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Collaborate
Introductions
Tom Bowring
Blended Learning Staff Developer
What is Collaborate
• Web Conferencing system designed with Education in mind
– Audio & Text Chat
– Video or Still Picture profile
Whiteboard
Application Sharing
Web Tour
File Sharing
Video & Audio
Polling and Quizzing
Polling and Quizzing
Collaborate
So what’s New?
How many here knew that it was available?
Stand alone product
Collaborate
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Collaborate
Collaborate
Collaborate
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Some Benefits• Supports multiple learning styles• Building learning communities• Negates need to travel• Guest lecturers• Sessions can be recorded
• Minimises environmental impact
Image attribution: Anne Burgess [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Some Uses
• Tutorials and study sessions• Lectures / Workshops• Guest lecturers• Student presentations• Group work• Mentoring• Virtual office hours• School / Course / Unit meetings
What do you need
• Internet connection• Modern web browser• Java• Headset with Microphone
• Webcam
Want to know more
• Designing for participant engagement with Blackboard Collaborate
• Author Peter Chatterton
Questions
What else would you like to know?