Collaborate Ultra

What is Collaborate Ultra Collaborate is: Real-time video conferencing tool that lets you add files, share applications, and use a virtual whiteboard to interact. Works best with Google ChromeTM (versions 54+) Firefox® (versions 49+) Collaborate Ultra is: Fully redesigned, high quality, browser-based web conferencing solution Lectures (up to 250 participants) Group collaboration (up to 100 participants) Call into a session from phone (up to 25 participants) (https://en-us.help.blackboard.com/Collaborate/Ultra)

What are the Differences For Instructors and Students Layout No Collaborate launcher Nothing to download or install Classic Ultra

Getting Started: How to Access and Navigate Ultra

In Blackboard

Ultra Recordings

Ultra Reports

Ultra Session Room

Ultra Panel Participants Panel Share Content Chat Settings

Collaborate Ultra Settings

Activating Your Avatar Activate avatar in BB Personal Information Personalize My Settings Display the system generated avatar image

Activating Your Avatar Go to the Ultra Panel (lower right button) Settings Click on the avatar image Add your image

Accessing Audio and Video If accessing from main area

Using the Phone for Audio How do I use the call in number and PIN? Clicking on the above button, generates a phone number and a pin number Everyone can use the same phone number, however, Each PIN is unique to an individual session and a user This means: The PIN you see only works for you in that session You are not able to use the PIN in another session or share your PIN with another users PINS stop working when the session ends. Up to 25 participants allowed to call in Only 5 speakers allowed at the same time

Notification Settings

Session Settings

Share Content

Whiteboard, Application Sharing & Share Files *NOTE: If you see a / on Share Application, you are most likely in Internet Explorer or you do not have a compatible Browser

Close/Escape/ Stop Sharing Whiteboard Close/Escape/ Stop Sharing Select Pencil Text Pointer Shapes Clear

Share Application Entire Screen Just an Application Stop Sharing Entire Screen (This will give you a tunnel effect) Just an Application

Share Files PPT, PDF & Images

Polling

Breakout Rooms

Participant & Chat Panels

Participant Panel Moderator: Presenter: Participant: Moderators have full control over all content being shared. They can make any participant a presenter or a moderator. See hand raise notifications and can lower hands. Moderators can set the session settings, including what participants can and can't do. Presenter: Role is designed to allow students to present without giving them full moderator privileges. Presenters can upload, share, edit, and stop sharing content. They can also see hand raise notifications and can lower hands. Participant: Participants can enable and disable notifications, such as when participants enter and leave a session or when someone has posted something to the chat. *NOTE: Moderators decide if participants share audio and video, chat, and draw on the whiteboard or shared files.

Chat Panel Emojis Be sure to press “Enter” to add to Chat box

Questions?