========================================= Blackboard Collaborate keyboard shortcuts ========================================= First published at 2/20/2022 on https://defkey.com/blackboard-collaborate-shortcuts Blackboard Collaborate is a video conference software that allows users to add files, share applications, and use a virtual whiteboard to interact with students. It aims to allow you add a personal touch to online collaboration. Blackboard Collaborate has 80 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. Application, Window, and File ----------------------------- Alt + F4 Quit Blackboard Collaborate Ctrl + Q Quit Blackboard Collaborate Alt + F4 Close window: Notes, activity, closed captioning, and calculator Ctrl + W Close window: Notes, activity, closed captioning, and calculator Ctrl + Alt + W Switch to whiteboard mode Ctrl + Alt + A Switch to application sharing mode Ctrl + Alt + U Switch to web tour mode Ctrl + , Open the Preferences window Ctrl + S Save participants list, chat conversation, or whiteboard Ctrl + P Print participants list or whiteboard Keyboard navigation ------------------- F6 Move to the next main module in the user interface. The default order is Participants panel, Chat panel, collaboration toolbar, action bar, and Audio & Video panel If you change the order of the panels, the order will change F6 Open the action bars of whiteboard and web tour modes Shift + F6 Move to the previous main module in the user interface Tab Move to the next user interface element, such as a button, field, or option in a main module or UI element. For example, if focus is in the collaboration toolbar, you can use Tab and Shift+Tab. You can move between the whiteboard, application sharing, web tour, the Information menu, the Load Content button, and the Record button Shift + Tab Move to the previous user interface element, such as a button, field, or option in a main module. See preceding example for Tab Space Activate the currently selected function Alt + F8 Enable tabbing in toolbars of secondary windows: Closed captioning, notes, activity, and file transfer Alt + F6 (Windows XP only)    Move keyboard focus between open windows: Notes, file transfer, activity, closed captioning, and calculator Ctrl + Shift + O Open the Options menu of the panel or toolbar in focus: Audio & Video, Chat, participants, whiteboard action bar, whiteboard navigation bar, and web tour Activity window --------------- Ctrl + / Open activity window Ctrl + / Close activity window Alt + F4 Close activity window Ctrl + W Close activity window Audio ----- Ctrl + F2 Press the Talk button. This is a global Hot Key Ctrl + F2 Release the Talk button. This is a global Hot Key Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow Arrow   Adjust microphone level down Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow Arrow Adjust microphone level up Ctrl + Alt + Down arrow Arrow Adjust speaker level down Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow Arrow   Adjust speaker level up Video ----- Ctrl + F3 Start video transmission. This is global a Hot Key Ctrl + F3 Stop video transmission. This is a global Hot Key Whiteboard ---------- Ctrl + A Select all objects in whiteboard Ctrl + Shift + P Open Page Explorer window Ctrl + Shift + T Open Object Explorer window Ctrl + C Copy selected objects or text in whiteboard Ctrl + X Cut selected objects or text in whiteboard Ctrl + V Paste copied or cut objects or text to whiteboard Ctrl + G Group selected objects Ctrl + U Ungroup selected objects Del Delete selected objects or text in whiteboard Backspace Delete selected objects or text in whiteboard Alt + Page Down Go to next page Alt + Page Up Go to previous page Alt + Home Move to first page at this topic level Alt + End Move to last page at this topic level Application Sharing ------------------- Ctrl + Space Take back control of application sharing. This is a global Hot Key Ctrl + Shift + S Stop application sharing. This is a global Hot Key Chat ---- Ctrl + M Move cursor to the message box of the Chat panel Ctrl + A Select all chat text in the conversation pane Ctrl + C Copy selected chat text in the conversation pane Ctrl + V Paste copied chat text to chat message box, whiteboard, or external application Participants Panel ------------------ Ctrl + R Raise or lower your hand Ctrl + Shift + A Show that you have stepped away or come back Alt + 1 Show smiley face Alt + 2 Show LOL Alt + 3 Show applause Alt + 4 Show confusion Alt + 5 Show approval Alt + 6 Show disapproval Alt + 7 Show slower when you want the presenter to slow down Alt + 8 Show faster when you want the presenter to speed up Alt + 0 Show none when you want to clear all displayed emoticons Notes ----- Ctrl + E Open notes window Alt + F4 Close notes window Ctrl + W Close notes window Closed-Captioning Functions --------------------------- Ctrl + F8 Open closed-captioning window Alt + F4 Close closed-captioning window Ctrl + W Close closed-captioning window Polling ------- Ctrl + 1 Yes - polling response Ctrl + 2 No - polling response Ctrl + 1 A - polling response Ctrl + 2 B - polling response Ctrl + 3 C - polling response Ctrl + 4 D - polling response Ctrl + 5 E - polling response Ctrl + 0 None Default hotkeys --------------- "Hotkeys" are classified as system-wide in Blackboard Collaborate. They can be used anywhere on the system and can be customized.       Hotkeys can be changed in the Preferences window in the General preferences section. Ctrl + F2 Press or release the Talk button Ctrl + Space Take back control of application sharing Ctrl + Shift + S Stop application sharing Ctrl + F3 Start or stop video transmission Source: Blackboard (1, 2) Last modified on(UTC): Sunday, February 20, 2022 Defkey © All rights reserved.