Moderators can make participants presenters. This means that you can upload, share, edit, and stop sharing content. You can also see hand raise notifications and can lower hands.
Note: You are automatically a presenter in your own group when moderators start breakout groups. To learn more, see Breakout groups.
Collaborate makes it easy to share your knowledge. You can upload content, including PowerPoint® presentations, or share your desktop screen to show more details.
Open the Collaborate panel and select Share Content. Select one of the following share options to start sharing and collaborating with your attendees.
Not sure where the Collaborate panel is? Jump to Find Your Way Around.
You can upload multiple presentations in a session as long as the total file size is 125 MB or less.
Collaborate the whiteboard. Open a blank whiteboard to draw or just jot down notes.
Moderators decide if participants can use the whiteboard and tools along with you during a session.
Share your desktop or a software application to teach students about a particular topic. Whenever you move through the application or desktop, your students automatically follow along.
Use Chrome or Firefox when sharing applications.
>> More on Chrome Desktop Sharing
When you share your desktop or application it is seen by everybody in the live session and anybody viewing the recording later. Make sure to close any windows or applications that you don’t want others to see before starting to share.
Application sharing is not currently supported for screen readers in Class Collaborate. If you are using a screen reader, you can share files and a blank whiteboard with your attendees. You cannot share an application.
The Share camera option gives you the ability to share more than one camera. Share your video and share another camera connected to your computer. Attendees can see you and anything else you want to show. You’re only limited by the number of cameras and USB ports in your computer.
Upload GIF, JPEG, and PNG images, PDF files, or PowerPoint presentations of 60MB or lower to your session. You can upload multiple presentations, however, the total size allowed is 125 MB or lower for any session.
Screen reader users can access text from PowerPoint and PDF files shared in the session. This provides an easy way to follow along as slides change. Moderators and presenters must select Share Files and upload the files to Collaborate for screen readers to access the text.
Select Add Files Here or drag a file into the box to upload it. Select Share Now when you’re ready for students to see the file. Moderators can choose to allow participants to mark up your shared file.
If you are recording your session, allow 8 seconds for the recording to include your shared file before moving on.
When files or a blank whiteboard are shared in a session, you can use annotation tools to edit and mark up the document during the live session. You’ll find the annotation tools at the top of the screen. These tools are available for both the moderator and participant roles unless the moderator turns it off in Session Settings.
Moderators can share an annotated file in the main room with breakout groups.
>> More on sharing files with breakout groups.
Upload a blank file of several pages to use a multi-page whiteboard.
Only moderators and presenters have a pointer.
Attendees can raise their hands any time during your session. They do this to get your attention or ask a question. You can choose to call on them now or close the notification and call on them later.
Turn on notifications for when someone raises their hand. An image of a person raising a hand appears beside attendees with their hand raised. Those attendees are also brought to the top of their role list in the Attendees panel so they aren’t forgotten and are easily found.
You can lower hands from the Attendees panel. Point to the attendee with their hand raised and select Attendees controls. Select Lower hand.
By default you are notified when someone raises their hand. If you do not see or hear hand raise notifications when attendees raise their hands, check your Notification Settings in My Settings.
Only moderators can mute attendees.
Only moderators can record sessions. If you want to record a session, ask your moderator to start and stop the recording.
