Stable, efficient, feature rich web-conferencing tool for business. I’d love to have the interface in my local language though.” Stylianos Mystakidis
- “The best of the virtual classroom products: highly reliable, good quality VOIP, good support, dependable breakout rooms, and an object-oriented whiteboard, Now being challenged by a new FREE tool called WizIQ.” Jane Bozarth
Comments from those who selected Elluminate as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2007
- “I have used both Elluminate and Live Classroom, and each has advantages and disadvantages. I really like the ability to engage students synchronously in a medium where they can be relaxed and themselves…and not get cramped fingers from typing. By incorporating powerpoints, polling, and application sharing, I can work with students spread over several states and continue to build community. It is also a great collaboration tool for students to use without me.” Britt Watwood
- “After attending the connectivism conference and foe 2007 this year, I now use my free elluminate room to meet and share information with colleagues” Lynn Wernham
- “my favorite presentation software for remote presentations and teaching” Lisa Nealfor “synchronous communication” Chip Bruce
- ” I used iChat extensively to collaborate with, and get help from, colleagues when working on projects and have also used it with teachers and students in conjunction with Elluminate for teaching calculus at a distance.” Gerry Paille
