Most third party tool are available under Content Market or Institutional Tools, These tools are also known as LTI Tools (Learning Tools Interoperability®)
Blackboard Collaborate is a useful tool for delivering real-time online teaching. These sessions offer greater flexibility to bring students together by removing the barriers of distance or circumstance and enables them to engage in an interactive online learning environment. However, this learning environment may still present barriers or challenges for some students.. To minimise these […]
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Using a Windows computer: *Only if you use the screen/application sharing method described below, it won’t work if you upload your PowerPoint into Collaborate and play it that way. Using a Mac: Please Note: You will not be able to share audio through the Safari browser or by sharing screen or applications on a Mac;
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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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Screencasts Depending on the type of screencast you wish to record, you will need to choose an appropriate recorder. This article includes reference to tools which are available via the University’s Microsoft Office subscription, or provided by third parties. MS Office tools are free and already available to you – see Office Software on the IT website. Please
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The Course Accessibility Report shows The report provides an easy way to see which content items in your course have been flagged with an issue, and to start remediating those issues, direct from the report. The course accessibility report also provides some help with prioritisation, as it shows options such as “Content that’s easiest to
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When hosting and moderating a webinar session it is advised that you use a desktop computer with a stable browser such as Chrome. This way you will have the most stable connection and flexibility to manage your session and attendees. Until recently the only way to access Collaborate on mobile was through the app (IOS
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The Blackboard Ally tool scans the content academics add and upload to Blackboard Learn Ultra, and generates accessibility scores to help identify the content (i.e. Word, PDF, PowerPoint etc. and any content created using text editor within Blackboard Learn Ultra) that could be made more accessible. It also provides guidance on how to fix each
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The Collaborate course room is a permanently open Collaborate session that can be locked or unlocked depending on how you intend to use Collaborate on your module. What is the course room for? The course room, being an open, unscheduled space is great for activities such as: If you choose to use your Course Room,
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If you record a Collaborate session from your Blackboard course, then once the recording has been processed, it will be available from the Recordings area in Class Collaborate. Please note: To comply with our recordings policy all Class Collaborate recordings will be automatically transferred to YuJa via the YuJa Connector. For more information see our
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