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Blackboard Collaborate

Launch Blackboard Collaborate

  1. Log into Blackboard
  2. Open Course
  3. Click Tools (on the left-hand menu)
    Blackboard Collaborate
  4. Click Blackboard Collaborate Ultra to schedule and join web conferencing sessions and view recorded archives.

Create a Session

  1. Follow the launch instructions above
  2. Click the Create Session button
    Collaborate Create Session

Blackboard Collaborate Etiquette

Best Practices for a Good Session

Blackboard Course Banner Images

You can make a very nice banner graphic or "header" for your course, to display at the top of the Announcements page. NOTE: If this image isn't formatted correctly, it will not display correctly if a user views their courses in the Blackboard tile view. 
 

Blackboard Discussions

Online discussions provide unique benefits.  Because students can take time to ponder before they post ideas, you may see more thoughtful conversations.  You can observe as students demonstrate their grasp of the material and correct misconceptions.  You can extend your student hours and reach students more often during the week so that learning is continuous.

Blackboard Email

The email tool allows you to send email to other people in your course without launching a separate email program, such as Gmail, Hotmail, or Yahoo. You can send email to individual users or to groups of users.

Blackboard Email Blocked on Student Accounts

How to check for blocks in email preferences: 

Undo an email block on donotreply@blackboard.com & do-not-reply@eku-live.blackboard.com & do-not-reply@eku.edu  

Blackboard Enrollment/Login Change

How employees will be enrolled in Blackboard now

Blackboard Tool Availability

Tool Availability in Blackboard Courses

To use any of the tools listed below in your Blackboard site, you must first enable the item(s) on your Tool Availability page. It’s easy: On your course menu, open Customization > Tool Availability. Scroll to the item and check the box(es). Click the Submit button to complete your work.

Blackboard Training Videos

Staff at EKU have put together a number of training and tutorial videos for a variety of topics in Blackboard.  These videos are often interactive, and work on both computers and mobile devices. 

Created by EKU Information Technology:

Attendance Tool - This training covers use of the Attendance tool available in all Blackboard courses

Blackboard: Instructor Basics QUICK START guide

Quick Start Guide for new Faculty Blackboard users at EKU.

Blackboard: Student Basics QUICK START guide

Quick Start Guide for students new to Blackboard

Change Course Name in Blackboard

Renaming a Current Course

Follow these steps to change the course name that is displayed on My Courses for you and your students:

Change Teams Ringtone

Issue: I want to change the ringtone in Microsoft Teams

Resolution:

Chat (Instant Message) a co-worker or co-workers

This knowledgebase article covers how to chat or IM a co-worker/co-workers

Check Mac Office Version

ISSUE: Check what version of Mac Office on computer

RESOLUTION:

Check Mac OS Version

This page is to find out what MacOS you are running.

Check Your Financial Aid

This article discusses how to check your financial aid with myEKU.

Checking Email Rules - myMail

Issue: I need to check my email rules to see if someone had hacked me or I need to edit/delete those I have set.

Product: EKU Student myMail system

Resolution:

Rules allow you to move, flag, and respond to email messages automatically. You can also use rules to play sounds, move messages to folders, or display new item alerts.

Checking Email Rules - Outlook/OWA

Issue: I need to check my email rules to see if someone had hacked me or I need to edit/delete those I have set.

Product: EKU faculty Outlook

Resolution:

Rules allow you to move, flag, and respond to email messages automatically. You can also use rules to play sounds, move messages to folders, or display new item alerts.

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