Blackboard Collaborate allows users to upload presentations, but only accepts PowerPoint and OpenOffice presentation files and image files (.gif, .jpg, and .png).
The whiteboard in Blackboard Collaborate only accepts PowerPoint and OpenOffice presentation files and image files (.gif, .jpg, and .png).
Note: Only Moderators have access to Load Content. To give a student the permission to upload view: Grant Moderator Privileges to Participant.
Outside of Blackboard
When uploading a presentation to a Collaborate session outside of Blackboard Learn, click the Moderator link you were provided and follow steps 5 through 8 below. To learn more about using Collaborate outside of Blackboard, see the Blackboard Collaborate On-Demand Learning Center.
Within Blackboard
Before uploading a presentation from within Blackboard:
- Confirm you have scheduled a session in Blackboard.
- Confirm that you have the application installed on your computer that can open the presentation file type (for example, PowerPoint).
- Having Problems with some of your PowerPoint slides? See our article on Solving Problems with PowerPoint on Collaborate.
To upload a presentation from within Blackboard Learn:
- Log into learn.uark.edu with your UARK username and password.
- Open the course.
- Click Collaborate in the Course Menu. If you do not have a Collaborate link in your Course Menu, follow the instructions for creating a link to the Blackboard Collaborate Tool.
- In the Scheduled Sessions section, click the purple icon next to the name of the session you are recording.
- Click Join Room.
Note: If this is your first time using Collaborate, you will be prompted to download and install the Blackboard Collaborate Launcher application.
- When prompted to record, click Close.
- Click Load Content at the top right of the Blackboard Collaborate window.
- Browse to your file and click Open. The images from the presentation will be generated in Blackboard Collaborate and will be available to view.
Notes:
- You must have the application that can open the presentation file installed on the computer from which you are uploading the file (e.g. PowerPoint or OpenOffice). Blackboard Collaborate actually opens the presentation and takes snapshots of the slides. If you have animated transitions they will not work in Blackboard Collaborate.
- You can only import PowerPoint, OpenOffice presentations and image files (.jpg, .gif, and .png only), not files from other presentation applications, or Word documents, or PDFs, etc.