You can visit the following link inside Blackboard (FACULTY RESOURCE & COMMUNICATION CENTER) to learn how to use the chat functions in Blackboard.

The All-New Chat...Lecture Hall or Light Chat (Login with your Blackboard username and password)

Additional tips:

• "Make use of the 'Ask Question' feature of the virtual chat room. It is difficult to keep track of 20 students' answers and to correct incorrect ones without other questions appearing in the middle of them. The 'Ask Questions' sections gives the students someplace to put their questions before they forget them without it interupting the chat log.
• Take frequent pictures of the white board if you are using it in a virtual chat session. This makes it easier for students when they go back and read the archives. "                                                                       ~ Judy McCrory