How to Get Blackboard Collaborate Up and Running in Safari
How to Get Blackboard Collaborate Up and Running in Safari Some things to consider before you begin to setup Blackboard Collaborate: These steps were ...
How to Get Blackboard Collaborate Up and Running in Safari Some things to consider before you begin to setup Blackboard Collaborate: These steps were created through the use of Safari 7. If you have an older or newer version of Safari then your experience may be slightly different but in general things should be the same. Your experience may also be slightly different depending on your security settings and if you have any plug-ins already installed. There will be different security prompts and maybe some pop-up blocker prompts as you go through this process. Since we trust D2L and Blackboard Collaborate, always choose the positive or affirmative action for each prompt. Since we trust D2L and Blackboard Collaborate it is okay to allow pop-ups from both of them. You will need JAVA in order to open and run Blackboard Collaborate. If this is not your first time entering a Blackboard Collaborate online room then you might not see as many prompts and pop-ups as the directions below show.
Follow the steps below in order to properly join and setup a room in Blackboard Collaborate: 1. Login to D2L and select the course you would like to use Blackboard Collaborate in
2. Go to the Communications tab and select Online Rooms
3. Click on Join next to the Online Room you would like to use Blackboard Collaborate in
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4. If you click on Join and nothing happens then Safari is probably set to block pop ups. You can fix this by clicking on Safari and then Preferences. 1. Click Safari
2. Click Preferences
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5. When Safari Preferences opens click on Security and then uncheck the box in front of “Block pop-up windows.” Then close out of Safari Preferences. If nothing happens then click on Join again. 1. Click Security
3. Close out of Safari Preferences 2. Uncheck this box
6. A Blackboard Collaborate window should open. Now you need to download the Blackboard Collaborate Launcher. Make sure in the dropdown menu you select Mac if you are on a Mac computer and Windows if you are on a Windows computer. Then click Download.
1. Select Mac or Windows
2. Click Download
7. Once the download is complete go into your downloads and open the Blackboard Collaborate Launcher file by double clicking on it. Please note that depending on which version of Safari you have and how your settings are set up you may need to access your downloads in a different way than the picture below.
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Double click this file to open it
8. A prompt will come up asking if you are sure you want to open Blackboard Collaborate Launcher, click Open.
9. Another prompt will come up asking if you want to move Blackboard Collaborate Launcher to your Applications folder. It is up to you if you want to move it but you do not have to. Click on “Move to Applications Folder” if you would like to move it or click on “Do No Move” if you do not want to move it. You can check the box next to “Do not show this message again” if you do not want to see this prompt the next time you open Blackboard Collaborate.
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Check this box to never see this prompt again
Click here if you do not want to move it to your Applications folder
Click here to move it to your Applications folder
10. A Blackboard Collaborate Launcher prompt will come up. Close out of this prompt and close out of the Blackboard Collaborate window. Then click Join again next to the room you want to join.
1. Close out of this prompt
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2. Close out of the Blackboard Collaborate Window and click Join again
11. A Blackboard Collaborate window should come up. In your downloads there should be a meeting.collab file. Open the file by double clicking on it. Please note that depending on which version of Safari you have and how your settings are set up you may need to access your downloads in a different way than the picture below. If a meeting.collab file is not there make sure Blackboard Collaborate Launcher downloaded (that should be in your downloads as well).
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Double click on meeting.collab
12. After you open meeting.collab a prompt will come up asking if you are sure you want to open Blackboard Collaborate Launcher. Click Open. Please note this prompt may not come up again since it did come up in step 8. If it does not come up that is okay go to step 13.
13. Another prompt will come up asking if you want to move Blackboard Collaborate Launcher to your Applications folder. It is up to you if you want to move it but you do not have to. Click on “Move to Applications Folder” if you would like to move it and click on “Do No Move” if you do not want to move it. You can check the box next to “Do not show this message again” if you do not want to see this prompt the next time you open Blackboard Collaborate.
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Check this box to never see this prompt again
Click here if you do not want to move it to your Applications folder
Click here to move it to your Applications folder
14. Now you will get a prompt saying “Do you want to run this application?” Click on Run. Check the box in front of “Do not show this again for apps from the publisher and location above” if you do not want to see this prompt the next time you use Blackboard Collaborate.
Check this box to never see this prompt again
Click on Run
15. You will get a prompt from Blackboard Collaborate that is a general license agreement so click on Accept. EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY
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16. You will get another question from the Blackboard Collaborate prompt about connection speed. The majority of people will leave it on Cable/DSL. You may want to change Cable/DSL to something else if you are on a dial up modem. Select the appropriate connection in the dropdown menu if you are using dial up modem.
17. Once you have selected the appropriate connection or left it on Cable/DSL, check the box that states “Don’t show this dialog again” and then click on OK. Checking this box will reduce the amount of prompts for the next time you use Blackboard Collaborate.
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1. Check the box 00
2. Click OK
18. Now you should be in your Blackboard Collaborate room. It may take a minute to connect to the host. The window below will pop up as you are connecting:
19. Once you are connected, the Blackboard Collaborate room should look like this:
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20. A recording reminder prompt may appear when you first enter the room asking if you want to start recording. If you would like to start recording right away then click Start. If you would like to wait to record or you do not want to record at all click Close. You can also check the box next to “Don’t remind me again” if you do not want to see this message again when you enter a Blackboard Collaborate room.
Check this box if you do not want to see this message again Click Start if you want to start recording
