Function | Windows, Linux Keystroke | Mac Keystroke |
---|---|---|
Application, Window and File Functions | ||
Quit Blackboard Collaborate | Alt+F4 Ctrl+Q |
Command-Q |
Hide Blackboard Collaborate | Command-H | |
Hide other applications | Command-Option-H | |
Close window (Notes, File Transfer, Activity, Closed-Captioning, Session Plan, Quiz, Multimedia, Calculator) | Alt+F4 Ctrl+W |
Command-W |
Switch to Whiteboard Mode | Ctrl+Alt+W | Command-Option-W |
Switch to Application Sharing Mode | Ctrl+Alt+A | Command-Option-A |
Switch to Web Tour Mode | Ctrl+Alt+U | Command-Option-U |
Move to the next main module in the user interface. The default order is Audio/Video panel, Participants panel, Chat panel and Collaboration toolbar. (If you change the order of the panels, the order will change.) | F6 | F6 |
Open the Action bars of Whiteboard Mode and Web Tour mode | F6 | F6 |
Move to the previous main module in the user interface. (See F6 above for the order of modules | Shift+F6 | Shift-F6 |
Move to the next user interface element (e.g., button, field, option) in in a main module or UI element. (For example, if focus is in the Collaboration toolbar, Tab and Shift-Tab can be used to move between the three modes (Whiteboard, Applicaton Sharing and Web Tour), the Information menu, the Load Content button and the Record button) | Tab | Tab |
Move to the previous user interface element (e.g., button, field, option) in a main module (see example for Tab above) | Shift+Tab | Shift-Tab |
Activate the currently selected function | Space | Space |
Enable tabbing in toolbars of secondary windows (Closed Captioning, Notes, Activity Window, File Transfer, Session Plan, Quiz, Multimedia) | Alt+F8 | Option-F8 |
Move keyboard focus between open windows (Notes, File Transfer, Activity, Closed-Captioning, Session Plan, Quiz, Multimedia, Calculator) (For Windows machines, Alt+F6 only works on Windows XP) | Alt+F6 | Command-` |
Open Options menu of the panel or toolbar in focus (Audio/Video, Chat, Participants, Whiteboard action bar, Whiteboard navigation bar or Web Tour) | Ctrl+Shift+O | Command-Shift-O |
Open Preferences dialog box | Ctrl+Comma | Command-Comma |
Create new Quiz, Whiteboard page or Whiteboard page group | Ctrl+N | Command-N |
Open Multimedia file, Quiz, Session Plan, file for transfer or Whiteboard presentation | Ctrl+O | Command-O |
Save Participants List, Chat conversation, Quiz, Session Plan or Whiteboard | Ctrl+S | Command-S |
Print Participants List, Session Plan or Whiteboard | Ctrl+P | Command-P |
Activity Window Functions | ||
Open Activity Window | Ctrl+/ | Command-/ |
Close Activity Window | Ctrl+/ Alt+F4 Ctrl+W |
Command-W |
Audio Functions | ||
Press the Talk button (Note: this is a Hot Key) | Ctrl+F2 | Control-F2 |
Release the Talk button (Note: this is a Hot Key) | Ctrl+F2 | Control-F2 |
Adjust microphone level down | Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow | Command-Shift-Down Arrow |
Adjust microphone level up | Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow | Command-Shift-Up Arrow |
Adjust speaker level down | Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow | Command-Option-Down Arrow |
Adjust speaker level up | Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow | Command-Option-Up Arrow |
Video Functions | ||
Start Video transmission (Note: this is a Hot Key) | Ctrl+F3 | Control-F3 |
Stop Video transmission (Note: this is a Hot Key) | Ctrl+F3 | Control-F3 |
Whiteboard Functions | ||
Switch to Whiteboard Mode | Ctrl+Alt+W | Command-Option-W |
Select all objects in Whiteboard | Ctrl+A | Command-A |
Open Page Explorer window | Ctrl+Shift+P | Command-Shift-P |
Open Object Explorer window | Ctrl+Shift+T | Command-Shift-T |
Copy selected object(s) or text in Whiteboard | Ctrl+C | Command-C |
Cut selected object(s) or text in Whiteboard | Ctrl+X | Command-X |
Paste copied or cut object(s) or text to Whiteboard | Ctrl+V | Command-V |
Group selected objects | Ctrl+G | Command-G |
Group selected objects and send to background | Ctrl+B | Command-B |
Ungroup selected objects | Ctrl+U | Command-U |
Delete selected object(s) or text in Whiteboard | Delete Backspace |
Delete Backspace |
Go to next page | Alt+Page Down | Option-Page Down |
Go to previous page | Alt+Page Up | Option-Page Up |
Move to first page at this topic level | Alt+Home | Option-Home |
Move to last page at this topic level | Alt+End | Option-End |
Application Sharing Functions | ||
Send Application Sharing snapshot to Whiteboard (Note: this is a Hot Key) | Ctrl+Print Screen | Control-F13 |
Take back control of Application Sharing (Note: this is a Hot Key) | Ctrl+Space | Control-Space |
Stop Application Sharing (Note: this is a Hot Key) | Ctrl+Shift+S | Control-Shift+S |
Chat Functions | ||
Move cursor to the Message text box of the Chat panel | Ctrl+M | Command-M |
Select all Chat text in conversation pane | Ctrl+A | Command-A |
Copy selected Chat text in conversation pane | Ctrl+C | Command-C |
Paste copied Chat text to Chat Message text box, Whiteboard or external application | Ctrl+V | Command-V |
Participant List Functions | ||
Raise or lower your hand | Ctrl+R | Command-R |
Show that you have stepped away or come back | Ctrl+Shift+A | Command-Shift-A |
Show smiley face | Alt+1 | Option-1 |
Show LOL | Alt+2 | Option-2 |
Show applause | Alt+3 | Option-3 |
Show confusion | Alt+4 | Option-4 |
Show approval | Alt+5 | Option-5 |
Show disapproval | Alt+6 | Option-6 |
Show Slower (when you want the presenter to slow down) | Alt+7 | Option-7 |
Show Faster (when you want the presenter to speed up) | Alt+8 | Option-8 |
Show None (when you want to clear all displayed emoticons) | Alt+0 | Option-0 |
Notes Functions | ||
Open Notes window | Ctrl+E | Command-E |
Close Notes window | Alt+F4 Ctrl+W |
Command-W |
Session Plans Functions | ||
Go to the next item | Ctrl+] | Command-] |
Go to the previous item | Ctrl+[ | Command-[ |
Close Session Plan window | Alt+F4 Ctrl+W |
Command-W |
Recording Functions | ||
Start or stop recording | Ctrl+Shift+R | Command-Shift-R |
Add recording index entry | Ctrl+Shift+I | Command-Shift-I |
Closed-Captioning Functions | ||
Open Closed-Captioning window | Ctrl+F8 | Command-F8 |
Close Closed-Captioning window | Alt+F4 Ctrl+W |
Command-W |
Polling Functions | ||
Yes - polling response | Ctrl+1 | Command-1 |
No - polling response | Ctrl+2 | Command-2 |
A - polling response | Ctrl+1 | Command-1 |
B - polling response | Ctrl+2 | Command-2 |
C - polling response | Ctrl+3 | Command-3 |
D - polling response | Ctrl+4 | Command-4 |
E - polling response | Ctrl+5 | Command-5 |
None | Ctrl+0 | Command-0 |