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BlackBoard Assistance : Setting up Collaborate for Virtual Classroom

This guide will assist you in setting up your BalckBoard course for online platforms

Getting Set Up

In this section we will walk you through a 16 minute tutorial on how to set up a class session via Blackboard Collaborate & make the session available in a class folder. The list below describes the Blackboard concepts included in the video.  

Video Steps: 

1.) We will need to make Collaborate available for the students by creating a link in their menu

2.) Schedule a Collaborate live session

3.) Learn how to enter the Collaborate Session  

4.) Learn how to Record session so students can view later

5.) Learn how to conduct a live session (while recording)

6.) Learn how to Chat, Share Screen, Share Applications (PowerPoint, Word, Etc.) 

7.) Learn how to Create Content Folders for individual class sessions and upload files (PowerPoint, Word, Etc.) 

8.) Learn how to Create a link in that folder to your Class Recording

This video is from Blackboard and it shows you how to upload your course videos to YouTube for captioning. You will need a Gmail account to add videos to YouTube