Announcement to current Bb Collaborate users

Beginning in the Fall 2017 semester, Lehigh will discontinue its license of Blackboard Collaborate for use by faculty, staff and students. The Blackboard Collaborate activity from within Course Site will no longer be available and LTS will no longer be taking requests to create Collaborate meetings.

Alternatively, LTS has expanded its licensing agreement with the web-conferencing solution Zoom and will provide support for its use by all members of the Lehigh community. This decision was made as Zoom provides a conferencing environment that allows users to connect quickly and easily to both Lehigh and external participants, supports high-quality audio and video, and incorporates an intuitive user interface.

Any current Lehigh faculty member, staff or student can access and manage his/her Basic Zoom account by going to http://lehigh.zoom.us and clicking the Sign In link in the upper-right corner of the page. When prompted, provide your Lehigh computing account username and password.

Because you have been a regular user of Blackboard Collaborate in your teaching and research, we would like you to have Zoom accounts that allow you to create and manage your meetings beyond the features afforded to a Basic account. If you have ever accessed the Lehigh Zoom instance, we have automatically upgraded you to a Pro account.

If you haven't yet logged in to Zoom, please go to http://lehigh.zoom.us, click Sign In in the upper-right corner of the page, login to Zoom, and then send an email to initt@lehigh.edu with the subject "Zoom Pro". We’ll then upgrade you to a Pro account.

Documentation is available on how to get started using Zoom and learn more about its meeting features.

If you have any questions about migrating from Bb Collaborate to Zoom for your conferencing, please contact your IT consultant.