Documentation:Blackboard Collaborate/Instant Messaging/Tips
Tips
Instructors
- Choose the courses where you want to participate using Bb IM by changing your account settings. See Documentation:Blackboard Collaborate/Instant Messaging/Manage Your Bb IM Account
- Create an announcement, and include in your syllabus, that you will be using Bb IM for office and when you will be available.
Your Students
- Can add friends or classmates to their Contacts to keep in touch with them. However, classmates lists will be unavailable after the course has been completed.
- Their group chats and collaborative meetings can have 2 or more participants, while voice and video calls are only one-to-one.
- If they enable Save Chat Logs in the Preferences, they can review conversations with friends.