Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is a video conferencing software designed to facilitate live meetings in which presentations and collaboration within the preexisting Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS) ecosystem. While this tool is relatively newer, our staff has worked with this software for several semesters, and are familiar with the many tools it can provide for distance learning:

• Live, real-time screen sharing: hosts can choose to share their screen with all attendees in order to present topics and documents such as PowerPoints, PDFs, quizzes and assignments, and even videos
• Recording: users have the option to record their meetings for later viewing, in videos that are stored in a cloud unique to each user.
• Attendance tracking: a list of participants can be seen during the meeting, and can be accessed afterwards for accurate attendance records.
• Participant controls: a host has the ability to mute individual or all attendees if there is disruptive noise interfering with the lecture, and suspending or expelling a user from a meeting can also be done when necessary.

E-mail us to schedule an appointment for Blackboard Collaborate Ultra video conferencing training via alfonzo.lewis@ctstate.edu