How do I add Blackboard Collaborate Ultra to my course?

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1 How do I add Blackboard Collaborate Ultra to my course? Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is available to all instructors at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock under the Course Tools menu within each course. Users with Instructor or Teaching Assistant access to a course can access sessions using this link, but an additional link will need to be added to the course menu or within the course content for student to be able to access the session. To add a link to Blackboard Collaborate Ultra on your course menu: Click the plus sign at the top, left of the screen, and select Tool Link from the resulting menu. This will open the Add Tool Link window, where you set the name, type, and availability of the link you ll be adding to the course menu. Name the link and select Blackboard Collaborate Ultra on the dropdown list labeled Type. Be careful not to select other tools with similar names, as they may link to the old version of collaborate. To add a link to Collaborate Ultra on a content page within your course: From the page on which you want to add the link, click the Tools button on the action bar, select More Tools at the bottom of the menu, and click Blackboard Collaborate Ultra on the expanded menu. Be careful not to select other tools with similar names, as they may link to the old version of collaborate. On the resulting page, give the link a name and click Submit.

2 Blackboard Collaborate Ultra: How do I create a session? By default, each course will have a session in Collaborate Ultra labeled Course Room. This general session is set to be available throughout the semester, and all students in the course will automatically have participant access. Since there are no dates to restrict access to the Course Room, students will be able to enter it for the duration of the course, or as long as they are able to access the link to Blackboard Collaborate Ultra on the course menu. You can schedule sessions to appear in Collaborate Ultra in addition to the Course Room, and if you d rather students only access pre scheduled sessions, you can disable the Course Room by clicking on the More button and selecting Disable course room from the resulting menu. Note that you can use this menu to edit the session settings, manage guest access, and view session attendance reports. These options will be present by clicking the More button on the Course Room as well as any session you ve scheduled. Scheduling sessions To schedule sessions in addition the Course Room, click the plus sign at the top, right of the of the scheduling page. If you don t have any sessions scheduled, you can also click the Create Session button in the center of the page. This will open the session scheduling pane where you can edit the event details and adjust the session settings.

3 Editing the Event Details and Session Settings When editing the Event Details, you can: 1. Set the date and time the session starts and ends. 2. Create an open session to keep a meeting space that s available at all times. Repeat sessions on a daily, weekly or monthly basis for meetings that occur regularly. 3. Allow students to enter the session before the official start time. 4. Type a detailed description of the meeting. This helps students find the right session, particularly if you ve scheduled multiple sessions to occur on the same day. When editing the Session Settings, you can: 1. Set the default role for participants in the session. Using this setting, you can automatically promote students to the presenter or moderator role when the enter the session. 2. Allow recording downloads from the Recordings page as well as on the recording playback page. 3. Show the profile pictures of moderators only. 4. Allow participants to use audio, video, chat, and the whiteboard editing tools. 5. Allow users to join the session using a telephone for their audio. After you ve created a session, you can go back and edit the Session Settings to allow guest access. When editing the Guest Access settings, you can: 1. Set the default role for guest users. 2. Access the Guest Link, which can be used to access the session without logging in to Blackboard. Don t forget to click the Save button!

4 Learn more: Which browser should I use? Blah

5 How do I record a session?

6 How do I navigate the Collaborate Ultra interface? Media Space Tools 1. What is that?? 2. Audio 3. Video 4. Handraise Session Menu Tools Blah

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