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The Interaction Bar - My Status, Share Audio, Video and Raise Hand

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The Interaction Bar - My Status, Share Audio, Video and Raise Hand

Mar 12, 2020

Introduction

The Interaction Bar consists of icons for:

  • My Status and Settings

  • Share Audio

  • Share Video

  • and Raise Hand

It is one of the most important areas of the Blackboard Collaborate Ultra workspace, as from here, moderators can share audio and video, control session settings and provide feedback.

Table of contents

 

My Status and Settings

Selecting your profile image at the bottom of the screen (highlighted with the red circle below) opens the My Status and Settings panel.

My Settings

To open the My Settings link:

  1. Select your profile image:



  2. Select the My Settings icon (highlighted in red below)



  3. This will reveal the Collaborate panel and opens the settings for the session. From here the Moderator can change the Session Settings, Audio and Visual Settings and Notification Settings. (More information on the Collaborate Panel can be found on the Collaborate Panel page)

Attendance Status

Using the Attendance Status button, Moderators can quickly toggle their status from Available to Away. It’s a useful way of letting participants that you’ve been pulled away from session and will be unable to respond. Your audio will be muted while you are away and reenabled when you re-join the session.

  1. Select your profile image:



  2. Select the Attendance Status button (highlighted in red below) to toggle your status between Available and Away.



  3. When you toggle the Away button the following will be seen on screen:



  4. Selecting the I’m back button will send an alert to all participants that you have returned.

Instant Feedback links

The Instant Feedback links are a method of providing quick on-screen feedback to Participants. The feedback options are, Happy, Surprised, Faster, Slower, Sad, Confused, Agree and Disagree.

  1. Select your profile image:



  2. Select any of the Instant Feedback buttons (highlighted in red below) to provide quick feedback on the session.



  3. When you select an Instant Feedback link a Feedback icon is displayed to all participants next to your profile image. For example, if you select the Happy instant feedback button, a smiley emoticon is displayed:



    The Feedback icon will disappear automatically after 30 seconds.

Network Status link

The Network Status link is a useful on-screen tool for diagnosing connection issues. Just like your mobile phone, the stronger your network connection the more bars you will see, the slower your connection speed the fewer bars you will see. The Network Status link is also colour coded. Strong connections will be shown in green, while weak connections will be amber or red.

To check your current Network Status:

  1. Select your profile image:



  2. Roll your mouse pointer over the Network Status link (highlighted in red below)



  3. And a detailed Network Status panel will become visible: