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Possible Uses
• Online office hours
• Guest expert lectures
• Class meetings
• Small group work
• Student presentations
• Others?
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Caveats
• Have a plan!
• Only use needed features
• Respect any time, any place
• Teach tools to students, guest experts
• Remind students of etiquette
• Save things you need to keep
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What Disappears?
• When everyone logs out of a meeting room:
–Slides
–Whiteboards
–Chat
–Web tours
–Breakout rooms
–Polling results
–Quizzes
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Minimum Requirements
• Windows
– XP (32 bit)
– Vista (32 or 64 bit)
– 7 (32 or 64 bit)
• Mac
– OS X 10.5 (32 or 64 bit)
– OS X 10.6 (32 or 64 bit)
• Linux
– Ubuntu 9.10 (64 bit)
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Minimum Requirements
• Java Version 1.5 or higher
• 250 MB RAM
• 20 MB free disk space
• Internet connection
• Windows or Linux: soundcard with speakers
and microphone or headset
• Macs: internal, USB, or external iSight
microphone
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Test Your System • http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336&task=knowledge&questionID=1473
• In Step 1, ensure that you are getting green check marks.
– If necessary, make the recommended updates
• In Step 2, click on the link to enter the Configuration Room. This will help to ensure that you can enter a meeting successfully.
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Getting Started
• Log in to your course
• Click on Online
Rooms
• Online Rooms must
be enabled by LTS
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Online Rooms Area
• No rooms at first
• You must make your own
rooms
• You can make many
rooms
• Define purpose for rooms
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Creating a Room
• Click on New Room
button
• Name room
• Set availability dates
• Less than one year
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Set Advanced Properties
• Set properties
• Set “per room”
• Let’s Discuss options
• Changing options
later?
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Adding Internal Attendees
• Must be enrolled in
course
• Select users from list
• Click on Add button
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Adding External Attendees
• Enter email address
• Click on Add
• Attendee gets email
with link
• Does NOT require
attendee to be
enrolled in course
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Entering a Room
• Click on List Rooms
button
• Find Room
• Click on room’s name
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In the Room – First Things
• Click Dismiss on
moderator message
• Decide on recording
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The Interface
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The Content Area
• Load content
• Navigate slides
• Start recording
• Use annotations
• Change modes
• Start Timer
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Loading Whiteboard Content
• Requires Moderator status
–PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx)
–OpenOffice (varies by platform)
–Image Files (.bmp, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png)
–Whiteboard Files (.wbd)
–Protected Whiteboard Files (.wbp)
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Uploading Content
• Click Load Content button to upload
• Click New Page icon for blank whiteboard
Located in upper right-hand corner of Content Area Located in upper left-hand corner of Content Area
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Uploading Content
• Choose:
– Import Images as Individual Pages
– Place Images on Current Page
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Uploading Content
• Make sure PowerPoint is closed
• Error message if PowerPoint is open
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Participants Window
• Shows attendees
• Permission controls
• Raise Hand Feature
• Emoticons
• Away Indicator
• Activity Indicators
• Polling Results
Global Permission Controls
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Chat
• Chat to:
–Room
–Moderators
–Participants
• Public or Private
• Chat files savable
• Moderator Private Chat
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Whiteboard Tools
• Selection tool
• Pointer
• Pen & Highlighter
• Filled Rectangle & Ellipse
• Rectangle & Ellipse
• Line
• Screen Capture
• Clip Art
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Whiteboard Tools Options
• Color
• Opacity
• Thickness
• Typeface
Color Thickness
Opacity
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Audio
• Click to open/close mic
• Audio Setup Wizard
• Adjustable Volume
• Default=1 speaker
• Use headset
• No phone service
Audio Setup Wizard Button
Open Microphone Indicator
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Video Preview
• Video Preview
• Adjust camera before
transmission
Video Preview Button
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Video Shown
• Transmits webcam
• Settings
–Frame rate
–Display speaker name
–Default=1 camera
• Video icon shown in
participants window
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Polling
• Yes/No, Multiple Choice
• Show results in Participant Window
–Moderators only
– To everyone
• Lock responses
• Publish results
Polling
Responses
Tally
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Blackboard Collaborate Experience
A. I have never used Blackboard Collaborate
B. I have attended a Blackboard Collaborate session
C. I have presented using Blackboard Collaborate
D. I am an expert user
Please cast your vote by clicking A, B, C, or D
in the polling area of the Participants Window
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Quiz Manager
• Quizzes
–Create
– Load from file
–View
–Save
–Edit
–Delete
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Timer
• Moderator sets length & name
• Count down or up • Show
–Moderators only – To all
• Timer expiration –Display message –Play sound
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File Transfer
• Files
• Files on Websites
• Upload/download
• Save
• Prompt attendees
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Web Tour
• Guided or unguided
• Moderator chooses URL
• Forward/Back buttons
• Add URL to Chat as hyperlink
• Open URL in Browser
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Multimedia Library
• Files and websites
• Download indicator
• File types
–Windows Media (.wmv)
–MPEG (.mpg, .mpe, .mpeg)
–MPEG4 (.m4v, .mp4)
–MP3 Audio (.mp3)
–QuickTime (.qt, .mov)
–Flash/Shockwave (.swf)
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Sharing
• Share an application
• Share desktop or
application
• Pause and resume
• Snapshot to whiteboard
• Share control with others
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Breakout Rooms
• On the fly or planned
• Audio splitting
• Assignment options
• Add content to rooms
• Choose # of rooms
• Choose room names
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Archives
• Recordings of
meetings
• Playback in D2L
• Edit visibility
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Interactivity
• Plan/design for interaction
• Use a variety of available tools
• If not constant, every 3 minutes
• Can be simple
• Encourage student-student interaction
• Without interaction learning becomes passive
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Suggestions
• Practice using tools & features
• Do a “dry run” with students
–Helps familiarize students with tools,
environment
–Discover any tech problems before session
• Ensure that students use Audio Setup Wizard
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What We’ve Been Using
• Logitech USB Headset H530
• Logitech Quickcam Fusion
• Use or pick your own
–Hardware is not supplied by LTS
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Resources
Moderator’s Guide http://library.blackboard.com/ref/3c5e63f9-3950-444f-85f3-1b0d759f084d/index.htm
Getting Started for Moderators Quick Reference Guide http://www.blackboard.com/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=299e2a12-d3ec-4a17-8ba1-42d62db5f816
Participant’s Guide http://library.blackboard.com/ref/8fb6da4a-0569-4d9e-89f3-c32ec8370cd9/index.htm
Getting Started for Participants Quick Reference Guide http://www.blackboard.com/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=8e4e8c28-de07-4bb0-a26f-8c1a28f335cd
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More Resources
• Learn@UW (D2L) Email
• Rich Berg
– 232-1223
• Jamison Patrick
– 232-4038
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Questions?