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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 moderators 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. Slide 2 Climb Into the Pilots Seat! Lets 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. Slide 3 Please share your location & what you will be teaching. *Click Talk to turn on and again to turn off Introducing ourselves Slide 4 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, IVE NEVER USED ANY OF THESE Quick Poll Slide 5 Meet the Moderators Claudia Ruiz Instructional Technology Assistant Director claudia.ruiz@saintleo.edu 352-588-7542 Darcy Goshorn Instructional Technologist darcy.goshorn@saintleo.edu 352-588-8458 Slide 6 What Are We Going To Do Today? Get Ready to teach in an Internet Connected Classroom with Blackboards Collaborate Practice the habit of a Start-Up Routine Orient ourselves to the classroom environment Explore available Communication Tools Explore available Collaboration Tools Slide 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 Slide 8 Links to Your Virtual Classroom INSTRUCTOR LINK STUDENT LINK Slide 9 Connection Speed CHECK YOUR CONNECTION SPEED AFTER THE SESSION STARTS: PC: TOOLS > PREFERENCES > SESSION CONNECTION MAC: COLLABORATE > PREFERENCES > SESSION CONNECTION Slide 10 Moderator Interface Slide 11 Audio Setup Wizard Slide 12 Telephony Slide 13 Collaborate on an iPad Slide 14 Collaborate on a Smartphone Slide 15 User Profiles Create a User Profile Edit > Preferences > My Profile Profiles Display in: Audio/Video Panel (in lieu of webcam) Participants Panel Moderator must grant permission for all profiles to be shown Tools > Profile > Show Profiles of > Everyone Slide 16 Panels Slide 17 Panel Layout Options Slide 18 Global Permissions Slide 19 Activity & Status Indicators Slide 20 Participants Options Slide 21 Individual Participant Options Slide 22 SHORT CUT TO TELEPHONY VIDEO SCREEN VIDEO BUTTON CLICK TO TURN ON, CLICK AGAIN TO TURN OFF AUDIO CONTROLS FOR MIC AND HEADPHONES MICROPHONE BUTTON... CLICK TO TURN ON, CLICK AGAIN TO TURN OFF Audio & Video PREVIEW YOUR VIDEO SHORT CUT TO AUDIO WIZARD Slide 23 Audio & Video Options Slide 24 Simultaneous Talkers Slide 25 Transmit Live Video Steps Open the Audio & Video panel Click the Video button or Preview button. Slide 26 Video Tips & Tricks Dont use monitor as light source Desk lamp as light source Soft background lighting Bounce lamp light off wall Decrease monitor brightness. Clean background White shirt How to Improve Your Cheapo Webcams Picture Quality www.bit.ly/cleanwebcam Slide 27 Sending a Chat Slide 28 Sending Private Chat Slide 29 Private Chat tabs Slide 30 Collaboration Tool Bar Slide 31 Load Content to Whiteboard 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 Be sure that Powerpoint is not running! Slide 32 Whiteboard Navigation Add Page Clear Page Delete Page Slide 33 Advanced Whiteboard Options Protect Whiteboard (Disable Whiteboard Downloads) Show Page Count (Instead of just titles) Show Participant Page Names (Know whose slides are whose!) Slide 34 Follow Option & Explore Mode Slide 35 Whiteboard Tools Slide 36 Lets Practice! Pointer Slide 37 More Practice TYPE THE NAME OF YOUR FAVORITE BOOK, THEN HIGHLIGHT ONE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ Slide 38 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 Slide 39 Lets 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. Slide 40 Student Engagement in Action! Slide 41 Recording Recording Started Slide 42 Links to Recorded Sessions Slide 43 Polling Slide 44 Polling Control Slide 45 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.Im a pro. No problem. B.Sure thing. C.Ill give it a shot. D.If I do, can I have a pay raise? E.Whats a Blackboard Collaborate?! Slide 46 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. Slide 47 More Nonverbal Feedback Tools Slide 48 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 Slide 49 Application Sharing: Single App SHARING A LARGE 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 PROBLEM: ONCE APPLICATION SHARING HAS STARTED, IT IS DIFFICULT TO RESIZE THE APPLICATION. Slide 50 Application Sharing: Desktop Stop Application Sharing Pause Application Sharing Send a Screen Snapshot to the Whiteboard Slide 51 Manually Adjusting the Shared Portion Slide 52 Application Sharing: Granting Control & Previewing Slide 53 Stopping Application Sharing Slide 54 Show Us Your Application Sharing (& Paint) Skills! Slide 55 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 Breakout Rooms Slide 56 Creating Breakout Rooms Slide 57 Moving Yourself & Others Slide 58 Copying Whiteboard Pages Main Room Breakout Rooms Slide 59 Copying Whiteboard Pages Breakout Rooms Main Room Slide 60 Breakout Activity Management Slide 61 WE WILL BE SENDING YOU TO THE BREAKOUT ROOMS FOR ABOUT 4 MINUTES Exploring Breakout Rooms 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. Slide 62 Word Scramble HINT: Use the Text whiteboard tool Slide 63 How Did Everyone Do? Slide 64 Web Tour Slide 65 Scavenger Hunt 65 Slide 66 WHEN YOU SAVE YOUR WHITEBOARD SLIDES, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU SAVE THEM IN.PDF FORMAT Saving Your Whiteboard as a separate file Slide 67 CHAT CONVERSATIONS WILL NEED TO BE SAVED IN A.TXT FORMAT Saving Your Chat Text as a separate file Slide 68 Now What? Slide 69 Lets 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. Slide 70 You Are Photo by The 621st Contingency Response Wing, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Cleared for Take-off! NEXT STEPS You will receive an e-mail link to a survey to rate this orientation. You will receive an e-mail when your v.12 virtual classroom is ready with the links. You will receive an e-mail 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.