Moderating a Collaborate Ultra Session
This article provides instructors with ways to engage students in Collaborate Ultra and best practices for moderating a session.
In Collaborate Ultra, there are many ways to engage with your students in real time.
- Interact with students using audio and video
- Collaborate with students using a whiteboard
- Share your desktop or an application on your computer
- Share PowerPoint, PDF, or image files
- Play a video for your students (Chrome only)
- Use the polling feature to ask questions
- Monitor your students' participation through the Attendees list
- Put students into breakout groups
- Allow your students to share content as presenters
Best Practices for Moderating a Collaborate Ultra Session
- Use a desktop or laptop (not a mobile device) to access the session as a moderator
- Review in your session the tips for a good experience using Collaborate Ultra
- Share with students the Student Guide to Collaborate Ultra
- Monitor your students network connection to recognize issues
- Mute attendees when they are not speaking to reduce background noise
- Record all sessions for students who cannot attend
- Access an attendance report for the session
- Support your students with Collaborate Ultra