DO THIS NOW! Click the AUDIO SETUP WIZARD button & follow the directions.

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1 DO THIS NOW! Click the AUDIO SETUP WIZARD button & follow the directions. Click the TALK button to turn on your microphone. Click the TALK button again to turn it off. NEED ATTENTION? Want to get the moderator s attention? Click the RAISE HAND button. HAVE A QUESTION? Type your questions & comments in the ROOM CHAT tab, and press the Enter key on your keyboard.

2 Climb Into the Pilot s Seat! Let s Review Our Pre-flight Checklist Technical Readiness Start-Up Routine Session Management Participant Management Communication Tools Collaboration Tools Photo by The 621st Contingency Response Wing, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

3 Introducing ourselves Please share your location & what you will be teaching. *Click Talk to turn on and again to turn off

4 Quick Poll 1. Have you previously used Blackboard Collaborate? 2. Have you used any of these other web conferencing tools A. WEBEX B. ELLUMINATE C. ADOBE CONNECT D. OTHER E. NO, I VE NEVER USED ANY OF THESE

5 Meet the Moderators Claudia Ruiz Instructional Technology Assistant Director Darcy Goshorn Instructional Technologist

6 What Are We Going To Do Today? Get Ready to teach in an Internet Connected Classroom with Blackboard s Collaborate Practice the habit of a Start-Up Routine Orient ourselves to the classroom environment Explore available Communication Tools Explore available Collaboration Tools

7 ICC Professional Development Plan ICC Collaborate Orientation (today) Individual Collaborate Practice Session (Demo Lesson) With Trainers Observation of ICC Lesson With Written Feedback Debrief Meeting to Discuss Observation Refresher Training As Needed

8 Links to Your Virtual Classroom INSTRUCTOR LINK STUDENT LINK

9 Connection Speed CHECK YOUR CONNECTION SPEED AFTER THE SESSION STARTS: PC: TOOLS > PREFERENCES > SESSION CONNECTION MAC: COLLABORATE > PREFERENCES > SESSION CONNECTION

10 Moderator Interface

11 Audio Setup Wizard

12 Telephony

13 User Profile

14 Panels

15 Panel Layout Options

16 Global Permissions

17 Activity & Status Indicators

18 Participants Options

19 Individual Participant Options

20 Audio & Video SHORT CUT TO TELEPHONY SHORT CUT TO AUDIO WIZARD VIDEO SCREEN AUDIO CONTROLS FOR MIC AND HEADPHONES MICROPHONE BUTTON... CLICK TO TURN ON, CLICK AGAIN TO TURN OFF VIDEO BUTTON CLICK TO TURN ON, CLICK AGAIN TO TURN OFF PREVIEW YOUR VIDEO

21 Audio & Video Options

22 Simultaneous Talkers

23 Transmit Live Video Steps Open the Audio & Video panel Click the Video button or Preview button.

24 Video Tips & Tricks Clean background White shirt Bounce lamp light off wall Decrease monitor brightness. Soft background lighting Don t use monitor as light source Desk lamp as light source How to Improve Your Cheapo Webcam s Picture Quality

25 Sending a Chat

26 Sending Private Chat

27 Private Chat tabs

28 Collaboration Tool Bar

29 Load Content to Whiteboard Be sure that Powerpoint is not running! Guidelines Limits: 2 MB per file, 10 MB total per session Slideshow Filetypes:.wbd.wbp.ppt.pptx.sxi.odp Image Filetypes:.bmp.gif.jpg.jpeg.png Only Moderators can Load Content All other filetypes will be loaded into the File Transfer Library

30 Whiteboard Navigation Adding Pages

31 Advanced Whiteboard Options Protect Whiteboard (Disable Whiteboard Downloads) Show Page Count (Instead of just titles) Show Participant Page Names (Know whose slides are whose!)

32 Follow Option & Explore Mode

33 Whiteboard Tools

34 Pointer Let s Practice!

35 More Practice TYPE THE NAME OF YOUR FAVORITE BOOK, THEN HIGHLIGHT ONE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ

36 File Transfer Library Add a file from your PC Add a file from a web address Download the selected file to PC Delete the selected file from the library Prompt participants to download the selected file

37 Let s Practice Save the slideshow file that we send. (Be sure to remember where!) Use the Load Content button to load the slideshow onto our Whiteboard.

38 Student Engagement in Action!

39 Recording

40 Links to Recorded Sessions

41 Polling

42 Polling Control

43 More Nonverbal Feedback Tools

44 Multiple Choice Question 1 If you were asked to host a Blackboard Collaborate session right now as the sole moderator, how comfortable would you feel doing so? A. I m a pro. No problem. B. Sure thing. C. I ll give it a shot. D. If I do, can I have a pay raise? E. What s a Blackboard Collaborate?!

45 Binary Question 2 If I was asked by a coworker to moderate a Blackboard Collaborate session I would do it! I would not do it.

46 Application Sharing: Single App SHARING A SMALL APPLICATION Stop Application Sharing Pause Application Sharing Send a Screen Snapshot to the Whiteboard * Application Must Not Be Minimized

47 Application Sharing: Single App SHARING A LARGE APPLICATION PROBLEM: ONCE APPLICATION SHARING HAS STARTED, IT IS DIFFICULT TO RESIZE THE APPLICATION. RESTORE DOWN & RESIZE PRIOR TO APP SHARING 1. CLICK ON THE APP IN THE TASKBAR IF MINIMIZED 2. CLICK ON THE RESTORE DOWN BUTTON IF MAXIMIZED 3. CLICK-AND-DRAG THE CORNERS/EDGES TO RESIZE THE APP TO ABOUT 70% SCREEN

48 Application Sharing: Desktop Stop Application Sharing Pause Application Sharing Send a Screen Snapshot to the Whiteboard

49 Manually Adjusting the Shared Portion

50 Application Sharing: Granting Control & Previewing

51 Stopping Application Sharing

52 Show Us Your Application Sharing (& Paint) Skills!

53 Breakout Rooms Essentials Not recorded! Same tools as Main Room Main Room Whiteboard pages can be copied into Breakout Rooms Breakout Room Whiteboard pages can be copied out to Main Room The Participants panel is the key to managing rooms & participants

54 Creating Breakout Rooms

55 Moving Yourself & Others

56 Copying Whiteboard Pages Main Room Breakout Rooms

57 Copying Whiteboard Pages Breakout Rooms Main Room

58 Breakout Activity Management

59 Exploring Breakout Rooms WE WILL BE SENDING YOU TO THE BREAKOUT ROOMS FOR ABOUT 4 MINUTES WHILE THERE: Use the Talk button to speak with your classmates. Use the Whiteboard tools to complete the Word Scramble. Raise your hand if you have a question. (Moderators will see this!) Notice that you have page control. Move yourself from room to room by dragging your name into another room in the Participants panel.

60 Word Scramble HINT: Use the Text whiteboard tool

61 How Did Everyone Do?

62 Web Tour

63 Saving Your Whiteboard as a separate file WHEN YOU SAVE YOUR WHITEBOARD SLIDES, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU SAVE THEM IN.PDF FORMAT

64 Saving Your Chat Text as a separate file CHAT CONVERSATIONS WILL NEED TO BE SAVED IN A.TXT FORMAT

65 Now What?

66 Let s Review. Can You Prepare materials for your session? Follow a start-up routine? Manage whiteboard content? Manage recordings? Manage screen layout? Manage participants? Manage breakout rooms? Communicate verbally and non-verbally? Use the whiteboard as a learning tool? Use application sharing as a learning tool? Use web tour as a learning tool? Check for understanding and keep participants engaged? Photo by The 621st Contingency Response Wing, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

67 You Are Cleared for Take-off! NEXT STEPS You will receive an link to a survey to rate this orientation. You will receive an when your v.12 virtual classroom is ready with the links. You will receive an to schedule your individual practice session (demo lesson) with trainers. Visit your new virtual classroom and play around with the tools for practice. Make sure to have the Orientation Checklist handy. Visit the saintleo.it/icc site for professional development resources. Photo by The 621st Contingency Response Wing, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.