1. Click the Open Collaborate panel button in the bottom right corner of the window.

2. Click Share Content

2. Click the option you want to share with session participants:

a. Share Blank Whiteboard - draw or type on the blank screen

b. Share Application - share your entire desktop or share an open application

c. Share Files - use this option when you want to share a PowerPoint file

3. Optionally, you can also add secondary content, or change interactions

a. Click Polling to ask session participants a multiple-choice question

b. Click Breakout Groups to send participants to their own room to work in small groups.

To share files:

1. Click Add Files Here or drag a file into the box to upload it.
2. Click Share Now when you're ready for students to see the file.

Note: Shared files stay in the session until deleted by a session moderator.

To delete the file, click the trash can to the right of the file name.

7. If you upload a PowerPoint, a slide navigator panel opens showing you all of your slides.

8. Select a slide to start sharing it.

Note: Click the presentation name to open the slide navigator panel again at any time.

Top Row:

1. Open Session Menu: Use this button to start recording, use your phone for audio, report an issue, or to get Blackboard Collaborate Help
2. Select: Use the arrow to select an object on the whiteboard. After you select it you can resize, move, and delete it.
3. Pointer: Use the hand to point to different areas of the visible slide. Participants see wherever you are pointing on the slide.
4. Pencil: Use the pencil to draw free hand on the slide.
5. Shapes: Use the shapes tool to draw a rectangle, ellipse, or a straight line.
6. Text: Type text on the slide with the "T".
7. Clear: Use clear to undo everything you or another moderator has added to the slide with one click.
8. Stop Sharing: Click this to stop sharing content.

Bottom Row:

1. Show/Hide View Controls: Show or hide your zoom, fit, and size controls.
2. Zoom In: Make the content bigger. Then you must scroll around to see everything.
3. Zoom Out: Make the content smaller.
4. Best Fit: Take advantage of your screen real estate. Content adjusts to be completely viewable in the available area. It displays as large as possible while keeping the aspect ratio intact.
5. Actual Size: Return the image to the original size.

Bottom of shared file (when sharing a file with multiple pages or slides)

1. Previous Slide: Go back a slide.
2. File Name: Clicking on the name of the file opens the slide navigator panel.
3. Next Slide: Move ahead a slide.