Collaboration

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.

This knowledgebase article covers scheduling a Teams meeting within Outlook

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

Best Practices for a Good Session

Support from Blackboard Help

Launch Blackboard Collaborate

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

IT Training Video

File and Data Storage

OneDrive  (Install on PC)

Your Account Credentials

You will authenticate your Office 365 account like you do your G Suite for Education account, with your full EKU email address and password:

File and Data Storage, Archiving, and Backup

• Google Drive  (Install on PC)
• Google Vault

Collaboration Apps

• Google Docs
• Google Sheets
• Google Slides
• Google Forms

Your Account Credentials

You will authenticate your G Suite account like you do your Office 365 account, with your full EKU email address and password:

Signing In

Open www.google.com and be sure you are logged out of any other Google accounts by clicking the icon in the top-right corner and choosing the Sign out button.  If you do not have that, you are not currently logged into a consumer Google or G Suite for Education account.