black board collaborate participant getting started guide

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Blackboard Collaborate Quick Start Guide

A guide to joining a session and navigating the virtual classroom, for students and meeting attendees

WHAT IS BLACKBOARD COLLABORATE?

Blackboard Collaborate is a virtual classroom platform, which replicates the lively and dynamic

interaction of a traditional classroom or conference room and enriches communication, teaching,

and learning. It allows faculty, students, & staff to conduct online virtual classes, lectures, and

meetings. Using Bb Collaborate participants can connect in real-time, integrating technologies such

as audio, video, slide shows or PowerPoint presentations, white boarding, screen-sharing, text

chatting, polling, and online break-out groups. Sessions can also be recorded for future reference

and playback.

BEFORE YOUR FIRST SESSION

Check the System Requirements for Windows or System Requirements for Mac to make

sure that you have the required equipment, including headphones, a microphone, a

compatible web browser, and more.

Visit the Bb Collaborate Configuration Room to test your connection and settings and

configure your audio. You can access the configuration room at http://tinyurl.com/config-bbc.

Once there, follow the directions on the screen. For more instructions on how to test your

connection and settings in the Bb Configuration room, see the System Requirements for

Windows or System Requirements for Mac. Repeat this process whenever you plan to access

Bb Collaborate using a different computer.

Find a comfortable place with no distractions and minimal background noise.

Be sure to join the session 5 – 30 minutes prior to the start, to allow time to log into the

session and to resolve any unexpected technical difficulties.

JOIN YOUR SESSION

If this session is for a DePaul course and is

integrated into D2L, log into D2L. Select your

course. Select Online Rooms from the menu

bar. Then, select Join.

If this session is not associated with a course

or is not integrated into D2L, use a web

browser to navigate to the address provided by your instructor or meeting host.

Blackboard will prompt you to

download the launch file. Select Open.

https://offices.depaul.edu/is/services/technology-training/otherapplications/Windows-Bb-Collab-System-Requirements.pdf



https://offices.depaul.edu/is/services/technology-training/otherapplications/Mac-Bb-Collab-System-Requirements.pdf



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BB COLLABORATE SCREEN

AUDIO AND VIDEO PANEL

The Audio & Video panel enables you to participate in conversations using a

microphone, headphones, and a web camera.

Volume: To adjust the volume of your microphone or headphones, use

the volume controls in the audio & video panel.

Talk: To talk, press Talk. The button will display a blue microphone icon

to indicate that you are transmitting audio. Press the Talk button again to stop talking.

Video: To preview your video before turning it on, click the Video Preview button on

the right side of Video. To turn on your camera and transmit video, press Video.

The button will display a red camera icon to indicate that you are transmitting video.

Press the Video button again to turn off your camera. If your Video button is grayed out, either

your instructor/host has removed your Video permission or the maximum number of simultaneouscameras has been reached.

Expand/Collapse Video Panel: If you are unable to see your own or other

particpant’s video, expand the video panel by clicking the video panel arrow.

If you do not want to view video, collapse the panel

by clicking the same arrow.



PARTICPANTS PANEL

The Participants Panel provides a list of all Participants and Moderators in the

session and information about their current activities, such as talking,

transmitting video, raising a hand, sending a chat message, using the whiteboard

drawing tools, and conducting an application sharing session. Menus above the

participants list allow participants to give feedback, indicate they are stepping

away, raise their hand, and respond to a poll.

Feedback: Moderators and Participants can select feedback options from the

Feedback menu. These options express common reactions to a presentation. An

indicator associated with each option appears for a short time to the right of the

name of the person who selected it. To clear your feedback, select None.

Step Away: To indicate that you are stepping away from the session, click

the Away button. The away status will be displayed next to your name until you click the button

again to clear your Away status.

Raise Hand: To raise your hand, click the Hand button. A hand icon will be

displayed next to your name until you click the button again to clear your

raised hand status.

Respond to Poll: To respond to a poll, select Yes or No from the poll

menu. To clear your response, click None. If the instructor/moderator

has enabled it, participants can see the responses of others displayed

next to their names in the Participants list.

CHAT PANEL

The Chat Panel allows you to send and receive two types of messages: public

messages to everyone in your current room (main room or breakout room)

and private messages to one or more selected individuals.

Send a Public Message: To send a text message, type your message and press Enter.

Send a Private Message: You can send a private message to another participant in the session by

right-clicking, Ctrl-clicking on a Mac, the participant in the Participants window and selecting Send a

private message. A new tab for your private chat will appear under the Chat Window. You can

switch back and forth between the public chat, titled Room, and your

private chats by clicking the corresponding tabs.



CONTENT AREA

The Content Area, on the right side of your Bb Collaborate window,

enables you to exchange information and ideas with others through three

different features: the Whiteboard, for sharing presentations and

drawings; Application Sharing, for sharing individual applications or your

entire desktop; and Web Tour, for sharing web pages. Your

instructor/moderator has the ability to control all of the content in the

content area or to give permission to participants to share content.

Switching Between Modes: Whiteboard, Application Sharing, Web Tour: These features share

space in the content area, with each representing a "mode" in the

content area. Instructors/moderators can switch between all

modes. Participants can only switch modes if their

instructor/moderator has given them permission. To switch

modes, click on the corresponding button on the collaboration

toolbar. When someone switches modes, everyone in the session

will follow them to the new mode. Caution: Be careful not to inadvertently switch modes on

someone else who is presenting content. Everyone in the session will follow you to the new mode.

Whiteboard Tools: The Whiteboard is the main presentation area. Everyone in the session

can add objects using the Tools Palette and Moderators can load image, PowerPoint, and

Whiteboard files. If you have permission to use the Whiteboard drawing tools, the Tools

palette appears in the Whiteboard Content area. Use these tools to, in order from top to

bottom, select objects, point to items of interest, add text, draw a filled rectangle or ellipse,draw an outline rectangle or ellipse, draw a straight line, add a screen shot, or add clip art on

the page. Tools in the palette with a triangle tab in the lower right corner have additional

optional tools that can be swapped into their spot. Click and hold the tool to expand the

options. Note: anything you add to the whiteboard can be viewed by all participants in

your current room.

Scaling the Whiteboard: Whiteboard pages can be smaller or larger

than the Content area. To make the canvas appear at the most

useful size, the page can be scaled using the scaling menu in the

Whiteboard action bar. Click the menu and select the desired scalefactor. If the preferred factor is not available by default, click

Custom. If Fit Page is selected, the page is automatically scaled as

large or as small as it needs to be in order to fit into the Content

area.



Application Sharing: Application sharing enables session

participants to share their applications or entire desktops

with others in the session. Application sharing is a type of

content that appears in the content area. You will know

someone is hosting an application sharing session when

the blue application sharing activity indicator appears next

to their name in the Participants list. To host an application sharing session you must have been

granted the application sharing permission and your instructor/moderator must have switched to

application sharing mode in the content area.

Web Tour: The web tour feature enables session

participants to share web pages with others in the session.

Web tour is a type of content that appears in the content

area. You will know someone is hosting a Web Tour when

the blue Web Tour activity indicator appears next to their

name in the Participants list. To host a web tour you must

have been granted the web tour permission and your instructor/moderator must have switched to

Web Tour mode in the Content Area.

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