Blackboard Collaborate Ultra- Part 2 Presented by: Kevin Dooley, M.S.

The Virtual Classroom Once in the classroom you will need to: See how many of the students have cameras and headsets with microphones Some won’t and will have to use the “Chat” system, which is good enough For those who do, have them: Lower volume to reduce feedback from the microphones Have a one to two page student quick reference for new students loaded and have them follow it to become familiar with procedures Remind students that the session is being recorded and that includes their language and comments

What You See Students will see the same thing, but when you click on the icon above, you will see the options on the next slide

Three Important Links 2 In the bottom middle section you can click on the microphone (second to left) to activate your mic. It will show up and down movement inside the icon when you talk, which indicates that it is working. Next, is the webcam on your computer. You can choose to activate it and it will bring you up. *Note: Make sure that the room you are in doesn’t have anything that you don’t want students to view. The last one is the hand. It makes it so that the students have to raise their hands to speak In the upper left corner you will have links to start recording and to report issues On the lower right corner, you will have all your settings and documents that you want to share 1. 3

This icon is to access your settings (to your right)

Chat Participants Shared Content Settings

Student View of Side Links Normally you will see a full screen with my camera image

Click on “Start Recording”

Stop Recording

Sharing Content Whiteboard

Share Applications Click on Share Application You have to open the application in the background first and do not minimize it. Restore it down and leave it up on your screen. Then open Share Applications and you will see where I have the arrow to the left of the slide. This application is from CNM’s Mediasite. Start playing the video and return to the collaborate session. You will see and here it in real time. You can turn it off or on in the collaborate session if you tell it to stop sharing, which is at the bottom of the screen. You will have to minimize Bb Collaborate turn off the media site or it will keep playing in your ear. Click on Share Application You can stop sharing by clicking in either place

Sharing Files

Click on the + to access your computer or drag the file here

Highlight the file you want to share and click on “Share Now” After uploading your documents you can see them. Remember, Word docs do not upload; they have to be converted to pdf first Highlight the file you want to share and click on “Share Now” You will then see this screen. Click on the first slide

I clicked on slide 2 on this presentation I clicked on slide 2 on this presentation. The students do not see the side bar with the slides. You can advance the slides here.

Polling Highlight the Polling document you want to use and click on “Share Now” Now that you have the questions and choices you are ready to poll . Click on “Polling”

On this one you have 4 choices; highlight here and click on “start On this one you have 4 choices; highlight here and click on “start.” The students will then make their choices. It shows that I chose # 1. It will also show me how many chose the other ones

Breakout Rooms Notice that you can have Ultra randomly assign students to each group, or you can do it individually. You can also re-assign as needed

Student Presentations When I did it in my class this summer, I had students in report writing bring up pdf copies of their draft assignment and the class and I did a critique. The critique included grammar, spelling and content. Students really liked it and they scored higher on the final drafts of their assignments. When you click on the above icon, you will see a list of the students in class. To the right of their names are three dots. When you click on the three dots next to the name you can assign them as a presenter . Then they can put one of their documents on the screen

Students follow the same procedure as the instructor: Students or you can stop sharing by clicking on this symbol

Don’t forget to stop recording your session before leaving the room

Link to video presentation: https://mediasite.cnm.edu/Mediasite/Play/9ae0e0a9313c46a487a7d25e41e6db931d