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Making Collaboration Tools Work in your Online Classroom

Making Collaboration Tools Work in your Online Classroom. Troy University eTROY Colloquium April17-18, 2012. Blackboard Collaborate. Troy University enabled Blackboard Collaborate during Term 2 of 2011 Blackboard Collaborate consists of several additional tools Blackboard IM Voice Board

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Making Collaboration Tools Work in your Online Classroom

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  1. Making Collaboration Tools Work in your Online Classroom Troy University eTROY ColloquiumApril17-18, 2012

  2. Blackboard Collaborate • Troy University enabled Blackboard Collaborate during Term 2 of 2011 • Blackboard Collaborate consists of several additional tools • Blackboard IM • Voice Board • Voice Direct • Voice Email • Voice Presentation • Voice Podcaster

  3. Departments Using Collaborate

  4. Course Usage Adult Education American Sign Language (ASL) International Relations World Affairs Public Administration Counseling and Psychology Finite Mathematics History

  5. Incorporation Student Presentations Instructor Lectures Signing /Foreign Language Office Hours Group Meetings Faculty Training Meetings between Departments

  6. 10 Ways to Engage Whiteboard Web Conferencing Recordings in Instant Message Instant Videos, Directly in Chat Customize Clipart Library Insight into Student Activity w/ Page Explorer Load Engaging Activities in Multiple Breakout Rooms Breakout Room Activities Made Simple w/Compound Actions in your Plan Add Closed Captioning Give Your Test a Voice of its Own Voice Podcasts Delivered to Inbox or iTunes Library

  7. Dual Interactive Platforms Troy University runs both Wimba and Blackboard Collaborate Web-Conferencing platforms. TROY has this option only until the end of 2014 Both platforms were enabled February 1, 2012 Due to technical issues Running both platforms allows instructors to choose what interactive tool best fit their needs

  8. Collaborate Issues Participants in Collaborate sessions are unable to call in to attend unless eTROY purchases a separate telephone service that connects with Blackboard Collaborate.  Instructors cannot save archived recordings in other formats without assistance in Collaborate. The creation of Collaborate sessions or archives can only be altered by the individual who created it. Archives disappear from Blackboard Collaborate’s“Previously Recorded” tab after a few days.  Instructors cannot pre-load content into Collaborate eliminating the opportunity to “prep” before class sessions. Unable to send external invites to multiple outside users

  9. Resolved Issues Instructors can pre-load content into Collaborate Classrooms using Publish. Instructors can save archives as MP3 or MP4 using Publish. External Invites to outside users.

  10. Upgrade Blackboard Collaborate announced an update to Collaborate. The release includes: Performance Enhancements Introduction of Russian Translation Audio Translations for existing languages Audible Notifications

  11. What New?Blackboard Service Pack 8

  12. Blackboard SP8 The Troy University Blackboard server will be upgraded to Service Pack 8 during the first week of August. This will require at 2 days of downtime. The Blackboard Outcomes System will be a part of this upgrade. Look for training material coming soon on SP8

  13. Blackboard SP8 New features of SP8 include: Merge Enrollments Multi-Section Management Activity Reports Automated Regrading Negative Marking Goal, Content Alignment, and Course Performance Reports

  14. Blackboard SP8http://troystaging.blackboard.com Login credentials same as production for TROY faculty. You will notice the green banner and bright yellow writing on the Test Server. Test server will be available as a “sandbox” for you to work in SP8 until the upgrade in late July. Look for training information on SP8 coming soon.

  15. Questions??? http://troystaging.blackboard.com

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