How to use collaboration in 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. Click Join

6. Choose to allow open
participation

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

14. Click Breakouts
and select
secondary chat
room
participants

15. Record, Pause,
Stop, or Insert a
bookmark into a
recording

16. Students can view session recordings from the
collaboration area.

17. Click End
Clicking End will close the
session for all participants.
For more information contact Lisa Hawkins at hawkinsl@cua.edu