Using the Collaborate Course Room in Ultra
This page is intended for instructors with information on using the Collaborate Course Room in the Ultra Course View.
Using the Course Room
The Class Collaborate tool comes with a Course Room. The Course Room is always available, and anyone in your course can enter it at any time. When you or your students click on the Collaborate tool, you will see the Course Room. To connect to the Course Room,
Go to you Ultra Homepage.
Under Details and Actions, locate Class Collaborate.
Select the arrow next to “join session”.
If you have other sessions in progress, you will see them listed under this drop down as well. Click on Course Room.
You will be brought directly into the Course Room from this panel.
In the course room, the instructor can present their screen by default, but the students cannot. If students need to present their screens, it is recommended that your either change their role in the session temporarily, change the Default Attendee Role to Presenter in the Course Room, or add a new. Collaborate Session where the default attendee is Presenter.
A guest can join the Course Room if the Guest Link is shared with them. You can set the role of the Guest in the Settings for the Course Room and find the Guest Link.
Adjusting Course Room Settings
To adjust the settings of the Course Room, follow these steps:
Go to you Ultra Homepage.
Under Details and Actions, locate Class Collaborate and click on the three small dots.
From the drop-down menu, select Manage all Sessions.
Instructors can also join their Course Room via the Manage all sessions tab
Locate the Course Room at the top of the page, click on the three dots, and locate Edit Settings.
The Course Room settings have options such as getting a guest link, changing the default attendee role, allow recording, etc.