collaborate 2015 tech preview weekly meeting | march 31
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Collaborate 2015 Tech PreviewWeekly Meeting | March 31
Agenda
1.
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Update and Review
Whiteboard Discussion
Review new features
4.
5.
6.
Roadmap Discussion
Roadmap Prioritization
Future Topics
Update and Review
• Migrated to production environment• New rooms• More capacity
System Moved
• Stabilized many audio / video and device issues• Better Chrome and Flash experience
Updated Software
Feedback Review
• More academically focused features (roadmap discussion) • Better view for moderators with single screens• Chat panel display• Whiteboard (review today)• Follow the cursor in annotations• Participant functionality with Chat open (discuss
notifications)• Show speaker name when they are speaking• Ability to read chat, see view when away
We are listening …
Documentation Discussion
What is most important to you for documentation to cover and present as you prepare to implement / use?
http://bit.ly/collab15help
Roadmap Discussion: Whiteboard
Ignoring current product limitations, how would you like to use
interactive whiteboard to support your instruction?
Whiteboard Demo
Understood Whiteboard Enhancements
• Keep multiple pages open• Navigate back and forth between pages
Multiple pages / persistence
• Insertion and editing• Saving text
Rich Text
• Across sessions• Related to course?
Save and Reuse
New for this week
Notifications
• Join/Leave Session• Hand Raise• Many Notifications• Settings
Designed to enhance experience without cluttered interface
• http://bit.ly/joincarlm
Quick Demo
Presenter Role
• Feedback from existing Collab users• Allows App/File Share and WB• Can annotate along with moderators• Note: Currently a few error states when user is
promoted/demoted
The need for alternate presenters who should not moderate
• http://bit.ly/joincarlm
Quick Demo
Roadmap Discussion: Break out rooms
Ignoring current product limitations, how would you like to use breakout rooms to support your instruction?
Roadmap Discussion: Attendance
Tell us about your needs with respect to attendance tracking
and reporting?
Roadmap Prioritization
This exercise will directly help us prioritize for Fall “back to school”
and early adopters
General Availability > End of Q2 Release Overview
High Quality Audio & Video
High Quality Appshare
Share and Annotate PPT / PDF / Whiteboard
Add / Edit Profile
Device Config UI Help
Main Room Chat
View Participants
Raise Hand / Go Away
Version 1.0 – GA Release End of Q2 Targets
Moderator, Presenter and
Participant Roles
Basic Moderator Controls
SAS Session Management
MP4 Recordings
WCAG 2.0 Accessibility
5 Languages
Basic Session Scale 75-100 Participants
Blackboard Learn 2015 integration
Blackboard Learn 9.1 / Enterprise
Integration
Moodle Integration
LTI Support
Collaborate 2015 API Updates
Worldwide Availability
20+ Languages
Live Session Closed Captioning
WCAG 2.0 AA Certification
VPAT
Increased Session Scale (100+)
Preload Session Content in SAS
If I had $100/£100 …
Moderator/Private Chat
Polling & Real-time comprehension
Whiteboard Improvements
Lesson Plan (PLAN)
Native session recording / playback
Telephony
Break-out rooms
Closed Captioning
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Collaborate 2015 Roadmap Priorities
Telephony
Break-out rooms Native session recording and in-browser playback
Persistent content repository Lesson Plan
Polling & Real-time comprehension
Whiteboard Improvements
Upload/Playback Multimedia files
Moderator/Private Chat Granular Permission Toggles
Time
Expanded Session Scale (~200)
Expanded Session Scale (~400)
Future priorities subject to change based onbeta and early adopter feedback
Wrap Up
First Survey
Future Topics
• Learn, Moodle and LTI• Scheduled 4/14
LMS Integration
• Approach and gotchas• Scheduled 4/7
Continuous Delivery
• Guest Presenter: Dan Loury• Scheduled 4/21
Bb Student Mobile Solution
Testing this week!
• Please remember to have Flash installed prior• Exercise all available functionality
Browsers!
Are we ready to try a small class?
• Specifically interested in other notification needs
Notifications
Scheduled Updates
• System Update: Friday, April 3 from 8-10 AM EDT
• Lots of audio/video/device fixes and stability• Firewall issues resolution
• Major Upgrade: Friday, April 10 from 8-10 EDT
• SAS Session creating and launching• Recordings• Optimized audio/video streams
Continued feedback on user experience and additional test scenarios
Next Week
1.
Continuous Delivery Roadmap Discussion2.
Survey Review3.
4. Lots more participants!