Quick Links

Self-help materials, links, and PDF guides on how to use Collaborate.

Getting Started

• Introduction to Blackboard Collaborate
• Get Started with Collaborate for Moderators  (Class website)
• Collaborate Help for Moderator  (Class website)
• Collaborate Help for Participants  (Class website)
• How do I get started?  (Class website)
• Hardware and software requirements
• Accessibility

Preparing For a session

• Advice on Planning or Participating in a Session (includes etiquette slides)
• Collaborate Security (session security advice)

Creating and accessing Sessions

in Learn

• Quickstart creating session in Learn
• Collaborate via Learn
• Learn Collaborate Ultra integration guide (2.84 MB Word)

In Moodle

• Collaborate via Moodle

in MyEd

• Collaborate via MyEd
• How to create and access a Collaborate session in MyEd as a Student (481.58 KB PDF)
• How to create, access and record a Collaborate session in MyEd as staff (778.95 KB PDF)

Participating in a session

Good practice

• Good practice for participating in an online session
• Virtual Classroom Good Practice Guide for Moderators
• Good Practice for PowerPoint Files
• Session best practice (Class website)
• Best Practices for Application Sharing in Collaborate (Blackboard website)

Sharing Content

• Sharing Slides (PPT or PDF), Share Screen  (Class website)
• Share Audio and Video (only available in Chrome browser)  (Class website)

Polling

• Polling: Help for Participants (Class website)
• Polling: Help for Moderators (Class website)

Breakout Groups

• How to create and facilitate Breakout Groups  (Class website)

Recording a Session

• Recording and Storage Management for Collaborate
• Virtual Classroom Policy

Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting Audio and Video
• Troubleshooting presentations
• Troubleshooting in Collaborate    (Class website)
• Browser Support  (Class website)

Accessibility

• Accessibility