Also just to note that the new building block is only for Blackboard Learn 9.1 October 2014 and Blackboard Learn SaaS. (see https://blackboard.secure.force.com/btbb_articleview?id=kA070000000PQf8)

 

If you are on any earlier version including April 2014 then you will have to still setup Ultra sessions in the SAS portal and not in Learn

 

There are no plans to back-port New Collab to work with the April 2014 release.  

 

Rob Howe

Head of Learning Technology (ALT Team of the year 2014)

Library and Learning Services

The University of Northampton

(01604) 892483

 

Learning Technology - http://blogs.northampton.ac.uk/learntech/2014/10/10/who-are-the-learntech-team/

 

From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of MURRAY M.R.
Sent: 09 September 2015 14:08
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: collaborate ultra building block

 

Be careful about exactly which version of the Collaborate Building block you use. I have posted at some length about this on the Bb Community site, but basically the latest building block allows you to define three options when staff and students click on the Collaborate tool within a course:

 

1. Everyone gets classic (java)

2. Everyone gets ultra (HTML5, but still feature-thin)

3. No access

4. By default everyone gets Classic, but you can specify a list of courses (delightful UI of course) that should get ultra instead, or no access.

 

Note the choice applies to everyone on the course and is made by the sys admin.

 

We haven’t experienced the problems that others described of being prompted to enter your name and address when entering the room via a link in Blackboard, unless you are using the mobile app and simply enter the URL to the room.

Clicking the buttons within Blackboard launches Ultra knowing who we are.

 

Malcolm.

 

Dr Malcolm Murray  FRGS FHEA CMALT PG Cert

 

eLearning Manager - Computing and Information Services  |  Honorary Fellow - School of Education

Durham University  |  South Road  |  Durham  |  DH1 3LE |  UK  |  http://tinyurl.com/wrtlrng  |  @malcolmmurray

 

On 9 Sep 2015, at 12:19pm, David Callaghan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 

Hi Mark / Jim / all

 

We’re just testing it now.

 

Question for all: Please let me know if you would like to be involved in a wider test of Collaborate Ultra – ideally I’d like 10 or so colleagues from institutions across the UK and beyond to get into a session to test out all the features – perhaps tomorrow or anytime next week?  Our initial testing revealed issues with

-          needing to enter your name on entering the rooms;

-          sometimes not being able to application share;

-          audio dropping out.

 

Re: Ultra vs Classic: The administrator can choose to have all Ultra, all Classic, cherry pick which one you want, or no Collaborate at all.  This was further confused no UK language pack, instead having to choose this one:

 

‘???disable.building.block.for.courses.use.collaborate.ultra???;

 

So – please, if you can spare 20 mins or so to give the new system a wider test please get back to me.


Very kindest regards

David

 

 

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From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark Gamble
Sent: 09 September 2015 10:35
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: collaborate ultra building block

 

We have it. It allows the sys owner to select whether or not everyone goes to Collab Ultra or just selected shells. It seems to work!

-- 

Regards

Mark

 

Mark Gamble, MSc BA CertEd FHEA

Head of Learning Technology, Centre for Learning Excellence (Rm D006)

University of Bedfordshire, University Square, Luton, LU1 3JU

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From: bbuk <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of "Turner, James" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: bbuk <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, 9 September 2015 10:25
To: bbuk <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: collaborate ultra building block

 

Hi

Has anyone installed the new collaborate building block

Can you confirm that this building block installation means that staff and students can or can't access the 'classic' version of blackboard? Or does it allow both version to be used

 

('classic' as in coke classic and not coke ultra)

Jim

 

 

 

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