Blackboard+Collaborate

= **Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate Live!)** =

Communication
[|http://www.blackboard.com/] and [|We Collaborate](user community) Blackboard Collaborate is the Virtual Classroom environment used in SD27 for Rural Secondary classes. The website offers teachers using it a number of supports, including videos, documentation, webinars, and a centralized hub "We Collaborate" for resources.

Educational Uses
The primary use of this tool is as a support for teachers using Blackboard Collaborate with students.

'How to...'
No account set up is necessary to access the resources on the main website. The 'We Collaborate' hub is an independent user community and requires a free account to access the resources located there.

BC Teachers have free access to set up a Blackboard Collaborate room as LearnNowBC has negotiated a contract for free teacher use. Go to [|LearnNowBC] and set up a free account there. Then, there will be a link to allow the creation of a Blackboard Collaborate room.