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Real-time Sessions: Bb Collaborate Core philosophy: No User Left

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Highest Quality of Experience» Collaborate Foundation: Collaborative

Communication Framework (CCF) » Dynamic and engaging experience» Transparent Technology

Academic Institutions Use Collaborate in Many Ways

Distance learning Professional development Virtual office hours Remote guest lectures Conferences & seminars Student projects & collaboration Mentoring & tutoring Research collaboration Blended learning programs Faculty meetings & networking

Distance Learning

BENEFITS:• Increase enrollment

• Accommodate working professionals & families

• Capture all learning

TOOLS:

•Promotion to moderator status• VoIP, Chat• Whiteboard• Application Sharing• File Transfer• Breakout Rooms• Recorder

Professional Development

• BENEFITS:• Train teachers in a cost-effective

manner

• Train faculty on a regular basis

• Maintain skills

• Provide immediate help when needed

• Collaboration on Research

• Grant Research

• Mentoring

MORE BENEFITS:• Easy to use

• Highly interactive

• Extend reach

• Increase participation

• Provide timely training

• Save travel costs

• Merge all campuses & centers

• Professional Conferences

Virtual Office Hours

BENEFITS:

• Work from home

• Work from Starbucks, Wifi environments

• Improve test scores by being available night before the exam

• Be available to your students & colleagues

TOOLS:

• Raise hand on entry for doorbell

• Preload contact info onto whiteboard

• Recording

• Whiteboard

• Breakout Waiting Room

Remote Presenters & Guest Speakers

BENEFITS: Bring in experts to the classroom to inspire

students

Save travel expense incurred by bringing them to physical campus

Increase chances of getting celebs by reducing their commitment

Create engaging learning environments for students

Sessions can be recorded and made available to users

TOOLS:

Audio adjustment

Webcam

Turn off chat to limit distraction (mod view only)

Co-Moderator

Conferences & Seminars

BENEFITS:

• Global reach for conference

• Not everyone can travel to conferences

• Record presentations

• Interactive sessions

TOOLS:

• Participant Sort

• Flashing bar

• Web tour

Student Projects & Collaboration

BENEFITS:

• Improve student performance

• Shy students are more active

• Students collaborate from home or dorm

• Recordings can be reviewed by faculty

TOOLS:

• Invite as “Chair”

• Synchronized notes

• Recordings

Mentoring & Tutoring

BENEFITS:

BENEFITS: Academic help with

scheduled or drop-in tutoring sessions with students

• 1 on 1 or small group tutoring

• Facilitate social network & peer to peer learning

• Be readily available for students during internships & practicum

• Career & financial aid counseling

TOOLS:

• Request desktop control

• Synchronized notes

• Whiteboard

• Application Sharing

Research Collaboration

BENEFITS:• Communicate with colleagues

located globally

• Recording sessions are a powerful tool for absence team members

TOOLS:• Webtour

• Breakout rooms

• Application Sharing

Blended Learning BENEFITS:Leverage specialized teachers

Share regionalexperiences

TOOLS:WebcamVoip/DuetApplication sharing Recording

Faculty Meetings & Networking

BENEFITS:

• Recording sessions make them available is anyone misses meeting

• Quickly deliver new policies or security updates

• Create instance “minutes” to any meeting

TOOLS:

• synchronized notes

• user profiles

• file transfer

• multi point video

• recorder

MORE Academic Applications

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Cohort Groups Project Management Groups Career Counselling Leverage Specialized Teachers Marketing Academic Programs Virtual Librarian & resources Athletics Financial Aid Safety & Security Parent communications Student body politics

What are some of your Next Steps to increase usage?

Set signage, “Collaborating Notice” Login 15 min. before start time Welcome slide, Topic, contact info. Help info. Set permissions, # of speakers (1), video Load slides set timer Open needed windows, word docs, spreadsheets, etc Keep slides simple – clean Remember to start recording---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do not read slides, let the slide tell a story When speaking, slow down, be relaxed yet conversational Involve participants, polling, text, chat, emoticons Stats show, 2 min./slide ave. Keep that in mind Clean up! Empty room, stop recording, then exit room Be relaxed, be yourself, have fun.

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