1. Introduction to Blackboard Collaborate iLearn@Bond Tutorial LMS: Blackboard v9.1.7 Role: Lecturers/Moderators Check your audio settings now!

2. EXPLORING THE INTERFACE Intro to Blackboard Collaborate

3. Moderator User Interface You can detach the panels and move them anywhere on the screen.

4. Test your Audio with the Audio Setup Wizard A good rule of thumb is to include a reminder on the opening page of your meeting for participants to check their audio settings. Check your audio settings now!

5. Edit your Profile Participants can edit their profile to add information about themselves. This includes the ability to display a picture in the participants area. Try adding some information to your profile

6. Familiarise New Participants with Tools Include a simple activity at the beginning of a meeting to prompt the participants to use the tools. Jump on the mic and say hello. green red Select the green Checkmark if you can hear the presenter and the red if you can’t.

7. Questions and Comments Hand Raise Use the Hand Raise button to request a microphone to ask a question or make a comment. Chat Use Chat to type in your question or comment for everyone to see.

8. Emoticons Express Yourself! Happy? Confused? Thumbs Up? Thumbs Down? Go Faster? Go Slower? Yes? No? Need to Step Away? Got a Question? Let us know how you’re feeling now!

9. PARTICIPANTS & INTERACTIONS Intro to Blackboard Collaborate

10. Participant Permissions Moderators can enable and disable tools for participants globally or individually. X If the tool is disabled you will see a X over the symbol. See what happens when I turn these off…

11. Activity and Status Indicators Status indicators notify you of participant delays in receiving a display. Activity indicators will show you the tools that a participant is using.

12. Polling for Participant Feedback Moderators can ask Yes/No polls or Multiple Choice polls with up to five (ABCDE) choices. What is your favourite letter? Select an option now… A B C D E?

13. DISPLAY MODES Intro to Blackboard Collaborate

14. Display Modes: Whiteboard You can use your Whiteboard tools to annotate and mark up a blank Whiteboard or a Whiteboard with content. Try experimenting with these tools now.

15. Display Modes: Web Tour The Web Tour enables moderators and participants to share web pages with others in the session.

16. Display Modes: Application Sharing Use Application Sharing to show an application loaded on your computer to others in the room. If you allow it, they can take control and work on it as a shared document.

17. RUNNING A SESSION FROM ILEARN Intro to Blackboard Collaborate

18. Creating and Modifying a Session A Lecturer, Teaching Assistant or Site Builder can create Blackboard Collaborate Sessions from a Subject Site in iLearn. Let’s take a look…

19. Linking to Sessions and Recordings A link for student access can be added directly from any Content Area in an iLearn site.

20. Recording a Session Sessions can be recorded automatically based on the time of the session (applied during setup). Sessions can also be manually recorded from within the session.

21. USING POWERPOINT Intro to Blackboard Collaborate

22. Uploading a PowerPoint Presentation A good rule of thumb is to include a reminder on the opening page of your meeting for participants to check their audio settings. Check your audio settings now!

23. Navigating your PowerPoint Slides A good rule of thumb is to include a reminder on the opening page of your meeting for participants to check their audio settings. Check your audio settings now!

24. This tutorial was provided courtesy of the Information Technology Services (ITS), Bond University. For more tutorials, please visit the Learning with Technology tab on iLearn@Bond http://ilearn.bond.edu.auhttp://ilearn.bond.edu.au w Essentials for Moderators: http://library.blackboard.com/ref/8186b6cd- 7e8e-46f9-9551-74ccf99d6fdb/index.htm http://library.blackboard.com/ref/8186b6cd- 7e8e-46f9-9551-74ccf99d6fdb/index.htm More Information & Resources On-Demand-Learning-Centre: http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Colla borate/Services/On-Demand-Learning- Center/Web-Conferencing.aspx http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Colla borate/Services/On-Demand-Learning- Center/Web-Conferencing.aspx