Several updates to Java issued by Oracle, coupled with Apple's new security measures around Java on the Mac, created a barrier for participants to easily attend Collaborate sessions and resulted in an increasingly disruptive user experience.
The Blackboard Collaborate™ Launcher simplifies the process for joining Blackboard Collaborate web conferencing sessions and recordings.
Because of its success, we are now pleased to release a new Blackboard Collaborate™ Launcher utility for users on Windows systems. The Blackboard Collaborate™ Launcher was released last summer for Mac OS 10.8.4+ users. The following message is from the vendor, Blackboard:Īs part of our ongoing commitment to improving the user experience for participants attending Collaborate sessions and recordings, we are updating your service to use the new Blackboard Collaborate Launcher 1.2 on December 22, 2014. NOTE: Users may access an available session (or a test session) in advance to perform this action. Users will be prompted to download and install the Blackboard Collaborate Launcher when attempting to access sessions starting the afternoon of December 22, 2014. Blackboard has released a new tool to make the process for accessing Collaborate meeting rooms on the Windows OS easier.
