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How to join a Blackboard Collaborate session


Depending on the session and moderator, you can join a session directly from a web link, from your course and from your phone.

  • From a weblink: Your moderator has sent you a link to join the session. Open the link in your browser. Blackboard Collaborate is at the top of the screen. It mentions what session you are joining and there is a place for you to type your name. Select Join Session after typing your name.
  • From your course: Open Collaborate from inside your course. It opens in your learning management system.
  • From the Blackboard app: You can launch sessions from the Blackboard app when links are provided in your courses.
Collaborate sessions visible on a large monitor, laptop screen, and mobile device.

A moderator may give you a link to join a session. This link may give you participant, presenter, or moderator privileges. Your role in the session depends on the session moderator.

More on session roles

Join session page has the session name, a place to type your name, and a Join Session button.

Open the link in your browser. For the best Blackboard Collaborate experience with your screen reader use ChromeTM and JAWS on a Windows® system. On a Mac® use Safari® and VoiceOver.

After the page loads, type your name and select Join Session.

If this is your first time joining the session, complete the audio and video set up and add a profile picture. If enabled, you can also use the telephony feature to communicate with other users.

Mobile device users can"t use teleconference for audio communications when they join a session from the app. This is because the app uses the session audio by default.

From your courseCollaborate session list inside of a course. The first session is always the course room.


Instructors may schedule Collaborate sessions in their courses. It"s up to them what the sessions are for. It could be one-on-one sessions, class lectures, or a place for you to host group study sessions.

Go to Collaborate in your course. Select the session name and select the join option.

If offered by your institution, you can use the phone number to join the session anonymously. To learn more, see Join sessions from your phone.

Join from a Blackboard Learn course

Join from another course

Join sessions from tools in the Original experience of Learn. Join from the Join session link under the course Details & Actions area of a course in the Ultra experience.












Blackboard Learn

 

Collaborate scheduler menu that includes user profile, sessions, and recordings.












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