Blackboard collaborate

Learning Technology Services

Inspiring Innovation. Learn more at www.uwstout.edu



Possible Uses

• Online office hours

• Guest expert lectures

• Class meetings

• Small group work

• Student presentations

• Others?



Caveats

• Have a plan!

• Only use needed features

• Respect any time, any place

• Teach tools to students, guest experts

• Remind students of etiquette

• Save things you need to keep



What Disappears?

• When everyone logs out of a meeting room:

–Slides

–Whiteboards

–Chat

–Web tours

–Breakout rooms

–Polling results

–Quizzes



Minimum Requirements

• Windows

– XP (32 bit)

– Vista (32 or 64 bit)

– 7 (32 or 64 bit)

• Mac

– OS X 10.5 (32 or 64 bit)

– OS X 10.6 (32 or 64 bit)

• Linux

– Ubuntu 9.10 (64 bit)



Minimum Requirements

• Java Version 1.5 or higher

• 250 MB RAM

• 20 MB free disk space

• Internet connection

• Windows or Linux: soundcard with speakers

and microphone or headset

• Macs: internal, USB, or external iSight

microphone



Test Your System • http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336&task=knowledge&questionID=1473

• In Step 1, ensure that you are getting green check marks.

– If necessary, make the recommended updates

• In Step 2, click on the link to enter the Configuration Room. This will help to ensure that you can enter a meeting successfully.

http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336&task=knowledge&questionID=1473



Getting Started

• Log in to your course

• Click on Online

Rooms

• Online Rooms must

be enabled by LTS



Online Rooms Area

• No rooms at first

• You must make your own

rooms

• You can make many

rooms

• Define purpose for rooms



Creating a Room

• Click on New Room

button

• Name room

• Set availability dates

• Less than one year



Set Advanced Properties

• Set properties

• Set “per room”

• Let’s Discuss options

• Changing options

later?



Adding Internal Attendees

• Must be enrolled in

course

• Select users from list

• Click on Add button



Adding External Attendees

• Enter email address

• Click on Add

• Attendee gets email

with link

• Does NOT require

attendee to be

enrolled in course



Entering a Room

• Click on List Rooms

button

• Find Room

• Click on room’s name



In the Room – First Things

• Click Dismiss on

moderator message

• Decide on recording



The Interface

UNIT NAME HERE

Inspiring Innovation. Learn more at: www.uwstout.edu



The Content Area

• Load content

• Navigate slides

• Start recording

• Use annotations

• Change modes

• Start Timer



Loading Whiteboard Content

• Requires Moderator status

–PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx)

–OpenOffice (varies by platform)

–Image Files (.bmp, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png)

–Whiteboard Files (.wbd)

–Protected Whiteboard Files (.wbp)

UNIT NAME HERE

Inspiring Innovation. Learn more at: www.uwstout.edu



Uploading Content

• Click Load Content button to upload

• Click New Page icon for blank whiteboard

Located in upper right-hand corner of Content Area Located in upper left-hand corner of Content Area



Uploading Content

• Choose:

– Import Images as Individual Pages

– Place Images on Current Page



Uploading Content

• Make sure PowerPoint is closed

• Error message if PowerPoint is open



Participants Window

• Shows attendees

• Permission controls

• Raise Hand Feature

• Emoticons

• Away Indicator

• Activity Indicators

• Polling Results

Global Permission Controls



Chat

• Chat to:

–Room

–Moderators

–Participants

• Public or Private

• Chat files savable

• Moderator Private Chat



Whiteboard Tools

• Selection tool

• Pointer

• Pen & Highlighter

• Filled Rectangle & Ellipse

• Rectangle & Ellipse

• Line

• Screen Capture

• Clip Art



Whiteboard Tools Options

• Color

• Opacity

• Thickness

• Typeface

Color Thickness

Opacity



Audio

• Click to open/close mic

• Audio Setup Wizard

• Adjustable Volume

• Default=1 speaker

• Use headset

• No phone service

Audio Setup Wizard Button

Open Microphone Indicator



Video Preview

• Video Preview

• Adjust camera before

transmission

Video Preview Button



Video Shown

• Transmits webcam

• Settings

–Frame rate

–Display speaker name

–Default=1 camera

• Video icon shown in

participants window



Polling

• Yes/No, Multiple Choice

• Show results in Participant Window

–Moderators only

– To everyone

• Lock responses

• Publish results

Polling

Responses

Tally



Blackboard Collaborate Experience

A. I have never used Blackboard Collaborate

B. I have attended a Blackboard Collaborate session

C. I have presented using Blackboard Collaborate

D. I am an expert user

Please cast your vote by clicking A, B, C, or D

in the polling area of the Participants Window



Quiz Manager

• Quizzes

–Create

– Load from file

–View

–Save

–Edit

–Delete



Timer

• Moderator sets length & name

• Count down or up • Show

–Moderators only – To all

• Timer expiration –Display message –Play sound



File Transfer

• Files

• Files on Websites

• Upload/download

• Save

• Prompt attendees



Web Tour

• Guided or unguided

• Moderator chooses URL

• Forward/Back buttons

• Add URL to Chat as hyperlink

• Open URL in Browser



Multimedia Library

• Files and websites

• Download indicator

• File types

–Windows Media (.wmv)

–MPEG (.mpg, .mpe, .mpeg)

–MPEG4 (.m4v, .mp4)

–MP3 Audio (.mp3)

–QuickTime (.qt, .mov)

–Flash/Shockwave (.swf)



Sharing

• Share an application

• Share desktop or

application

• Pause and resume

• Snapshot to whiteboard

• Share control with others



Breakout Rooms

• On the fly or planned

• Audio splitting

• Assignment options

• Add content to rooms

• Choose # of rooms

• Choose room names



Archives

• Recordings of

meetings

• Playback in D2L

• Edit visibility



Interactivity

• Plan/design for interaction

• Use a variety of available tools

• If not constant, every 3 minutes

• Can be simple

• Encourage student-student interaction

• Without interaction learning becomes passive



Suggestions

• Practice using tools & features

• Do a “dry run” with students

–Helps familiarize students with tools,

environment

–Discover any tech problems before session

• Ensure that students use Audio Setup Wizard



What We’ve Been Using

• Logitech USB Headset H530

• Logitech Quickcam Fusion

• Use or pick your own

–Hardware is not supplied by LTS



Resources

Moderator’s Guide http://library.blackboard.com/ref/3c5e63f9-3950-444f-85f3-1b0d759f084d/index.htm

Getting Started for Moderators Quick Reference Guide http://www.blackboard.com/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=299e2a12-d3ec-4a17-8ba1-42d62db5f816

Participant’s Guide http://library.blackboard.com/ref/8fb6da4a-0569-4d9e-89f3-c32ec8370cd9/index.htm

Getting Started for Participants Quick Reference Guide http://www.blackboard.com/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=8e4e8c28-de07-4bb0-a26f-8c1a28f335cd

http://library.blackboard.com/ref/3c5e63f9-3950-444f-85f3-1b0d759f084d/index.htm









mailto:[email protected]










http://library.blackboard.com/ref/8fb6da4a-0569-4d9e-89f3-c32ec8370cd9/index.htm









http://www.blackboard.com/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=8e4e8c28-de07-4bb0-a26f-8c1a28f335cd











More Resources

• Learn@UW (D2L) Email

–[email protected]

• Rich Berg

– [email protected]

– 232-1223

• Jamison Patrick

– [email protected]

– 232-4038






Questions?

Blackboard collaborate

Education

Transcript of Blackboard collaborate