How to use collaboration for your BlackBoard course

1. Using the Collaboration Tool

2. All users should arrive in the collaboration

area five minutes in advance to allow time for
collaboration set up
View the training materials to obtain help on

collaboration set up

3. Click on
“Communication”

4. Click on
Collaboration

5.  If you have a toolbar that blocks pop-ups set the blocker to
allow pop-ups
 Choose “Join” in the Collaboration session area
 If a yellow bar appears at the top of the browser screen
asking permission to install a control, allow the installation

7. Chat messages
appear in this area. Type

8. Click on Map
to navigate
the course

9. Click on Course area to
display content in
collaboration area

10. Click on
Whiteboard and
select tools
Equations

11. 1. Click Controls
2. Add Page
3. Choose
page
4. Display

12. 1. Click Group
Browser
2. Type web
address
3. Choose
display
& click Go

13. Ask Questions or check
the Questions Inbox
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14. Students can view session recordings from the
collaboration area.
For more information contact Lisa Hawkins at hawkinsl@cua.edu