{"id":7572,"date":"2020-03-06T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?p=7572"},"modified":"2020-06-11T08:54:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T08:54:08","slug":"more-improvements-for-the-virtual-classroom-in-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2020\/03\/06\/more-improvements-for-the-virtual-classroom-in-march-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"More improvements for the virtual classroom in March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The University of Northampton&#8217;s chosen software for virtual classrooms, Collaborate Ultra, is deployed by the vendor Blackboard via a &#8216;software as a service&#8217; method (SaaS). One major benefit of this deployment method is that users receive improvements soon after they are developed and released by the company, which can be as frequently as every month. Other software deployment methods can leave users waiting for annual or bi-annual major releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are details of two minor-but-useful feature updates scheduled for release on 12th March. LearnTech hope you enjoy these new features. If you have any questions, please get in touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Download poll results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone making use of the polling feature with their students or attendees will be able to download a report after the session. The report includes the poll question and how each attendee responded. It will be available to moderators and instructors from the same location as the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Collaborate\/Ultra\/Moderator\/Reports#view-session-reports_OTP-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"attendance report (opens in a new tab)\">attendance report<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/collab_moderator_report_poll-1024x191.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/collab_moderator_report_poll-1024x191.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/collab_moderator_report_poll-300x56.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/collab_moderator_report_poll-768x143.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/collab_moderator_report_poll.png 1308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Whiteboard updates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The use of a whiteboard in the virtual environment continues to improve for all users. This very minor update makes it easier to select and rotate individual items, removing frustration for those users who like to be a little more creative with the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Collaborate\/Ultra\/Moderator\/Moderate_Sessions\/Share_Content#content-editing-tools_OTP-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"content editing tools (opens in a new tab)\">content editing tools<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Collaborate\/Ultra\/Moderator\/Moderate_Sessions\/Share_Content#share-whiteboard_OTP-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"whiteboard (opens in a new tab)\">whiteboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/collab_moderator_whiteboard_select-1024x487.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/collab_moderator_whiteboard_select-1024x487.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/collab_moderator_whiteboard_select-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/collab_moderator_whiteboard_select-768x365.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/collab_moderator_whiteboard_select.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Northampton&#8217;s chosen software for virtual classrooms, Collaborate Ultra, is deployed by the vendor Blackboard via a &#8216;software as a service&#8217; method (SaaS). 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