setting up collaboration
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How to set up collaboration in your Blackboard courseTRANSCRIPT
Setting up Collaboration
Click Control Panel
Click AddCollaboration Session
Remove or Manage existing sessions
Name Session
Choose Chat or Virtual Classroom
Virtual Classroom provides a whiteboard, group browser, and course map. Chat does not.
A new session has been added to the session list
Click on “Communication”
Click on Collaboration
◦ If you have a toolbar that blocks pop-ups set the blocker to allow pop-ups
◦ Choose “Join” in the Collaboration session area
◦ If a bar appears at the top of the screen asking permission to install a control, allow the installation
Your system may already have the needed software, but if not:◦ Choose to download the plug-in by clicking
“Download the Java Plug-in”, then “Get Java Plug-in for Windows”
◦ Follow the instructions for downloading the software
This process only takes a few minutes
Instructors can choose to allow an open chat session or require that each student click on the “raise hand” icon to ask for permission to comment in the chat area
Choose to allow or disallow
participation
For more information contact Lisa Hawkins at [email protected]