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USING BLACKBOARD COLLABORATE
Elizabeth Romero, Ph.D.Director, Instructional Technology Lab
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
In which college do you teach and about how many students are you
teaching this semester?
Please use the chat to answer.
How many of you have conducted collaborate sessions before?
Please raise your electronic hand.
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.
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
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
For a PC: Open the Blackboard Collaborate Launcher from your
Downloads folder Run the application and follow the instructions
① PREPARE YOUR COMPUTER
For a Mac: Open meeting.collab from your Downloads folder Open with: Blackboard Collaborate Launcher (from
the Applications folder)
① PREPARE YOUR COMPUTER
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
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
Learn to Use Collaborate: Go to http://tinyurl.com/record-collab to learn how to
record a Collaborate session
② PREPARE FOR YOUR SESSION
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
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
③ ENGAGE YOUR PARTICIPANTS
Advertise your session. Enable Any Tools You Want to Use (all tools are turned off
by default)
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
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
Make Your Recordings Available: Click the options button next to the session you recorded Select Guest Link
③ ENGAGE YOUR PARTICIPANTS
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
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
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
GET HELP
Please contact [email protected] for any further questions
For more training: http://go.uic.edu/itl_pd
THANK YOU!