Class Collaborate
Class Collaborate is a video conferencing tool developed for educational purposes. It can be used by staff, students, and external guests.
End of Collaborate availability
The University contract with Class Collaborate ends in July 2026. The Digital Education Office has worked with faculty staff to assess the current use of the tool and used this information to help inform the decision not to renew the contract. This means that Collaborate will not be available in courses from the new academic year (TB1 2026).
The DEO recommends that Microsoft Teams Classes, which have nearly identical functionality, are used instead. All Blackboard Units have an automatically-created Unit Team that can be used, and it is possible to manually create Teams Classes for use outside a standard Blackboard unit. There is further information about Unit Teams on the IT services SharePoint site and on the DEO website.
We are currently working on integrating Teams Classes into our Blackboard courses which would mean that there is a link directly in the menu to access your Unit Team in the same way as the Collaborate link exists currently.
If you have any questions, please email digital-education@bristol.ac.uk
For alternative video conferencing tools, you can see Synchronous online sessions.
Downloading recordings from Class Collaborate
- Navigate to your course and in the right-hand menu click the three dots next to the Class Collaborate menu item.
- In the drop-down menu that appears choose View all recordings.
- Choose the recording you wish to download and click the three dots, in the drop-down menu choose Download.
- The download option will appear as a pop up in your browser, click Save and the recording will be downloaded to your downloads folder.
