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Changing a Participant's Role or Dismissing Participants

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This guide will demonstrate how to change a participant's role in a Class Collaborate session, as well as how to dismiss a participant. For more details about each role, please refer to the guide on Session Roles.

Accessing the Collaborate Panel

Image of the Blackboard Collaborate interface with an arrow pointing to the Collaborate Panel button.

To change a participant's role, or to dismiss a participant, you will need to open the Collaborate Panel. To open the Collaborate Panel, click on the purple button in the bottom right corner.

Changing or Dismissing a Participant, Part 1

Changing or Dismissing a Participant, Part 1
  1. In the Collaborate Panel, click on the icon for the Participant List.
  2. Click the Option button to the left of the participant you wish to change or dismiss.

Changing or Dismissing a Participant

Image of the participant options menu with the following options: 1.Make moderator: Select this option to make the participant a moderator.2.Make presenter: Select this option to make the participant a presenter.3.Make captioner: Select this option to make the participant a captioner.4.Remove from session: Select this option to dismiss the participant from the current session.
  1. Make moderator: Select this option to make the participant a moderator.
  2. Make presenter: Select this option to make the participant a presenter.
  3. Make captioner: Select this option to make the participant a captioner.
  4. Remove from session: Select this option to dismiss the participant from the current session.
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Getting Started 9
Class Collaborate Interface & Settings 14
Presenting Content 6
Breakout Groups 5
Managing Class Collaborate in Blackboard 5
Using Collaborate in Course Groups 1
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