This workshop will provide an opportunity to explore how Blackboard Collaborate can be used to - Engage today’s learners and enrich their learning; Share ideas, tips and best practices on how it can make a difference.

1. Effective use of Blackboard
Collaborate
Mark Bailye
Customer Success Manager, ANZ

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Inform, inspire & innovate
Initiatives to drive dialogue, engagement and deeper adoption of Blackboard
2017
Creation a community of
learning designers
Regional hands-on
workshops/events
Webinars focused on
hot topics
Communicate and
recognise best practice
Capture and share
customer success stories
Roll out of a new
“TEL Discovery” toolkit

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This workshop will provide an
opportunity to explore how
Blackboard Collaborate can be
used to
• Engage today’s learners and
enrich their learning
• Share ideas, tips and best
practices on how it can make a
difference
Overview
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Your opinion matters
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Using Bb Collaborate
Must
• Needs good structure and clear purpose (Bodey, Ravaga & Sloan 2016)
• Identify participants and provide useful content to motivate
collaborative and interactive learning (Brindley et al. 2009)
Benefits
• Interaction, connectedness and support for course content including
assessment (Bodey, Ravaga & Sloan 2016)
Otherwise
• Could become a clunky environment without the technical
proficiency of participants (Yamagata-Lynch 2014)

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Polling
2 Minutes
The version of Bb Collaborate I
use most of the time is
1. Original
2. Ultra

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Bb Collaborate
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Hands-on Workshop
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Features & tools
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5 Minutes
How many Bb Collaborate
features & tools can you list?

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Sharing tips & best practices
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Use of Bb Collaborate
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10 Minutes
How is Bb Collaborate being
used at your institution?

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Using Bb Collaborate
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15 Minutes
Using the tools & features
Create a learning design that
incorporates Bb Collaborate

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During a Bb Collaborate session
Sharing tips & best practices

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Breakout Groups
20 Minutes
Innovative session
Select a tool
• Tips
• Examples
Sharing tips & best practices

15. 15
Chat
5 Minutes
If you had to write a tweet about
this session, what would you
write?

16. Collaborate APAC Community
APAC Collaborate Technical Preview Group
• All Collaborate clients are welcome
• Technical Preview account with access to beta features for
preview/testing
• Commencing 15 March (Wednesday)
• Agenda:
o Upcoming release plans
o Roadmap prioritisation / Design reviews
o Community insights
APAC User Group
• Leader: Lauren Hives (Bond)

17. Collaborate APAC Community
Collaborate Cohort
• Collaborate Classic clients planning a pilot/production
deployment of Collaborate Ultra
• 4-week online program
• Agenda
o Content to support your planning/transition to Collaborate Ultra
Communication & Adoption ToolKit
• @ Blackboard Help site