{"id":4752,"date":"2016-02-08T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/?p=4752"},"modified":"2016-02-05T11:48:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T11:48:40","slug":"collaborate-ultra-improved-features-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/2016\/02\/08\/collaborate-ultra-improved-features-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborate Ultra: Improved Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #999999\"><em>Look who\u2019s talking\u00a0&#8230;\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On Saturday 20th February the web conferencing system,<strong> Blackboard Collaborate Ultra<\/strong> will be updated to ensure all Learning Edge users have the latest feature updates and of course to squash those pesky bugs!<\/p>\n<p>Lets dig in to the top 3\u00a0improvements:<\/p>\n<h1>1) \u201cSee who is speaking &#8230;\u201d<\/h1>\n<p>Microphone icons now appear next to the names of those speaking \u2013 outlined below in orange:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2016\/02\/cu1.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4754\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4754\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2016\/02\/cu1-1024x529.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2016\/02\/cu1-1024x529.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2016\/02\/cu1-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2016\/02\/cu1-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2016\/02\/cu1-500x258.png 500w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2016\/02\/cu1.png 1476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2016\/02\/c2.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4755\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4755 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2016\/02\/c2-150x150.png\" alt=\"c2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2) See when you are \u201cOn Air\u201d: If others can see your video there will be a small \u2018Eye\u2019 icon at the top of your preview window:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2016\/02\/c3.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4756\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4756\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2016\/02\/c3-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3) Feedback about participants having connectivity issues \u2013 visual and text information such as \u201cJoining \u2026\u201d and \u201cError, redialing \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For details about these and all the other improvements &#8211; please\u00a0click here to see the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en-us.help.blackboard.com\/Collaborate\/Ultra\/Administrator\/010_Release_Notes\/Release_Notes_2016_02\" target=\"_blank\">Blackboard&#8217;s Release Notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2011\/06\/David_Callaghan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-230 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2011\/06\/David_Callaghan.jpg\" alt=\"David_Callaghan\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>David Callaghan<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Learning Technology Development O<\/em><i>fficer (FoE)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PS &#8211;\u00a0if you or your students need overview of Ultra here is an excellent series of\u00a0short screencasts from\u00a0Blackboard: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UWX2kRazC-s?list=PLontYaReEU1thrYkZR4tynKpyvuTB_dkD\" target=\"_blank\">Collaborating in Blackboard Collaborate<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look who\u2019s talking\u00a0&#8230;\u00a0 On Saturday 20th February the web conferencing system, Blackboard Collaborate Ultra will be updated to ensure all Learning Edge users have the latest feature updates and of course to squash those pesky bugs! 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