Blackboard Collaborate, a full-featured web conferencing tool, will be available for free to all faculty, staff and students starting Jan. 1. The tool includes the ability to do online virtual classroom presentations, whiteboard, application sharing, and web tours, as well as institution-wide instant messaging for all courses, offices and departments. For more information on what Blackboard Collaborate is and what it means for you, go to http://bit.ly/1eTpNQA.