Blackboard Collaborate Accessibility Features

Please perform Audio Set-up Wizard

Blackboard Collaborate Accessibility Features

WELCOME TO TODAYS CLASS!!

Approximately 17 percent (36 million) of American

adults report some degree of hearing loss.

Universities and post-secondary programs must provide

equal access to deaf and hard of hearing students.

Please prepare to use your smartphone for some more

text polling questions.

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When using Blackboard Collaborate, you can use closed

captioning accommodate the needs of deaf students.

To start with youll have to grant yourself permission to

enter close captioning.

And youll have to give permission for your participants

to view and or enter closed captions.

Then open the closed-caption input window to enter text for

captioning. This can also be used to close the CC window

Input closed caption text in this box.You can change the

font, color and size here too.

When youve finished entering closed captioning, be sure

to save your work by selecting the box at the top right.

If you are having difficulties hearing others, or being

heard, check your microphone and speaker levels.

Microphone Level
Speaker Level

Select the circled items to increase or decrease the font

size of the chat text.

Emoticons are added to your chat by clicking on the

smiley face in the right side of the text entry window.

Colon and lower case p

Do you have any questions about the items we discussed

in todays lesson?

Please prepare to use your smartphone for some more

text polling questions.

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THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN CLASS TODAY

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