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Room

If you will be having guests who are not enrolled in your Blackboard courses course joining the your Blackboard Collaborate room, you will need to allow guest accessadjust the settings accordingly. 

1. Under Course Tools in Course Management, click Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. 

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2. Click Edit Room on the Course Room Options circle. 
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3. Select Edit settings from the menu. 
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4. Click Save.
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5. Click Invite Guests. 
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6. If you will be composing your notification, copy the Public URL, and send it to your guests. Otherwise, enter guest emails and click Add. 
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7. Click Send Invitation.
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8. Provide the session URL (if you are sending it yourself) and /wiki/spaces/MAR/pages/14190560 to your guests. 
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10. Make sure the Guest access box is checked. 
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11. Choose an appropriate Guest role. Guest instructors will need the Presenter role. If guests also need to record the session, they will need the Moderator role. See more information on Managing Participants in a session. 
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12. Copy the Guest link. 
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13. Click Save. 
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14. Provide the session guest URL and guest access instructions to your guests.