Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is now browser-based, which ensures ease in entering a session with the synchronous virtual classroom tool. It also has features such as text and voice chat, PowerPoint slideshow delivery, and desktop sharing.It was the first-time for most students using Blackboard Collaborate as a resource for tutoring which was difficult for them to adopt since they are used to in-person tutoring. In addition to it, it was too much for one tutor, who is new in online tutoring, to deal with 7 courses with 20 sections this semester. As the semester goes on, the tutor got busier and his schedules got harder to coordinate.
Overall, finding success in this environment of online tutoring can sometimes be challenges. This is because of lack of physical contact to see how students react to what they are tutored on. This makes it difficult for the tutor to gauge if students understood what they thought.
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