• Blackboard Collaborate is being discontinued at Western

    An open laptop with web conferencing on the screen

    On July 31, 2021, Blackboard Collaborate will be discontinued at Western. As of April 23, 2021, Collaborate is no longer available to be added to sites in OWL. Collaborate will continue to function normally until July 31, 2021 in sites that already have the tool in place.

    Zoom and Microsoft Teams Meetings are both available for web conferencing.

    Instructors who have previously used Collaborate should download any recordings that they wish to maintain, before July 31, 2021. For more information or to provide feedback, please check out this article.

    Looking for your course in OWL?

    Check your "Official Course Enrolments" page:

    1. Log into OWL
    2. Go to "Membership" on the left
    3. Go to "My Official Course Enrolments"

    Your official course enrolments will be listed (with links to the course site, if available).

    If you've changed courses or sections recently, you'll see the change in OWL within 24 hours.

    The My Official Course Enrolments page listing courses and links to course sites

    Introducing OWL Help

    OWL Help is the official site of documentation for OWL:

    A screenshot of the OWL Help site

    Customized for Western, OWL Help provides getting-started guides, step-by-step instructions about each of OWL's tools, and other OWL-specific information.

    OWL Help is available from three places on most pages in OWL:

    1. as the last item on the Tool Menu at the left
    2. as contextual help linked from the top right
    3. from the "Help & Support" page linked at the bottom 

    Instructors and Site Maintainers:

    Course sites can be set up for the Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter terms. Start by going to Worksite Setup and then "New". If you do not see a section that you are teaching, please confirm with your department that you are the "approved instructor for the correct term".