Providing Guest Access to Collaborate Meetings in Ultra Course View

This article is for instructors who wish to provide a guest link to Collaborate meetings for a person who is not enrolled in the course, such as a guest speaker.

Guest Access to the Course Room

The following steps can be used if you are only using the Course Room in Collaborate Ultra and not a scheduled meeting.

• Go to you Ultra Homepage.

• Under Details and Actions, locate Class Collaborate and click on the three small dots.

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• From the drop-down menu select Manage all Sessions.

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• Click on the Course Room at the top

• Check the box that says Guest access.

• Choose the Guest Role and copy the link by clicking the 3 small squares next to the Guest link and selecting Ctrl + C on your keyboard.

• Click Save

• You can now share this link with the guest for your course.

Create a Session and Give Guest Access at the Same Time

• Go to you Ultra Homepage

• Under Details and Actions, locate Blackboard Collaborate and click on the three small dots.

   

• Select Manage all Sessions.

• Select Create Session.

• Under Event Details, select Guest Access.

• Once this is selected, choose the Guest Role.

• You must hit Create. Only then will the Guest link appear for you to copy.

• Copy the link by clicking the 3 small squares next to the Guest link and selecting Ctrl + C on your keyboard.

• Press Save at the bottom.

Guest Access in a Created Session

The following steps can be used when you want to add a guest to an already created session.

• Locate the session you need to get a Guest link for.

• Click on the three dots and select Edit Settings .

• Under “Dial in” locate the Guest Access check box.

• Once this is selected, choose the Guest Role.

• You must hit Save. Only then will the Guest link appear for you to copy.

• Copy the link by clicking the 3 small squares next to the Guest link and selecting Ctrl + C on your keyboard.

• Press Save again.