Live Classroom in Blackboard allows for: 1) Online synchronous meetings with optional archives for asynchronous users, where participants can share presentations, chat, and use audio; 2) Instructors to create rooms and enable guest access in the room settings; 3) Participants to enter rooms, add presentations, record archives of the sessions, and use tools like chat, emoticons, and raising hands during sessions.

1. Live Classroom
Blackboard 9.1

2. Overview
 Online synchronous meetings
 Optional archive feature for asynchronous users
 Share PPT content
 Text chat or audio interaction
 Emoticons
 Whiteboard

3. Creating a Room
 Go into your course in Blackboard.
 Go to Live Classroom in the left navigation.
 Choose Create Room.

4. Room Settings
 Enter a title and description (optional).
 Leave the default settings for sections 2-4 and 6.
 Open section 5 and enable Guest Access.
 Click Submit.

5. Entering a Room
 You will now see a list of available rooms.
 Click the blue arrow in the Enter column to
enter the room.
 You will be prompted to run the Setup Wizard.

6. Setup Wizard
 Choose Run Wizard.
 Choose Start.
 Continue through the prompts until the end.
 Click Launch.

7. Adding Content
 Choose the import button.
 Browse for the PPT file that you
wish to upload.
 Click Import.
 Once the file is uploaded, close the
window.

8. Creating Archives
 Before you begin your presentation, click the
Archive button to start the recording.
 Wait for the voice alert that states the archive
has started.
 When you are done with your presentation,
click the Archive button again to stop the
recording.

9. Participant Tools
Pointer Archive
Pen Next Slide
Line Import
Shape
Text
Undo
Talk (Ctrl)
Chat
Yes No Raise Hand Emoticons

10. Viewing Archives
 Each archive is labeled with its date.
 By default, the archive in unavailable.
 Make the archive available by clicking the
orange bubble under the Access column.
 The archive can now be viewed by clicking the
Enter arrow.