Downloading your Blackboard Collaborate recordings

You would have received a couple of messages recently about Blackboard Collaborate recordings. The summary is this:

  • The amount of Collaborate recordings has exceeded the storage capacity we have with Blackboard and are being charged overage fees.
  • Those fees are costing Douglas College $11,000 per month! 😳
  • A very large number of those recordings have never been watched.
  • Any Collaborate recordings created before April 30, 2021 will be deleted on November 30, 2021.

What are your options?

  • If you don’t care about those recordings, you don’t have to do anything. They will be removed automatically.
  • If you have any recordings you would like to save, follow the instructions below.
  • If you need assistance, reach out to me before November 30.

Saving Collaborate recordings to your computer

Saving Collaborate recordings to your computer

Uploading your recordings to OneDrive

Uploading your recordings to OneDrive

Uploading your recordings to Kaltura

Having students scan pages using the Microsoft OneDrive app on their phones or tablets

If you want your students to scan their work to share with you electronically, you can simply have them use the free Microsoft OneDrive app on their phone or tablet.

Here is a video you can share with your students on how to install the OneDrive app and then scan a document and save it to OneDrive.

Here is a video on how students can share a file with you using the OneDrive app.

Feel free to share these videos with your students.