1. Blended Learning Team, Learning and Teaching Unit | www.uws.edu.au/blendedlearning COLLABORATION WITH BLACKBOARD IM Blended Learning Forum - February 2014

2. Blended Learning Team, Learning and Teaching Unit | www.uws.edu.au/blendedlearning What is Blackboard IM? Chat Audio and video calls Web conferencing Virtual office hours Collaboration

3. Blended Learning Team, Learning and Teaching Unit | www.uws.edu.au/blendedlearning BB IM & BB Collaborate BB IM is BB Collaborate’s little brother Image: http://www.wilmu.edu/blackboard/images/collaborate.png

4. Blended Learning Team, Learning and Teaching Unit | www.uws.edu.au/blendedlearning Getting started Getting access to BB IM

5. Blended Learning Team, Learning and Teaching Unit | www.uws.edu.au/blendedlearning How things work? The Status Bar

6. Blended Learning Team, Learning and Teaching Unit | www.uws.edu.au/blendedlearning Chat window Select the name of the user you wish to contact and click chat button

7. Blended Learning Team, Learning and Teaching Unit | www.uws.edu.au/blendedlearning Calling On the Contacts or Classmates tab Select the name of the user you wish to call and click

8. Blended Learning Team, Learning and Teaching Unit | www.uws.edu.au/blendedlearning Web conferencing On the Contacts or Classmates tab, select the name(s) of the user(s) you wish to invite to the conference, then click on

9. Blended Learning Team, Learning and Teaching Unit | www.uws.edu.au/blendedlearning Collaboration window In a call or a chat, click the Collaborate Window button, to launch the virtual whiteboard

10. Blended Learning Team, Learning and Teaching Unit | www.uws.edu.au/blendedlearning Virtual Office Hours

11. Blended Learning Team, Learning and Teaching Unit | www.uws.edu.au/blendedlearning Why use BB IM? Enhances collaboration and interaction Students can use BB IM collaborate tools where group work is required Student study sessions Virtual office hours