Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Student Guide for BlackBoard Collaborate, Summaries of Innovation

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STUDENT GUIDE

Author: MULTIMEDIA AND TEACHING INNOVATION (SERVICIO DE INFORMÁTICA Y COMUNICACIONES) 16 de marzo de 2020 Document version: 1.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

To make use of BlackBoard Collaborate , your system must accomplish with the following requirements:

• A device with broadband Internet connection.
• If you are taking part actively in the session, you also need a microphone and optionally a webcam.

BlackBoard Collaborate only supports the two most recent stable versions of the following web browsers:

NAVEGADOR ESCRITORIO MOBILE

ChromeTM

Windows®, macOS,

Ubuntu AndroidTM

Firefox® Windows, macOS Not compatible

Safari®

macOS 10.13 and later

versions

iOS® 12 and later versions,

iPadOS

Microsoft

Edge® Beta Windows, macOS^ Not compatible

We recommend the use of Chrome on Windows, Linux, Mac and Android while Safari on iOS and iPadOS devices.

In the new page we will see a list of all the available BB Collaborate course sessions. You can see currently active and future sessions that are not yet available. To access a session, just click on it.

2. Direct URL access

Another case is the one in which the teachers provide you with a session link via email or some other channel. In that case, you simply open said link to access the session and then enter your full name. We strongly recommend entering your full name to ease the teachers tasks.

INSIDE THE SESSION

In first place we will be requested to check our microphone and camera if available. If we are using an external microphone, it is important to choose it in the lower dropdown. To check if the microphone is properly working, you just need to talk and check if the volume bar moves. when you do so.

To check if the camera works, check if you can see the camera output on the frame. If there are several image recording devices, choose the desired one in the dropdown.

The class session is composed of four differentiated areas: the left lateral panel (1), central panel or working area (2), the left tools panel (3) and the sessions adjustments panel (4). This environment is similar to all the users which access the session, independently of the user role. The moderator is the only one allowed to access some session management tools.

• Session panel (1): You can see the session name, and the 'Grabar la sesión' and 'Cerrar sesión’ functions.
• Working area panel (2): this is the main area of the session, it contains the interlocutor’s image when it is sharing the cam image. This area is dynamic, since it changes the image source depending on who is talking at each time. If someone shares a blackboard, an archive, an application or his or her screen, it will be shown in this area.
• Interaction panel (3): from here you can adjust your profile (setting it as absent), share sound and video and rise the hand to talk. You can also deactivate this options by pressing again the corresponding buttons. You need to take into account that Collaborate Ultra shows a maximum of four cameras. The participants which enable their microphones to take part in the session and have an active camera, will be the ones shown in that moment.
• Adjustments and tools panel (4): from this panel you can access all the session tools and adjustments.

Chat Lista

usuarios

Compartir

contenido

Ajustes

Pointer: with this icon you can point to the different areas of the active slide. The participants will see the slide which is being pointed.

Pencil: this allows you to freehand over the blackboard or over the shared content.

Square: used to draw rectangles, ellipses or straight lines.

Text: allows you to write texts over the slide or blackboard.

Delete: this functions undoes whatever we added to the screen with one click.

Viewing Controls Panel:

Zoom in: enlarges the content size.

Zoom out: reduces the content size.

Best adjustment: the content changes its size to better fit to the viewing area. It is shown as big as possible without modifying the aspect ratio.

Real size: shows the image at its original size.

1. Share application

To be able to share our desktop or a certain application is a powerful utility for showing the other participants how do we interact with an application or the navigation through our local environment, since this functionality will allow them to see all your steps.

You have to take into account that it is not possible to share the blackboard or archives at the same time as an application.

If you wish to only share one application, it would be enough if you just select the desired application on the pop up window that appears and click on ‘Share’.

Remember that to be able to ‘Share Application’ you will need the Blackboard extension for Chrome as previously stated.

As soon as we click ‘Share’, a new window will open in the background. THIS WINDOW MUST NOT BE CLOSED.

2. Share archives

Collaborate Ultra supports the archive formats GIF, JPEG y PNG, PDF or PowerPoint slideshows.

The raised hands can be seen on the ‘Participants’ right panel. As the users raise their hands, they will appear by chronological order in the users list, so the teacher can always see who raised the hand first.

LOG OUT

Once the meeting is over and the participants have left the session, we can exit through the ‘Session Panel’ and clicking on ‘Close Session’

Next, you will be presented a quality survey in which you will be able to rate some technical aspects of the session. If you do not wish to take part on the survey, just click on ‘Omit’.

Do not forget that if the session is still active, you can rejoin it by accessing it through Aula Global aulaglobal.uc3m.es or from the direct session link.