BlackBoard Collaborate
To Use Blackboard for the First time:
Step 1: Download the Blackboard Collaborate Online Classroom Launcher
- All newly enrolled families must 1st visit the Blackboard Collaborate Configuration rooms to download the Launcher. Please do this in advance. Click here (yes this is a trustworthy source) for the instructions, or watch the video below.
Step 2: Join your live sessions at the appropriate times:
- After downloading the launcher, students and learning coaches will be able to access the online orientation classroom through class connect. Students cannot access the online classroom until the start time. For directions on how to access class connect and recordings click here or watch the video below.
Step 3: Blackboard Collaborate is our Virtual Classroom:
- You are able to join us in our live classes by using a web-based tool called Blackboard Collaborate other wise referred to as BbC.
- We refer to these classes as our live sessions and they are held by your teachers.
- During your live sessions your teachers teach you about your course lessons.
- Attendance is also taken in the beginning of your live class.
- In order to participate in your classes you will need to know how to use the blackboard tools. Click on the video below to learn more about using blackboard tools.