Blackboard Collaborate Ultra - Getting Started (UW-Madison)

For a product overview of Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, please click here.

Moderators/Session Leaders

• Want to know what web conferencing software to use?  Here is a comparison chart for Ultra, Classic, Adobe Connect and Google Hangouts.
• How to create and edit Ultra sessions in your Canvas courses. 
• Getting started with Ultra (Get familiar with layout and features, Use Audio/Video, Telephony, Profile Pic).
• Learn what, and how you can share (Application Sharing, Screen sharing, powerpoint, whiteboard, content editing tools, timer)
• Learn more about Ultra and accessibility (including Live Closed Captioning).
• How to manage participants (including role permissions and session attendance report)
• Some Best Practices for using Ultra.

General Information

• How to access Ultra in Canvas. (Note: Students cannot set up Ultra web conferencing sessions, they can only join conferences set up by their instructors)
• How to access Ultra in via My UW
  
• How to access Ultra from a mobile device
• Web Browsers that support Ultra. (Chrome works best)
• Getting Started with Ultra (Audio/video set up, Profile pictures, Finding your way around, and Ultra tools and features).
• For step-by-step instructions on how to call into an Ultra session, please click here.
• For a quick-reference sheet of best practices for using Ultra, please click here. 
• If you are experiencing any technical problems with Ultra, click here for trouble shooting and to get help.

See Also:

• Blackboard Collaborate Original - Master Document (UW-Madison)