Blackboard Collaborate Ultra Guide for Faculty...BB Collaborate Interface • BB Collaborate has two...
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GettingStartedinBlackboardCollaborateUltraforFaculty
Ø BlackboardCollaborateUltraisentirelybrowser-based.Nodownloadsarerequired.Ø TherequiredbrowsersforBBCollaborateareGoogleChromeorMozillaFirefox
o Toviewupto5webcamvideos,GoogleChromemustbeusedInthisguideyouwilllearnthefollowing:
• Bestpracticesforwebconferencing• HowtocreateandjoinaBBCollaborateUltraSession• OverviewoftheBBCollaborateUltraInterface• Howtosetupyouraudioandvideo• Howtosharecontent• Howtoseetheparticipantslistandusethechattool
BestPracticesforBBCollaborate
• Useheadset/microphoneforbestaudioquality• Connecttotheinternetviawiredconnection• ClosedownallbackgroundprogramsthatarenotbeingusedfortheBBCollaborateSession
(email,Skype,extrawebbrowsers,andanyotherdesktopapplications)CreatingandJoiningaSession
• Logintoelearning.villanova.eduwithoneofthesupportedbrowsers,selectthecoursefromyourMyCoursesmenuwhereyouplantohostaBBCollaboratesession
• Onceinyourcourse,BBCollaborateUltracanbelocatedinthelefthandnavigationmenu.ClickBBCollaborate
• ThiswilltakeyoutotheBBCollaborateSessionsmenu.SelectCreateSession.
• OnceyouclickCreateSession,theeventdetailsmenuwillpopup.Fillouttheappropriate
sessioninformationandclickSave.
• Tojointhesession,clickthesessionnameintheSessionsmenu.
• BBCollaboratewillopeninanewtabwithinyourbrowser
BBCollaborateInterface
• BBCollaboratehastwomenus:SessionsMenuandtheCollaboratePanel• Minimenuatthebottomofthescreenincludesquickcontrolsforaudio,videoandraisingyour
hand.• Toolslocatedatthetopofthescreenareparticipantcontrolstodraw/writeonwhiteboards
and/orfiles
SessionMenu
• Thesessionmenuincludeslinkstoo StartyourRecordingo UseyourphoneforAudioo NavigateyouthroughCollaboratethroughthe“TellmeaboutCollaborate”linko Leaveyoursession
Text/drawcontrols
MiniMenuforaudio/video
CollaboratePanel
SessionMenu
CollaboratePanel
• Thecollaboratepaneliswhereyouwillgoto:o Controlyoursettingso ShareContento ViewtheParticipantsListo ViewtheChat
AudioandVideoSetup
• SetupyourcameraandmicrophoneislocatedundertheMySettingsmenuintheCollaboratepanel.Mysettingscanbeaccessedbyclickingthisicon
o Thiswilltakeyouthrough2easystepstosetupyouraudioandvideo.
• Whenyoucompletetheaudio/videosetup,youwillgetanotificationthatyourmicrophoneandcameraarereadytogobutstillturnedoff
• Whenyouarereadytoturnyourmicrophoneandvideoon,usetheminimenucontrols.
ShareContent• ToaccessthesharecontentmenulocatedintheCollaboratepanel,clickthisicon• Thesharecontentmenuallowsyouto:
o ShareaBlankWhiteboardo ShareanApplicationo ShareFiles(PowerPoint,image,orPDFfiles)o Pollingo BreakoutGroups
ParticipantsList
• TheparticipantlistislocatedintheCollaboratepanelbyclickingthisicon • Theparticipantlistisatoolforyoutoseewhoisparticipatinginyoursession
Chat
• ThechattoolislocatedintheCollaboratePanelbyclickingthisicon• Thechattoolallowsyoutocollaboratewithyourstudentsviatext
LeavingBBCollaborate
• Toleavethesession,clickLeaveSessionlocatedintheSessionmenuorsimplycloseyourBBCollaborateSessiontabinyourbrowserwindow.