Using Zoom and Blackboard Collaborate

Some classes will require you to connect remotely to recieve the session content. The following information will help you access the most commonly used applications.

Zoom
Zoom videoconferencing will be used for many of your class activities. All students must use these Setting Up Zoom instructions to make sure they are correctly logged into the Zoom app on their deives. By doing this and by accessing sessions using the Zoom app, Meeting ID and Passcode you will seemlessly be able to be moved into small groups when they are used in class sessions.

Classes will typically have authentication enablesd so you must e logged nto the Zoom app with your Drexel credentials in order to join the Zoom class.

Screen Sharing in a Zoom meeting
We typically allow screen for particpaints. IOS users see this information how to enable screen sharing.

Every Student has a Zoom Account
All students have a Drexel Zoom account which you may find useful to set up your own Zoom meetings with other students, groups and for events. See this PDF guide about Using Zoom to Create Your Own Meetings.

Additional information about Zoom can be found at the Drexel University IT Zoom page

See Zoom's Training page to learn how to use Zoom in a meeting

Blackboard Collaborate
Collaborate Ultra is a realtime, synchronous videoconferencing tool built into Blackboard. Some courses may make Collaborate meetings available and ofter your group in Blackboard may already have the Collaborate tool enabled for your group to use.

See this PDF for how to use Collaborate on your own with your assigned group.

In Blackboard look in the left-hand menu under "My Groups". Expand your group to see any tools available, If Collaborate is available it will say "Collaborate" here. Click on it to open Collabrate in the main window then join your group session.

Additional information about Collaborate can be found at Drexel University IT.