how to use breakout groups in blackboard collaborate ultra

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Setting up breakout groups in Blackboard Collaborate Ultra To set up breakout groups, go to the Sharing tab at the bottom of the right-hand panel. Click on Breakout Groups at the bottom.

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How do I set up breakout groups in Blackboard Collaborate?

Dec 15, 2020 · You can mimic the in class small group discussion experience with breakout groups, encourage critical thinking, and allow for students to build community and get to know one another in the online environment by using breakout groups! Blackboard has great instructions for using Breakout Groups within Collaborate.

How to create breakout groups in Microsoft Teams?

If you can move between groups, open the Attendees panel, select Join group beside the group you want to join. Watch a video about breakout groups The following un-narrated video provides a visual representation of some of the information included on this page.

How do I set up breakout rooms and breakout groups?

Breakout Groups Using Breakout Groups in Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. Starting a breakout group. You can choose to have Collaborate create and randomly assign breakout groups for you. Or you... Sharing files to a breakout group. If ...

How do I share a file with a breakout group?

May 15, 2020 · Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is the web conferencing tool available in all Blackboard courses at UMass Boston. ... Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is the web conferencing tool available in all ...

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How do you use breakout groups in Blackboard Collaborate Ultra?

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How do you pre assign breakout rooms in Blackboard Collaborate?

Inform students to remember Group number. Navigate to Bb Collaborate. Navigate to Breakout Groups in Bb Collaborate....When you are in your live Bb Collaborate session create the Breakout Groups:If not open, select the purple tab to open the Collaborate panel.Navigate to "Share Content".Select "Breakout Groups".Aug 27, 2021

How do I make multiple groups in Blackboard?

0:277:28Creating Groups in Blackboard - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipClick users and groups to expand its options. Then click the group's link click the heighth courseMoreClick users and groups to expand its options. Then click the group's link click the heighth course menu arrow to increase the viewable area of the group's. Page. You can create groups individually.

What are breakout groups?

Breakout groups are used as a large group discussion technique designed to increase participation. During a large meeting or workshop, the facilitator may assign the group to work in smaller teams to answer a question or tackle a specific challenge.

Random assignment

You can choose the number of groups. How many options you have depends on the number of attendees in the session. Blackboard will distribute attendees based on there being at least two in each group, so if you have four attendees you will only have the option of two groups, with two people in each.

Custom assignment

Custom groups will take longer to set up because, unless you let participants switch groups, you or another moderator will need to drag and drop each participant into the required group. This may be okay for small numbers, but would take a lot of time with a large group.

Renaming groups

Simply click on Group 1, Group 2 etc. in your list of groups and type the new name.

Saving information and ending breakout groups

Breakout groups are temporary structures; once you end breakout groups you will lose the participant lists, the group names and anything that is being shared on screen in the group (for example, whiteboard drawings).

Information for students

Our guide for students has a section on breakout groups which includes instructions for students on how to join a custom group, share files and save their group whiteboard.

Further information for staff

For step-by-step guidance on using Blackboard Collaborate, see our article Delivering webinars: Guides for using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra.

What can you do in breakout groups?

Breakout groups are designed for group collaboration. Every attendee in the group is a presenter. This means that all group members can share the whiteboard, files, and applications with the rest of their group.

Move to another group

Moderators can move themselves between groups any time. Moderators must give you permission to move yourself to another group.

Watch a video about breakout groups

The following un-narrated video provides a visual representation of some of the information included on this page. For a detailed description of what is portrayed in the video,

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Random Assignment

  • You can choose the number of groups. How many options you have depends on the number of attendees in the session. Blackboard will distribute attendees based on there being at least two in each group, so if you have four attendees you will only have the option of two groups, with two people in each. If you have six attendees, you can have two groups of three or three groups of tw…
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Custom Assignment

  • Custom groups will take longer to set up because, unless you let participants switch groups, you or another moderator will need to drag and drop each participant into the required group. This may be okay for small numbers, but would take a lot of time with a large group. One way around this is enable the ‘Allow students to switch groups’ option (this option is also available in rando…
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Saving Information and Ending Breakout Groups

  • Breakout groups are temporary structures; once you end breakout groups you will lose the participant lists, the group names and anything that is being shared on screen in the group (for example, whiteboard drawings). Therefore if you want to use the same groups more than once, ask students to return to the main room withoutending the breakout groups. They can then go b…
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Information For Students

  • Our guide for studentshas a section on breakout groups which includes instructions for students on how to join a custom group, share files and save their group whiteboard.
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Further Information For Staff

  • For step-by-step guidance on using Blackboard Collaborate, see our article Delivering webinars: Guides for using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. Photo by Tirachard Kumtanomfrom Pexels
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