{"id":654,"date":"2018-02-06T09:24:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T14:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsengage\/?p=654"},"modified":"2018-02-06T09:36:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T14:36:03","slug":"synchronous-online-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsengage\/2018\/02\/06\/synchronous-online-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Synchronous Online Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For synchronous online sessions, GSE has both Blackboard Collaborate and Skype for Business available for faculty\/student use:<\/p>\n<h2>To Use Blackboard Collaborate<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Schedule your Collaborate session through GSE:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">View the GSE Lab\/Classroom Calendars using\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 13px\" title=\"This link will download a file.\" href=\"http:\/\/gse.buffalo.edu\/gsefiles\/documents\/gseit\/GSE-Calendars-Public-Folders-Outlook2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MS Outlook for Windows<i class=\"linkhint-icon linkhint-icon-pdf\" title=\"This link will download a file.\"><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 13px\" title=\"This link will download a file.\" href=\"http:\/\/gse.buffalo.edu\/gsefiles\/documents\/gseit\/GSE-Calendars-Public-Folders-Outlook2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MS Outlook for Mac<i class=\"linkhint-icon linkhint-icon-pdf\" title=\"This link will download a file.\"><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">, or\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 13px\" title=\"This link will download a file.\" href=\"http:\/\/gse.buffalo.edu\/gsefiles\/documents\/gseit\/GSE-Calendars-Public-Folders-Web-Access.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UB Outlook Web Access<i class=\"linkhint-icon linkhint-icon-pdf\" title=\"This link will download a file.\"><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Click on Collaborate Virtual Classroom #1, #2 or #3 to check availability of date\/time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Send an\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 13px\" href=\"mailto:GSE-ELLUMINATE-ADMINS-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU\">email<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">\u00a0and include your name, the course number and title (if applicable), and the dates and times of all the sessions you need.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">GSE IT will verify your registration through e-mail and will provide you with a Moderator and Participant link.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Download the\u00a0<a title=\"This link opens a page in a new window or tab.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0CB8QFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackboard.com%2Fdocs%2Fdocumentation.htm%3FDocID%3D65006PDF&amp;ei=yQ0tVbedH4eYyQS36oGIBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFBdh1pYuVDQoft_YTT7ximqMTFQA&amp;sig2=eotGNftSOasXuZKOLRKpgw&amp;bvm=bv.90790515,d.aWw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getting Started for Moderators Quick Reference Guide<i class=\"linkhint-icon linkhint-icon-external\" title=\"This link opens a page in a new window or tab.\"><\/i><\/a>. This document provides tips on preparing for and conducting a Collaborate session.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:\u00a0<\/strong>Visit the following website for step-by-step directions on how to utilize all of the features of\u00a0<a title=\"This link opens a page in a new window or tab.\" href=\"http:\/\/library.blackboard.com\/ref\/8186b6cd-7e8e-46f9-9551-74ccf99d6fdb\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackboard Collaborate:\u00a0<i>Essentials for Moderators<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong>\u00a0Share the participant link with your students (GSE IT will provide you with this link when you schedule the session) as well as the <a href=\"http:\/\/ed.buffalo.edu\/content\/dam\/gse\/online\/docs\/Blackboard_Collaborate_11-_Participant_QRG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Participant Quick-Start Guide<\/a> and\/or the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1ar-UhtulzE-6LgH9WE7hJ-Z2m_rlr1QqSFdANPndbvc\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collaborate Resources Document<\/a> (see documents below).<\/p>\n<h2>To Use Skype for Business<\/h2>\n<p>UB faculty, staff, and students can initiate and conduct virtual conferences, instant message, make phone conference and video calls, and hold online meetings using Skype for Business. There are a number of resources available\u00a0provided by UBIT to help you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/ubit\/service-guides\/conference\/virtual-conference.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get started using Skype for Business<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"title_2\">For more information and for assistance on how to incorporate either Collaborate or Skype for Business into your teaching contact <a href=\"mailto:gseid@buffalo.edu\">Instructional Design and Development<\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For synchronous online sessions, GSE has both Blackboard Collaborate and Skype for Business available for faculty\/student use: To Use Blackboard Collaborate Step 1: Schedule your Collaborate session through GSE: View&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-instructional-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsengage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsengage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsengage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsengage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/278"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsengage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsengage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":658,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsengage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions\/658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsengage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsengage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsengage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsengage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}