Faculty teaching a blended class -- a class with both online and face-to-face students participating in the same synchronous session -- will likely...

There are two types of Blackboard Collaborate room: the course room, which is a general space that is always available, and a session room, which is...

If you are on a Mac OS and are having difficulty getting your camera or microphone to work in your web browser (a particular issue for Blackboard...

Blackboard Collaborate includes a polling tool that makes it easy to ask your students questions and get responses on the fly. Unlike more...

Whether you're planning on giving an interactive lecture or just providing virtual office hour, at some point you will probably want to push an...

To start using the Collaborate's whiteboard, open the Collaborate panel by clicking the purple button in the lower right corner of your session...

While the SHARE FILES option is an excellent way to share images, PDFs, or static PowerPoint slides with your class, on occasion you may want to...

When teaching a synchronous session, we often want students to work together toward an end goal. We also often want a shareable record of that...

If you are in a Blackboard Collaborate session that is using breakout groups that allow you to switch or select a group, you can add yourself to a...

Whether you are trying to run a Collaborate session or pre-record a lecture for your course, you probably want access to a web camera. IDS has had a...

To find recorded Blackboard Collaborate sessions, navigate to Blackboard Collaborate inside your course (if all else fails, go to TOOLS in the course...