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Embed & Collaborate in Bb with Office 365 & Google Files

Transform your Blackboard courses with cloud resources

Location

Online

Date & Time

January 9, 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

How can you ensure students have the most current materials in your course? What collaborative opportunities with cloud documents could you leverage for students to provide deeper engagement with course content? 

Managing certain types of files in Blackboard can be a cumbersome experience for resources that change often between semesters -- for example, a syllabus, course schedule, assignment instructions. Fortunately, new Blackboard tools allow faculty to seamlessly embed cloud files from Google Workspace and/or Microsoft OneDrive. Additionally, instructors can create collaborative Google or Microsoft documents, spreadsheets, and presentations to support student learning, allowing multiple users to edit a document for a team project or work on a shared presentation.

Discover how to leverage these tools with your courses and students in this 30-minute overview and demo. 

Session objectives:
  • Review the benefits of integrating cloud-created resources in your Ultra course
  • Link to cloud-created resources from Google Workspace and/or Microsoft OneDrive
  • Create collaborative documents to facilitate student interaction and engagement
  • Facilitate real-time collaboration among students using Google Workspace and/or Microsoft OneDrive
This session will be facilitated by Instructional Technology staff. 

Participants who register at least 24 hours before the session will have an opportunity to experience the tools in a live demo.


To RSVP for the event, please click “Going” below and be sure to add the event to your calendar! Registered participants will also receive a calendar invitation from the event host at least one week before the event.

At least 5 registrations are needed for this session to proceed as scheduled. The session will be recorded if two or more people attend and the link will be distributed to everyone who registered.

JOINING THE SESSION

This webinar will take place in a Blackboard Collaborate virtual conference room. Enter the webinar up to 15 minutes before the start time. Visit the myUMBC Event post and select the "Join Online Event" button to join the Collaborate session.

Prior to the Event

  1. For the best viewing experience, we recommend using Chrome or Firefox, preferably the most recent updates to those browsers. Closing any unnecessary browser tabs will help conserve your bandwidth.  

  2. If this is your first time joining one of our webinars, please review the Bb Getting Started Guide or our Quick Start Guide for All Users. You will also find additional helpful information for using Blackboard Collaborate at our extensive FAQs.

  3. After joining the session, please configure your audio. Having trouble accessing Collaborate? Please see our Troubleshooting Audio Problems or Networking Issues for Collaborate guides.

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