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Blackboard Collaborate: Presenter Instruction


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Pre-Session Setup Tips

1. Run your Audio Wizard:Make sure you can hear and speak clearly.

Click on the icon shown or go to Tools> Audio> Audio Setup Wizard

2. Slow Internet Connection?Adjust your connection speed accordingly. Go to Edit> Preferences> Session. Set your

speed to 28.8 Kbps Dialup, and Always in the Prompt for speed box

3. Who’s in this session?You will need to sign the roster to confirm your attendance. The event facilitator will

provide details of this via text chat


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Welcome to Blackboard Collaborate

Activate / Deactive Mic

Text chat

Emoticons / Step away / Raise hand / Polling


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Setting Connection Speed

Edit – Preferences – Session – Connection



Who does what

Soundchecks Starting / stopping

recording Introduction Troubleshooting Timekeeping Microphone distribution Clearing Yes/No’s &

raised hands Monitoring text chat Helping presenters

wherever possible Helping participants

wherever possible

Navigating slides Delivering content Using Blackboard

Collaborate interactivity tools

Responding to participants

Engaging participants Informing Educating Amusing Inspiring

Listening & Learning Interacting

(whenever possible) Contributing (when

permitted) Acknowledging

presenter(s) Giving feedback

Leader / Facilitator Presenter Participant

Reminder: There are more Leader / Facilitator responsibilities than noted here … this is just a summary



The Blackboard Collaborate interface (for Leaders)

Text chat area

Participantarea

Audio/Video tools

Response buttons

Page options Slide options

Timer / info

Recording controlContent loading

Markup tools

Facilitator tools

Audio wizard & additional tools

Whiteboard / Application share / Web tour

Media Window

Participant permission controls



Audio tips

Always run the Audio Setup Wizard

− Or go to Tools > Audio > Audio Setup Wizard

Please check your master volume settings on your computer each time…

Voice over IP tool: Telephone not required!

Headset recommended. Failing that - your PC microphone & speakers

Before the session:

Reminder: a teleconference line can be integrated in Blackboard Collaborate



Voice Communication

To activate your microphoneRemember: Click again to switch it off when you’re finished talking!

Audio indicator informs you if you or someone else is speaking

Reminder: as best practice, only one microphone should be active at a time to avoid background noise or feedback.

The blue mic icon beside your name means your microphone is activated



Loading Slides into the Classroom

Load slides by clicking on the button

Notes:

− The upload speed depends on the file size

− 10 MB file size limit

− Powerpoint animations are not supported

− Other file types are supported – experiment with these

− MS-Office is on the way out … get ready for Apache Open Office

Reminder: See important notes later on about slide viewing problems



Navigating slides: Three options:

1. Use the forward and backward arrows to move forward or backward a slide respectively

2. Click on the slide title on the drop down box in the agenda area

3. Open Page Explorer from the options menu and double click on a slide thumbnail

Reminder: as best practice, the person speaking should navigate the slides



Browsing slides without showing the audience

You can look through the slides yourself by selecting the “Explore Mode” icon

Audience members will be left on the current page as you browse

Click on the icon again to return to normal slide viewing mode

Note: a red border around the whiteboard indicates that you are on Explore Mode

The icon turns red while you are in Explore Mode



Application sharing

The Application Sharing tool enables anyone inside Blackboard Collaborate share a remote application.

− To activate: click on the Appshare icon at the top of the media window

Reminder: Control of the application can be given to any participant



Recommended screen setup during application share

Resize your application to fit the rest of your screen

Keep the Blackboard Collaborate left-hand panel visible so you

can see your audience

Stop / Pause appshare, or take a

snapshot



Application sharing best practice

Read and practice in your own time:

− Use with caution – requires higher bandwidth Ensure your appshare settings are correct to cope with this as

best as possible− Make sure the application is running on your desktop before

launching− We recommend sharing specific application(s) rather than

the whole desktop− Ask your participants if they can see your application ok− Advise them they can scroll left, right, up & down, or “scale

to fit”− The Blackboard Collaborate left hand panel should remain

on the left of your screen− You should resize your application to fit the rest of the

available window space



File transfer

The file transfer tool allows you to load a file into the Blackboard Collaborate session and send it to all the participants.

Same as the multimedia function, Files should be kept relatively small so as not to have any issues during the Blackboard Collaborate session.

Once the file has been loaded, learners will receive a prompt to save the file

You also have an option to hand out specific files at different points in time

− See options in File Transfer Library.

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