Creating a Collaboration Session

1. In the Course Tools section of the Control Panel, click Collaboration.
2. Click the Collaboration Session _______ button.
3. Optional: Enter a name for the session in the Session Name box. (By default, Blackboard assigns a name to the session.)
4. In the Schedule Availability section, check the Start After box and select a date.
5. Optional: Check the End After box and select a date.
6. Optional: Select whether you want to make the session available to students.
7. In the Collaboration Tool section, click the arrow on the Choose tool for this Session box and do one of the following:
   To create a session that allows students and instructors to participate in question and answer sessions, select Virtual Classroom.
   To create a session that only contains the chat feature, select Chat.
8. Click the Submit ______ button and click the OK button.
   Note: Lecture Hall, a Virtual Classroom session, and Office Hours, a Chat session, are displayed by default.  Click the Join Session ________ button to enter the session.