The Collaborate Roadmap

November 2, 2011Blackboard Collaborate, Elluminate, Web Conferencing Standard

Today’s webinar from BlackBoard Collaborate gave some detail on the plans for the Collaborate platform over the next few years.

New features promised on the roadmap:

“In the next few months” – the UK will get its own Collaborate servers. This should mean greatly reduced audio and video latency, and probably a more reliable service.

“In 2012” – Echo cancellation in the Collaborate software to remove the echo caused by using loudspeakers. This will remove the requirement for using headsets, although you’ll still need a decent desk microphone, such as the Logitech one.
– MP4 content creation from session recordings without the use of Publish!
– integration of Collaborate with LDAP and Shibboleth authentication
– Local servers running the Server Administration System (SAS) will be able to run Collaborate 11 rather than Eluminate 10 from early 2012

“In 2013” – Ability to participate in Collaborate sessions using tablets and smartphones (iOS first, then Android). But running a Collaborate session from any battery-powered device is NOT recommended.

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