Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your COLLAB file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert COLLAB to another file type
To convert COLLAB sessions to another format, you need Blackboard Collaborate or other Web software.
Convert a file to COLLAB
To convert other file formats to the "Session Configuration File" file type, you need software like Blackboard Collaborate or a similar tool.
About COLLAB files
A .collab file is an XML-based session configuration file used to launch online meetings and virtual classrooms in Blackboard Collaborate. Educational institutions use these files to authenticate users and connect them to specific web conference servers. The main disadvantage of the .collab format is its temporary, proprietary nature. Users frequently download these files expecting a recorded video lecture, only to discover it is merely a 2KB launcher stub. Furthermore, these files require the specific, often deprecated Blackboard Collaborate Launcher to execute properly, leading to widespread 'file not recognized' errors on modern operating systems. Standard online converters fail to process .collab files into media formats like MP4 or MP3 because the file contains no audio or video data, only text-based server instructions. This file format is difficult to open or convert into anything multimedia-related.
Convert.Guru analyzes your COLLAB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert COLLAB file to DWG, DXF, DGN, RVT, RFA, SKP, 3DM, STEP, IGES, SAT, X_T or X_B, you can use Blackboard Collaborate or similar software from the "Web Conference Session Launcher" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SLDASM, DGN, PRT, IAM, X_B, CATPRODUCT, SLDPRT, RVT, ASM, DWG, CATPART or DXF files to COLLAB, try Blackboard Collaborate or another comparable tool in the "Web Conference Session Launcher" category.
The COLLAB Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our COLLAB converter.