1. Introducing Blackboard
Collaborate
Welcome to Blackboard Collaborate
Before we start:
1. Please check your audio is working: Tools > Audio > Audio Setup Wizard
2. Say hello to the group
3. Please introduce yourself in the chat room
4. If you don’t have a video camera you can upload a photo of yourself.
Click the button to the right of your name & choose Edit Profile.

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Collaborate
Can everyone hear me ok?
Please use the tick and cross buttons to let me know

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Collaborate
Four Main Windows

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Collaborate
Using the Interface
Audio – click [Talk] only when talking
Emoticons (approval etc.)
Set status to “Away”
Raise your hand
Polling
Chatting
TIP: Hold your mouse over buttons to see what they do

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Collaborate
Use the star
in the
whiteboard
tools panel
Where do
you live?
Elsewhere

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Collaborate
What are 2-3 things you can use the
whiteboard for?
Use the text box in the whiteboard tools panel to add your contributions
below

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Collaborate
How to upload files
I will now share my screen with you to show you
how to upload files into whiteboard

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Collaborate
Example of a poll
• I will now share my screen with you to show you
how to change the poll type to an ABC response
and then post the response data to the whiteboard

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Collaborate
Q. Do you think you would use polls with
your students?
A. Yes
B. No
C. I’m not sure

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Collaborate
Web tour
Good for:
•Showing videos – video plays on each participants own
computer independently.
•Case studies – students can navigate the website
Example:
•Blackboard Collaborate introduction video (start from 5)
•http://www.brainshark.com/blackboardinc/vu?pi=zGLzYw5XBz35Sgz0

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Collaborate
Share an application
Good for:
•Showing how to use a program
•Pointing out a particular part of a website
•Showing a particular part of a video
I will now share my power point presentation
from my local machine

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Collaborate
Any final questions?
• Post these on the chat window
or
• Raise your hand to talk

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Collaborate
Thank you 
• If you’d like to applaud now you
can do so using the emoticons
• You can find a copy of this
presentation here:
Introduction to Blackboard Collaborate
Additional documents & tutorials can
be found at the Blackboard Collaborate On-Demand Learning
Center