Getting Started with Blackboard Collaborate

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+ Getting Started with Blackboard Collaborate Dr. Minnie Ladores Fall 2012

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For Frostburg State University students Fall 2012

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Getting Started with Blackboard CollaborateDr. Minnie LadoresFall 2012

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Step 1: Plug your headset.

Photo by Evan Kline, http://www.40tech.com/2010/08/31/how-to-quickly-switch-audio-between-speakers-and-a-headset/

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+Step 2: Locate your links from the email you received regarding Blackboard Collaborate.

This is your moderator link. Click on it to launch Blackboard

Collaborate.

This is your student link. Make this URL

available to your students through email or as a button on your

course site.

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+Step 3. Click on your moderator link to launch Bb Collaborate.

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+Step 4. Allow access.

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+Step 5. Explore the various buttons.

Click on Talk button when you want to

speak.

Click on Video button

to launch camera and

show yourself

Whiteboard Tools

Chat Window.

Type “Hello” and press

enter.

WhiteboardShare Applications, e.g. PowerPoint, Word, Excel

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+Step 6: Click on Tools > Audio > Audio Set-up Wizard to make sure your sound is working properly. Follow the prompts.

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+Step 7. Type a mock lesson / agenda on your whiteboard. Or upload a PowerPoint presentation.

Click on the textbox tool, then click on the

white board. Type words for a pretend

lesson.

Or upload a PowerPoint presentation by clicking

on LOAD CONTENT.

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+Step 8. Click START and record a mock session.

Click on RECORD or START to start

recording.

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+Step 9: Click on Recording button to stop. You’ll get an email of the link to your recording.

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Step 10: Close the window to end your session.

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Congratulations!

Now you’re familiar with the basics of Blackboard Collaborate!