Blackboard Collaborate

Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate Live!) is a real-time, multi-functional virtual classroom or web conferencing environment that can be used for

• 'Live' teaching or tutoring sessions, including offshore / remote delivery
• Recording lectures and/or tutorials
• Web conferencing, e.g. virtual staff meetings or post graduate supervision
• Application sharing
• Staff development and training.

Requirements

To use Blackboard Collaborate from your computer, either at RMIT or off campus, you will need:

• Internet access
• Headphones / speakers & microphone
• Webcam or inbuilt camera (if using video)
• Java

Java is required to run Blackboard Collaborate on your computer. RMIT computers should have Java installed, but you may need to install it on personal computers, e.g. laptops of home computers. Java is a free download.

Getting started

Blackboard Collaborate sessions are booked and run within a Blackboard course shell. The following videos take you through starting a session and also the features and functions of the new Blackboard Collaborate online classroom.

Booking a Blackboard Collaborate session

This short video takes you through:

• Accessing Blackboard Collaborate from within Blackboard
• Booking a session
• Linking the session in Blackboard
• Joining a session.

Booking a Blackboard Collaborate session

Learning and teaching with Blackboard Collaborate

This short video takes you through:

• Features and functions: the interface
• Recording and privacy
• Presentation management and loading content
• The audio and video panel
• The participants’ panel and participant management
• The chat panel
• Collaboration tools
• The whiteboard and presentation area.

Learning and Teaching with Blackboard Collaborate

Further information

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User guides

• Blackboard Collaborate - Participant guide [PDF, 754KB, 16 pages]
• Blackboard Collaborate - Staff guide [PDF, 688KB, 24 pages]
• Blackboard Collaborate Session Admin System (SAS) - Staff guide [PDF, 1.70MB, 12 pages]

These guides from the Blackboard Collaborate website can assist you to use Blackboard Collaborate.

Moderator guides

• Blackboard Collaborate getting started for moderators quick reference guide (PDF, 375 KB)
• Blackboard Collaborate web conferencing essentials for moderators (PDF, 5.5 MB)
• Blackboard Collaborate web conferencing moderator's guide (PDF, 8.5 MB)

Participant guides

• Blackboard Collaborate getting started for participants quick reference guide (PDF, 392 KB)
• Blackboard Collaborate web conferencing essentials for participants (PDF, 5.33 MB)
• Blackboard Collaborate web conferencing participant’s guide (PDF, 6.94 MB)

Further information

Blackboard Collaborate’s on demand learning centre has a full range of resources, including recordings, on all the main tools and functions for both participants and moderators.