Collaborate Ultra

*MBA Students during one of their ‘Sprint’ weekends*

What is Collaborate Ultra?

Collaborate Ultra is a synchronous online classroom that enables staff and students to interact in real time. It can be compared to video conferencing platforms such as Teams or Zoom but unlike the other tools it has been specifically designed for education. Feature include the ability to:

see and hear other people in the ‘room’
present slides,
share your screen
ask questions via the collaborate Poll
comunicate via text
record your session

Collaborate interface overview

Video guides

Add your profile image

Add Collaborate Ultra to Moodle

Access recordings via Moodle

Set up individual rooms for students

Communication in breakout rooms

Playing video from within Collaborate

Record your slide presentation as a video

Recording you lecture via a guest link

Archiving COLLABORATE ULTRA RECORDINGS

Collaborate Tips

Tips for guest lecturers invited to use Collaborate for the first time

Turn slides into a PDF
File can’t be more than 60 mb
Collaborate Ultra is not good a playing video/audio. This is best achieved by putting the link into the chat for students to access independently
Log in to your session at least 15 before the start
Use the Chrome browser if possible, otherwise Firefox is also recommended. Other browsers can be used but may have limited functionality.
Where possible check your setup with a UAL staff member prior to your session

Further links

Browser Support

Help for Tutors

Administrators

Create a recordings library in Padlet

The links above will take you to the main Blackboard website. Blackboard are the owners of Collaborate Ultra. Please note that the word Moderator is used to describe the role of the tutor.