“What is Blackboard Collaborate Ultra?”
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra provides an on-line classroom environment for staff and students to work together using audio, video, and text chat as well as a shared workspace. Collaborate functions as a virtual classroom and it enables many of activities that happen in a traditional classroom:
- Teacher-led presentation, with questions from students
- Group discussions
- Individual support
- Breakout rooms for student group work
- Polling
Recording
Collaborate sessions can be recorded for future use.
Chat
Moderators and students can use the chat box for instant messaging style interaction and private messages can also be sent.
Load Content
PowerPoint slides, images and multimedia files can be uploaded to the session for use with participants.
Interactive Whiteboard
The Whiteboard can also be used to display images, write or draw.
Application Sharing
This enables session participants to share specific applications (Word, PowerPoint) with others.
Web Tour
This allows participants to give a tour of a web site to others on the session.
“What do I need to use Collaborate?”
For the full Collaborate experience it is recommended to either use:
- A PC with an external webcam and a headset with microphone, or
- A laptop that has a built-in camera, speakers and microphone
Blackboard Collaborate can also be accessed via the BB Student app for Android and IOS devices
although the functionality is limited.
