{"id":3597,"date":"2014-08-19T16:20:29","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T21:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=3597"},"modified":"2014-08-19T16:20:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T21:20:29","slug":"bb-tip-100-blackboard-collaborate-launcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-100-blackboard-collaborate-launcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Bb Tip #100: Blackboard Collaborate Launcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new Blackboard Collaborate Launcher utility is available for Windows users. A Collaborate Launcher utility was released last summer for Mac users and now the utility is available for Windows users.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/BbCollaborateLauncher.jpg\" title=\"Collaborate Join Room image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/BbCollaborateLauncher.jpg?resize=352%2C370\" alt=\"Calendar\" height=\"370\" width=\"352\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Blackboard Collaborate Launcher simplifies the process for joining Blackboard Collaborate web conferencing sessions and recordings. When you click 'Join Room' on the Room Details page or a recording link in the Recordings table, Blackboard Collaborate checks to see if you have the launcher installed. If you do not, Blackboard Collaborate prompts you to download it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Using the Blackboard Collaborate Launcher:<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt> <\/dt>\n<dd>- When a participant clicks on a session or recording link, Blackboard Collaborate checks to see if you have the launcher installed and, if you don't, prompts you to download it.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt> <\/dt>\n<dd>- When the launcher is installed, clicking a session or recording link triggers the download of a .collab file.  This .collab file will be used to launch your session or recording.\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt> <\/dt>\n<dd>- The launcher download can be done in advance or just prior to attending the Collaborate session.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>Want more information?<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Collaborate Launcher\" href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/en-us\/Learn\/Building_Blocks\/Blackboard_Collaborate\/Instructor\/30_Blackboard_Collaborate_Launcher\">Bb Collaborate Launcher<\/a><br \/>\nVisit the <a title=\"Collaborate On Demand Learning Center\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blackboard.com\/Platforms\/Collaborate\/Services\/On-Demand-Learning-Center\/Web-Conferencing.aspx\">Collaborate On Demand Learning Center<\/a><br \/>\nExplore Blackboard\u2019s <a title=\"On Demand\" href=\"http:\/\/ondemand.blackboard.com\/\">On Demand Learning Center<\/a>.<br \/>\nTry these <a title=\"Bb How-to\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/blackboard-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blackboard How-To documents<\/a>.<br \/>\nVisit the <a title=\"Bb FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/blackboard-faq\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blackboard FAQs<\/a> for additional blackboard information<br \/>\nor <a title=\"Schedule 1-on-1\" href=\"http:\/\/jflorent.youcanbook.me\/\">schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, <a title=\"Send email\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a>, or <br \/>call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Blackboard Collaborate Launcher utility is available for Windows users. A Collaborate Launcher utility was released last summer for Mac users and now the utility is available for Windows users. The Blackboard Collaborate Launcher simplifies the process for joining Blackboard Collaborate web conferencing sessions and recordings. When you click 'Join Room' on the Room <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-100-blackboard-collaborate-launcher\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Bb Tip #100: Blackboard Collaborate Launcher\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[66],"class_list":{"0":"post-3597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blackboard","7":"tag-collaborate","8":"h-entry","9":"hentry","10":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-W1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8773,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/another-great-national-distance-learning-week\/","url_meta":{"origin":3597,"position":0},"title":"Another Great National Distance Learning Week!","author":"Karen Nichols","date":"November 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"by Karen Nichols National Distance Learning Week 2015 has been a whirlwind of free webinars and events across the country and even a few other countries participated as well.\u00a0 I'd like to share with you a few of the webinars I attended that I found interesting and useful. 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