Blackboard Collaborate

Blackboard Collaborate is web conferencing software. You may use it for live lectures, presentations, guest speakers, office hours, remote students to attend face-to-face synchronous sessions etc. Access Blackboard Collaborate by clicking on the link in the menu of your Blackboard course. Watch the video below for a brief tour of Blackboard Collaborate. Note: You will need to schedule your sessions in Collaborate for students to join a session.

Blackboard Collaborate Tour

If you are using Blackboard Collaborate to host a guest speaker for your classroom or to broadcast from your classroom to remote students, you may check out a conference camera/mic from the ATLAS office or the Rogers Center to communicate with your remote guest or students. Watch the video below for how to set up the conference camera/mic.

How to Set Up a Conference Camera/Microphone to Use With Blackboard Collaborate

Blended Synchronous Strategies (for those who teach face-to-face and online students in live sessions simultaneously)

Blended Synchronous Strategies adapted from: Bower, M.. Dalgarno, B., Kennedy, G. E., Lee, M. J. W., & Kenney, J. (2015). Design and implementation factors in blended synchronous learning environments: Outcomes from a cross-case analysis. Computers & Education, 86, 1-17.

For more information on Blended Synchronous Learning, consider downloading this free handbook.

Blackboard Collaborate Polling Feature