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USING BLACKBOARD COLLABORATE Elizabeth Romero, Ph.D. Director, Instructional Technology Lab [email protected]

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USING BLACKBOARD COLLABORATE

Elizabeth Romero, Ph.D.Director, Instructional Technology Lab

[email protected]

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By participating in a collaborate session you will experience best practices for conducting effective webinars using Blackboard Collaborate

Through discussion and chat participation during the session, you will distinguish the benefits of using collaborate in your teaching

By the end of the session, you will know how to prepare your computer and yourself to conduct your own sessions.

You will leave the session having information about where to learn more and how to get help using Collaborate

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In which college do you teach and about how many students are you

teaching this semester?

Please use the chat to answer.

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How many of you have conducted collaborate sessions before?

Please raise your electronic hand.

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The steps for a successful collaborate

session

①Prepare your computer②Prepare for your

session③Engage your

participants

Any comment, please raise your hand to get audio privileges, so we can listen to your experience

or concerns.

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① PREPARE YOUR COMPUTER

Check System Requirements: Go to http://tinyurl.com/3gotox5 to see if your computer

meets the requirements to run Blackboard Collaborate If not, follow the instructions to meet the requirements

prior to the session

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① PREPARE YOUR COMPUTER

Installing the Collaborate Launcher: Go to http://tinyurl.com/meeting-collab and follow the

instructions to install the launcher Choose Windows or Mac depending on what type of

computer you are using

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For a PC: Open the Blackboard Collaborate Launcher from your

Downloads folder Run the application and follow the instructions

① PREPARE YOUR COMPUTER

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For a Mac: Open meeting.collab from your Downloads folder Open with: Blackboard Collaborate Launcher (from

the Applications folder)

① PREPARE YOUR COMPUTER

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Test Connection and Settings: Join a Collaborate room Click on the audio icon, select your connection type, and

visit the On Demand training to get familiar with the tools

① PREPARE YOUR COMPUTER

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② PREPARE FOR YOUR SESSION

Learn to Use Collaborate: Go to http://tinyurl.com/uic-collab and follow the modules

to familiarize yourself with Blackboard Collaborate

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Learn to Use Collaborate: Go to http://tinyurl.com/record-collab to learn how to

record a Collaborate session

② PREPARE FOR YOUR SESSION

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Join or Schedule Your Session: Click Join Room to join an existing room Click Scheduled Sessions to join a room that is being

hosted at a specific time

② PREPARE FOR YOUR SESSION

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Recording a Session: When prompted to do so, start the recording if you would

like to have your session available for review

② PREPARE FOR YOUR SESSION

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③ ENGAGE YOUR PARTICIPANTS

Advertise your session. Enable Any Tools You Want to Use (all tools are turned off

by default)

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Welcome participants, share the agenda, and establish the rules for collaboration during the session

Use the Chat and Poll functions to request participation Allow participants time for questions and discussion

③ ENGAGE YOUR PARTICIPANTS

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Use tools to motivate participation, such as polling: You can ask a question and wait for participants to

respond You can change the Polling Type (abc, yes/no, etc.) by

going into the options menu

③ ENGAGE YOUR PARTICIPANTS

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Make Your Recordings Available: Click the options button next to the session you recorded Select Guest Link

③ ENGAGE YOUR PARTICIPANTS

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Make Your Recordings Available: You can add a link to the recording in your course or send

the Guest Link to participants for future use

③ ENGAGE YOUR PARTICIPANTS

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Watch a tutorial for you:http://go.uic.edu/Collaborate_Tutorial

List a tutorial for your students:http://go.uic.edu/Collaborate_Participants

Enroll in a free Collaborate online course:http://go.uic.edu/Collaborate_Online_Training

Final comments, please raise your hand to get audio privileges.

KEEP LEARNING

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Join the ITL in workshops where you can try out Collaborate

http://go.uic.edu/itl_pd

Help is 24/7 with vendor support

http://go.uic.edu/Collaborate_Chat

GET HELP

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GET HELP

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Please contact [email protected] for any further questions

For more training: http://go.uic.edu/itl_pd

THANK YOU!