Bb Collaborate Ultra allows you to:
- talk online in real time
- chat via text online
- share videos, presentations and applications.
Note: Bb Collaborate Ultra is cloud hosting. To learn more about the monthly release, refer to the Release Notes.
Bb Collaborate Ultra allows you to:
Note: Bb Collaborate Ultra is cloud hosting. To learn more about the monthly release, refer to the Release Notes.
In order to use the accessibility features in Bb Collaborate Ultra, you must meet the following system requirements:
For more information about Accessibility in Bb Collaborate Ultra refer to the Accessibility Guide for Moderators.
Bb Collaborate’s datacentres may be located in countries which do not have privacy protections comparable to that in place in Victoria. In particular, you may have no right of redress for an interference with your privacy committed overseas and the datacentre may be subject to a foreign law that compels the disclosure of Personal Information to a third party (e.g. a government or law enforcement authority).
You are responsible for Personal Information that you post to Bb Collaborate. Posting refers to making files, texts, chats, audio, video or any other form of data available on Bb Collaborate including by way of uploading or direct recording. You must remember that Personal Information that identifies you or another individual will be viewed by other users, and may be collected and used by other users of the site. It may also be accessed by administrators and technical support staff employed or engaged by Deakin or by Blackboard. Please exercise caution in posting Personal Information.
You must not post Personal Information about another person (including, without limitation, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, photographs or recordings of individuals) without their consent.
You are encouraged to review Blackboard Collaborate’s privacy policy at http://www.blackboard.com/Footer/Privacy-Center.aspx.
Note: This usage disclaimer will appear every 120 days.
If you are having difficulties setting-up your microphone, speakers, or headset, contact the IT Service Desk.
For a better audio signal, we recommend using an external microphone and external speakers. Common PC microphones do not work in a Mac microphone jack, so USB microphones are preferred. You can get headsets from any store selling electronic or audio visual equipment.
When you join the Bb Collaborate Ultra session, you can set up your camera and microphone and check that the speaker and microphone volumes are configured correctly.
Note: Even though it is possible for multiple people to talk at the same time, it is recommended that you release the Talk button each time you have finished speaking to avoid a possible echoing effect.
In a Bb Collaborate Ultra session, staff are moderators and students are participants by default. The following is the guide to using Bb Collaborate Ultra as a moderator. Also see the Student Help Guide on using Bb Collaborate Ultra as a participant.
If you want to step away from the session temporarily, hover over the ‘tick’ on your image in the Audio and Video panel and click ‘Set as Away’. (This can also be done in the My Settings menu by clicking the ‘Present’ link (below your name) and click Set as Away. A pop-up will appear on your screen and you can click ‘I’m back’ when you are ready to return to the session.
The permissions are displayed in the Session Settings (Collaboration Panel and click on My Settings). To grant or revoke permissions for all participants, check or uncheck the desired permissions (Share audio; Share video; Post chat messages; Draw on the Whiteboard and files).
The chat tab is where you can send and receive chat messages. You can send your message to everyone in the session (All) or just moderators.
In the Attendees panel you will often see various icons next to participants’ and moderators’ names to indicate which participants/moderators are using the microphone. For example, you will know someone has their microphone turned on when the Audio activity indicator appears next to their name in the Attendees list.
You can tell at-a-glance who in your session is having trouble connecting. Network indicators have been added to the Attendees panel. Move your pointer over participants in the Attendees panel to see the indicators. Move your pointer over the indicator to see network status information.
When others are experiencing network delays, moderators can continue to talk.
There are four types of user roles within Bb Collaborate Ultra: Moderator; Presenter; Participant; Captioner. You may wish to change the privileges to one or more of the participants during your session while still maintaining your own moderator access. You can do this at any time during the session.
Presenter role: This role is designed to share the workload while presenting or for students presenting their work for assessment. Presenters can:
Participant role: This role is designed for students. Participants can:
Captioner role: This role provides an accessible learning experience for students. Captioners can:
Once you give a participant Moderator privileges, they will have the ability to perform the same functions during the session that you have as the original moderator, such as to upload files and record sessions.
Each time a person raises their hand, a number (1, 2, 3 etc.) will appear on the Raise hand icon at the bottom of the screen. The number represents the order in which the hands were raised.
The Whiteboard is the main presentation window. Moderators use this region to load presentations. Moderators and participants can also use the tools on the Whiteboard to draw, write or insert icons and images.
You can Share a Blank Whiteboard here. This creates a blank page, ideal for brainstorming, drawing, concept mapping, and the development of content.
Click on the Share Content panel in the Collaboration panel and click on Share Blank Whiteboard. The Content editing tool has the following functions and appears in the top left-hand side of the window:
Pointer
This is the pointer tool to use as a laser pointer .
Draw on the whiteboard
Draw shapes on the whiteboard
Type on the whiteboard
Edit or delete an object from the whiteboard
Note: To share files and applications to the Whiteboard you must have Moderator or Presenter access. Your files must not exceed 60 MB. (Acceptable files include image files, PowerPoints and PDF).
You may wish to ask participants to respond to a question using the polling feature. Participants will be able to respond to your questions by clicking on the available response buttons on their toolbar. The responses will be visible to you in the polling pop-up window.
Moderators can set a timer for everyone in the session or make it just visible to other moderators.