Module5–BlackboardLearnCommunication

OverviewYouhavelearnedaboutsomeofthecommunicationtoolsyoucanusetokeepstudentsinformedandtoletthemcollaborate.Nowwewilllookatcommunicatingwithyourstudentsinreal-time,usingBlackboardCollaborateUltra.

CollaborateUltraWelcometothenewBlackboardCollaborate!Ourreal-timevideoconferencingtooldesignedspecificallyforeducation.Withitscomprehensivetoolsandcapabilitiesyoucanengageinthevirtualclassroomasifitwereface-to-face.BlackboardCollaboratewiththeUltraexperiencegivesyouaroomforeachofyourcourses.Theroomlastsforthelifeofthecourse.Youcanconnectliveandinpersonwithoneorallofyourstudentsanytimeyouwant.BlackboardCollaborateallowsyouto:

• Holdsynchronousor"real-time"meetingswithyourstudents• ParticipateinChatSessions• ShareVideo/Audioofyourselfandyourstudents• Sharefiles(PDF,PPTX,andimagefiles)

• ShareApplicationsfromyourcomputer(orjustyourdesktop)• Studentsandyourselfcanjoinsessionsquicklyasthetoolisbrowserbasedanddoes

notrequiretheparticipanttoinstalljavaoralauncher.Clickthelinkbelowtowatchabriefvideotolearnmore:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh5zsbGW7V0

EditingtheCollaborateRoomYouwillfindtheBlackboardCollaboratetoolintheCourseToolssectionofyourcourse’sControlpanel.Beforeyoujoinyourroomoraddalinktotheroominyourcourseyouwillwanttoedittheroomtobesureitissetupthewayyoulikeit.ClickEditRoomtoseeyouroptions.

1. ChangetheRoomName

2. Givestudentsfullparticipantpermissions(audio,video,chat,whiteboard,filesharing)

3. Setguestaccess

4. Haveeveryonejoinasmoderatorsorassignspecificmoderators.

5. RestrictAccesstospecificusers

AddingaLinkYoucanusethedaterestrictionsoptionsinAddLinktoCoursetoschedulemultiplewebconferencesinyourcourseusingthesameroom.ClickAddLinktoCourseaddalinkandsetlinkoptions.

1. ChangetheCourseLinkName

2. ChoosethecheckboxforwherethelinkwillbeinthecourseunderContentAreaList.

3. Giveyourlinkadescriptiontoletparticipantsknowwhatitisfor.

4. Addanycommentasappropriate.

5. SetanyDateRestrictionsyouwant.

TIP:SetRemindersUseyourcoursecalendartosetremindersforsessionsintheroomwithyourclass.Helpyourstudentsfindandprepareforthesession.Inthecalendaritemgiveadetaileddescription,includinginstructionsonhowtofindtheroom.

JoiningTheRoomTojointheCollaborateUltraroom:

• VisittheCollaboratelinkyouplacedinyourcourseoraccessBlackboardCollaborateviayourCourseTools.

• ClicktheJoinRoombutton.

AddProfilePicture

Havingasocialpresencecanbecriticaltoasuccessfulonlinelearningexperience.GiveafacetoyourvoiceandaddaprofilepictureinMySettings.

1. Pointtotheavatarimagetochangethepicture.

2. Uploadanyimageoruseyourdevicecameratotakeaphoto.Youcanchoosetousethisprofilepictureforeverysession.

3. Adjusttheimagearea.

4. ClickILikeIt!tosavetheprofilepicture.

AudioandVideoSetup

Youmustgivethebrowserpermissiontouseaudioandvideotoparticipateinasession.Thisisnecessarysothatyouareseenandheard.It'sOKifyou'renotreadytodothisrightaway.

YoucansetupaudioandvideoatanytimeinMySettings.PointtoyouravatartoopenMySettings.Adjustyourspeakerandmicrophonevolume.Bydefault,youarehiddenandmutedafteryoucompletethesetup.Clickthemicrophoneandcameraiconstobeginfullmeetingparticipation.

FindYourWayAroundImaginewalkingintoaroomthatwasperfectlyoutfittedforcollaboration.Theamountoftoolstoengageandcapturearepotentiallyendless.Likeanygoodclassroomorstudiospace,wemustbeorganized.We'veorganizedeverythingintothreeconvenientareas:

• amediaspace

• theSessionmenu

• aCollaboratepanel.

MediaSpace

ThemediaspaceinCollaborateiswherethecontentofthesessionisdisplayed.Thecontentyoushareisautomaticallythemainfocusofyourscreen.Thepicture-in-pictureshowsyouwhoisspeaking.Tip:Selectthepicture-in-picturewindowtoswitchyourmainfocus.Yourmainscreenbecomesthepicture-in-pictureandthepicture-in-picturebecomesthemainscreen.We'vemaximizedthesizeofthisspacetocreateaninherentfull-screenexperienceatanyscreensize.Toolsthatappearinthemediaspacerelatedirectlytowhatishappeninginthesessionatthatmoment.Youknowimmediatelywhatyoucando.

MediaSpaceToolsIcon Tool Description

Audio Turnyouraudioon.Linesthroughthemicrophoneiconmeansthatitisturnedoff.SelectShareAudiototurniton.Withyourkeyboard,pressAlt+Mtoturnyourmicrophoneonandoff.

Video Turnyourvideoon.Linesthroughthecameraiconmeansthatitisturnedoff.SelectShareVideototurniton.Withyourkeyboard,pressAlt+Ctoturnyourcameraonandoff.

Handraise Raiseyourhandtoansweraquestionorgetanothermoderator'sattention.SelectRaiseHand.Withyourkeyboard,pressAlt+H.

CollaboratePanel

OpentheCollaboratePanel.MoreonnavigatingtheCollaboratepanelwithyourkeyboard

SessionMenu

Openthesessionmenu.

FollowtheSpeakerView

SwitchtoFollowthespeakerview.

GridView SwitchtotheGridview.

Picture-in-PictureView

Changethefocusofyourscreen.Ifsharedcontentisonyourmainscreen,switchtowatchingthespeaker.Selectthepicture-in-picturetobringthatcontenttoyourmainscreen.

Status Showyourselfasaway.PointtothegreencheckmarkbyyouravatarimageandselectSetasAway.SelectI'mback!whenyoureturn.

TheUltraExperienceswitchestofollow-the-speakerViewautomaticallywhentherearemorethanfiveparticipants.

SessionMenu

Thesessionmenuopensacollectionofhighlevelsessionactionsandinformation.OpenitusingtheSessionMenubuttonatthetopleftofthescreen.Toolsandfeaturesyouuseonlyonceortwiceduringasessionareconvenientlygroupedhere.

• Finddetailsaboutthesession.

• Recordyoursessions.

• Connectyourphoneforaudio.

• Gethelporreportanissue.SessionMenuToolsIcon Tool Description

Start/Stoprecording

OpentheSessionmenuandselectStartRecording.

Useyourphone

Useyourphoneforaudioduringasession.

Reportanissue

Reportanissuewiththesession.

Help GotoBlackboardCollaboratehelpon

help.blackboard.com.

LearnaboutnewUI

Openthenewuserinterfacetour.

Leavesession Exitthesessionandcompleteaquicksurveyto

tellusaboutyourexperience.

CollaboratePanelTheCollaboratepaneltakesyoursessionexperiencetothenextlevel.Younowhaveasinglespacetogotoengageotherparticipantswithallthegreatcollaboratetools.

• Chatwitheveryoneinthesessionorprivatelywithothermoderators.

• Manageparticipants.

• Sharecontentorstartpollingorbreakout

groups.

• Setyourpersonalandsessionsettings.CollaboratePanelToolsIcon Tool Description

Chat Chatwithparticipants.OpentheCollaboratepanelandselectOpen

Chat.TheemojipackforCollaboratewiththeUltraexperiencesupportsdiversifiedemojisandUnicode8characters.Useoneoffivesupportedskintonesonanyhumanemoji.Addunderscore,tone,andthesupportedtonenumber(1through5)toyouremojiwhentyping.Don'tforgetthecolonsoneitherendofyouremojitext.Example::wave_tone5:

Collaborate'schathistoryonlyhas50messagesdisplayedatanygiventime.

ParticipantsPanel

Viewthelistofparticipants.OpentheCollaboratepanelandSelectOpenParticipantsList.

ShareContent

Youcanshareablankwhiteboard,anapplication,PDFs,PowerPoint®presentations,andimagesinGIF,JPEGandPNGformats.Youcanalsopollparticipants.OpentheCollaboratepanelandselectShareContent.

MySettings Addaprofileimage,setupyouraudioandvideo,yournotifications,

andsessionsettings.OpentheCollaboratepanelandselectMySettings.

Close Closethecollaboratepanel.

ShareWhiteboard

ShareablankwhiteboardfromtheShareContentpanel.

ShareApplication

ShareyourentiredesktoporasingleopenapplicationfromtheShareContentpanel.

ShareFiles SharePDFs,PowerPoint®presentations,andimagesinGIF,JPEGand

PNGformats.

Polling Startasimplepolltosharewithyourparticipants.

BreakoutGroups

Startbreakoutgroups.

Options OpentheParticipantsoptionsmenu.

SharingContentTheUltraexperienceofBlackboardCollaboratemakesiteasytoshareyourknowledge.Youcanuploadcontent,includingPowerPoint®presentations,orshareyourdesktopscreentoshowmoredetails.OpentheCollaboratepanelandselectShareContenttostartsharingandcollaboratingwithyourparticipants.Thenextsectionswillcover:

• SharingApplications

• SharingFiles

• ShareWhiteboard

SharingApplicationsShareyourdesktoporasoftwareapplicationtoteachstudentsaboutaparticulartopic.Wheneveryoumovethroughtheapplicationordesktop,yourstudentsautomaticallyfollowalong.

UseChromeTMorFirefox®(version49+)whensharingapplications.YouneedtoaddthebrowserdesktopsharingextensiontoshareapplicationsinCollaboratesessions.Note:Whenyoushareyourdesktoporapplicationitisseenbyeverybodyinthelivesessionandanybodyviewingtherecordinglater.Makesuretocloseanywindowsandapplicationsyoudon'twantotherstoseebeforestartingtoshare.Note:ApplicationsharingisnotcurrentlysupportedforscreenreadersinBlackboardCollaborate.Ifyouareusingascreenreader,youcansharefilesandablankwhiteboardwithyourparticipants.Youcannotshareanapplication.Applicationsharingisavailableby:

• OpeningtheCollaboratePanel

• ClickingtheShareContenttab

• ClicktheEntireScreenorJusttheApplicationbutton.(ifyouchoosejusttheapplicationyouwillbeabletoselectanyrunningapplication).

OnceyoubeingscreensharingyoucanstopsharingatanytimebyclickingtheStopSharingbutton.

ShareFilesSharefilesallowstheinstructororenabledparticipanttoshareimages,PowerPointpresentations,andPDFfileswiththesessionattendees.

Dragthefile(s)youwanttosharetotheappropriatespotorjustselectAddFilesHere.Whenyouwanttosharetheapproriatefilewiththesessionparticipants,justbesureitisselectedandclickShareNow

IfyouhaveuploadedaPDForPowerPointwithmultiplepages,youwillneedtoselecttheslidewhereyouwanttobeginyourpresentation.Youcanthenusethewhiteboardtoolsasnecessary.

ShareWhiteboard

Selectallowsyoutoselectitemsyou’veplacedyourwhiteboard/file.Pointerdrawsattentiontotheareawhereyouplaceyourmouse.Pencilletsthemoderatororenabledparticipantsdrawonthewhiteboard,orfile.Whenthepenciltoolisselected,theoptiontochangecolorappears.

Shapesallowstheinstructororenabledparticipanttodrawrectangles,ellipsesandlinesonthewhiteboard/file.Textallowsyoutoplacetextonthewhiteboard/file.Clearremovesalladdedshapes,drawingsandtextfromthewhiteboard/file.

ManageRaisedHandsParticipantscanraisetheirhandsanytimeduringyoursession.Youcanchoosetocallonthemnoworclosethenotificationandcallonthemlater.ClickClearinthenotificationtoclearraisedhands.Closethenotificationtoleavetheirhandraised.

EditingSharedContentWhenyoushareablankwhiteboardorfilesyouaregiventoolsyoucanusetoeditduringthelivesession.YoucanalsodecideifyouwanttogiveyourparticipantsthesametoolsinSessionSettings.

• Select:Usethearrowtoselectanobjectonthewhiteboard.Afteryouselectityoucanresize,move,anddeleteit.

• Pointer:Usethehandtopointtodifferentareasofthevisibleslide.Participantsseewhereveryouarepointingontheslide.

• Pencil:Usethepenciltodrawfreehandontheslide.• Square:Usethesquaretodrawarectangle,ellipse,orastraightline.Yourchoice.• Text:Typetextontheslidewiththe"T".• Erase:Usetheerasertoundoeverythingyouoranothermoderatorhasaddedtothe

slidewithoneclick.• Previous:Gobackaslide.

Withyourkeyboard,pressAlt+PageDowntomovebackaslide.OnaMac,pressAlt+Fn+DownArrow.

• PowerPointName:Opentheslidenavigatorpanel.• Next:Moveaheadaslide.

Withyourkeyboard,pressAlt+PageUptomovetothenextslide.OnaMac,pressAlt+Fn+UpArrow.

• StopSharing:Stopsharingcontent.• ZoomIn:Makethecontentbigger.Movethecontentaroundtoseeeverything.• ZoomOut:Makethecontentsmaller.• BestFit:Takeadvantageofyourscreenrealestate.Contentadjuststobecompletely

viewableintheavailablearea.Itdisplaysaslargeaspossiblewhilekeepingtheaspectratiointact.

• ActualSize:Returntheimagetotheoriginalsize.• Show/HideViewControls:Showorhideyourzoom,fit,andsizecontrols

PromotingParticipantsYoucanmakeparticipantspresentersoradditionalmoderators.Pointtoaparticipant,clicktheirname,andselectMakepresenter,MakemoderatororMakecaptioner.

PresentersThepresenterrolewasdesignedtohelpyousharetheworkloadwhilepresenting.Presenterscandothefollowing:

• Shareapplications,thewhiteboard,andfiles.• NavigatebetweenPowerPoint®slides.• Seeandmanageraisedhands.

ModeratorsMakingparticipantsmoderatorsmeansthattheycandoeverythingyoucando.Thisincludeschangingaparticipant'srole,settingoverallpermissions,andremovingparticipantsfromthesession.

CaptionersThecaptionerroleisdesignedtoprovideanaccessiblelearningexperienceforstudentswhoaredeaforhardofhearing,aswellasforstudentswhosenativelanguageisdifferentfromthemoderator's.Makingparticipantscaptionersgivesthemanareatotypewhatisbeingsaid.Otherparticipantscanviewwhatthecaptioneristypinginrealtime.Youcanhavemultiplecaptionersformultiplelanguages.