If you need to share your computer screen with Collaborate participants, there are three options. To access these options click on the Share icon bottom right then on the Share Application/Screen button. The ‘Share your screen’ panel will open. There are three tabs giving you three options of what to share, Your Entire Screen, Application Window or […]
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The Session Attendance Report provides an overview of when attendees joined and left Collaborate sessions. It also gives you an idea of how long attendees were present in the session on average. Go to Control Panel > Course Tools > Blackboard Collaborate Ultra and select ‘All Previous Sessions’ or ‘Sessions in Range’. For the session
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Introduction For the most part teaching, learning and assessment takes place at module level, and Blackboard reflects that. However Blackboard also allows you to provide students with information at a Programme level. This could include general information relevant to all students on a Programme Programme Handbooks details of Module options for the coming year information
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Introduction The move to Semesters necessitates some changes in Blackboard course names and codes so you know which course you are looking at – primarily the need to show in which semester a module runs. Course names and codes in Blackboard are based on information in RISIS. Course codes are constructed using: What is an
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It is possible to send exam marks direct from Blackboard to RISIS for Online Exams. To trigger the Integration To integrate Exam records (sequence numbers starting with 800) which already exist in RISIS, you need to go into RISIS and toggle the Ready flag: Once the module has been flagged if you add new Exam records, these will be integrated into Blackboard
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Important: Please refer to the Policy for the Recording of Teaching and Learning Activities (Learning Capture) This policy provides information on the overarching expectations for the use of Learning Capture and how recordings can be used and shared with students, plus the key legal and data protection considerations. Transition from Stream (Classic) to YuJa: All video
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What is Teams? Teams is an online collaboration tool from Microsoft. A ‘team’ is a dynamic workspace that allows members work together and interact in one place. A team is made up of ‘channels’ in which you and your students can: Restrictions on use of Teams for Teaching and Learning Blackboard (or Canvas) must remain the central
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Any staff member is entitled to a Blackboard Practice Course. You can use your Practice Course to test out any of the features of Blackboard. Step 1: Create a Practice Course If you do not have an Ultra Practice Course and you are a member of staff at the University of Reading, you can create one via the
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The maximum size of a regular Collaborate Ultra session is 250 users. If you need to run a Collaborate session with more than 250 users (up to a maximum of 500 users), you will need to create the session as a Large Scale Session. Having created your Collaborate event, go to the Session Settings tab. Scroll down
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If you use Collaborate with students based in China this article provides advice for common access issues, particularly around the Chinese government firewall and connectivity from within China. Please also see DTS advice for students studying in China and staff based in China. Collaborate Ultra is not currently blocked by the firewall. However, using Collaborate
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