What's New in Collaborate for Teaching & Learning

Learn about the latest updates & features in Collaborate

Location

Online

Date & Time

August 16, 2021, 12:00 pm12:30 pm

Description

UMBC offers many tools available for live synchronous engagement in and out of the classroom. Collaborate is tightly integrated into the Blackboard course experience, offering content sharing, active learning tools, audio/video, polling, breakout groups, and more. Over the past 15 months, Collaborate's feature set was updated to enhance the tools you need for teaching and learning. Join this 30-minute session to learn what's changed, including recent summer updates, and what's in development. Stay after for Q&A and demo.

To RSVP for the event, please click “Going” below and be sure to add the event to your calendar!

This webinar will take place in a Blackboard Collaborate virtual conference room. Enter the webinar up to 15 minutes before the start time. Use the "Join Online Event" link above to join the session.

Prior to the event

  1. For the best viewing experience, we recommend using Chrome or Firefox, preferably the most recent updates to those browsers. Closing any unnecessary browser tabs will help conserve your bandwidth.   

  2. If this is your first time joining one of our webinars, please review the Bb Getting Started Guide or our Quick Start Guide for All Users. You will also find additional helpful information for using Blackboard Collaborate at our extensive FAQs.

  3. After joining the session, please configure your audio. Having trouble accessing Collaborate? Please see our Troubleshooting Audio Problems or Networking Issues for Collaborate guides.


At least 5 registrations are needed for this session to proceed as scheduled. The session will be recorded if two or more people attend and the link will be distributed to everyone who registered.