Webinar Instructor Training October 1, 2013 Blackboard Collaborate Essentials

Asking Questions Please raise your hand if you have a question

Asking Questions Use the Chat or your Audio

Keys to Speaking Click the talk button to activate microphone

Keys to Speaking- Tips Cannot hear or speak? Run the Audio Setup Wizard Check computer audio levels Is there a mute on your headset? Cannot fix your issue? Contact Blackboard Support http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com

The Fine Print You must attend all three sessions in the correct order. Additional sessions will be offered in the winter and spring. You will be paid for sessions you attend after you complete and submit the assignment in session three. Session 3 assignment will be to plan and deliver a thirty minute webinar training of your choice. You must have at least one live attendee (preferably another instructor.)You must submit the recording of the session.

Meet Your Instructor Sharon Gallagher

Your Introductions Name Position Your experience with web conferencing What you are looking forward to learning

Vacation Time

Participants in this workshop will get a solid foundation, enabling them to successfully deliver live, interactive Blackboard Collaborate web conferencing sessions. Participants will learn how to effectively manage the session communication tools, display PowerPoint content and record sessions for later playback.

Upon completion of this workshop, learners will be able to: Understand the user interface – layouts and customization Use Detach Panel to change the panel layouts Use the Restore Default Layouts from the View menu to reset the panel layouts Identify different methods of communication – audio, chat, video, and polling Turn on and off the VoIP audio Use the VoIP audio, including simultaneous talkers, to effectively verbally communicate during a session Turn on the live video to display webcam video Use Chat to send and receive public, private, and announcement type messages. Change the Polling response options Lock/unlock, hide/show and publish the Polling responses

Manage classroom interaction from the Participants Panel - participant permissions and understanding activity and status indicators Give and take away the session permissions individually and globally. The permissions are Audio, Video, Chat, Whiteboard, Application Sharing and Web Tour Interpret the Activity Indicators and use them to manage classroom interaction Interpret the Status Indicators and use them to manage classroom pace Manage Whiteboard content Load a PowerPoint file to the Whiteboard Navigate the Pages Utilize the tools located on the Whiteboard Tools Palette to draw and write on the whiteboard Generate a session recording Turn on and pause the session recorder Identify how to access the saved recording 

The Participant Interface

Moderator Interface

Customize Your View How do you move the panels? Or… Options Menu > Detach Panel

Moderator Status

Simultaneous Talkers

Simultaneous Talkers Tips Use headset or echo-cancelling microphone Don’t talk over participants

Keys to Live Video Click the Video Preview before Transmitting Transmit: Video Button Video Tips: Solid backdrop (if possible) Make sure items you do not want to be seen are not in camera view

Video Customizations

Keys to Chat Participant View Moderator View

Keys to Private Chat

Managing Private Chat

Managing Private Chat

Chat Announcements

Individual Permissions

Global Permissions

Test Your Knowledge… Audio

Test Your Knowledge… Chat

Test Your Knowledge… Whiteboard

Test Your Knowledge… Audio Delay

What are they telling us?

What can you do?

Test Your Knowledge…

Polling Sample

Keys to Polling

Keys to Loading Content

Steps to Loading Content

Page Explorer

Page Explorer

Saving Whiteboards

Whiteboard Tools

Whiteboard- Select Tool

Whiteboard- Pointer Tool

Whiteboard- Pencil or Highlighter

Whiteboard- Text Tool

Whiteboard- Fill Square or Circle Tool

Whiteboard- Outline Square or Circle Tool

Whiteboard- Line Tool

Session Recording

This week’s assignment Create a Introduction to Instructor Slide in PPT. You will upload at our next session. Create an outline for a professional development webinar. Think about interactive v. passive instructional strategies with BBC.