How do I access Akindi as a TA?

Teaching Assistants (TA) may now access Akindi directly in the Blackboard course in which they are a TA.

There are two ways that TAs may be given access to collaborate with an instructor in Akindi

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Instructors may select the “Collaborate” option in Akindi and add the TA using campusID@umbc.edu. The TA should then be able to launch Akindi from the same course (no separate Blackboard course access is needed) to collaborate with the instructor.

Select “Collaborate” to add TAs or other instructors as collaborators in your Akindi course.

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After an instructor has launched Akindi for the course, TAs launching the tool may select the option to “request to collaborate.” Course instructors may then approve the collaboration.

Instructors should launch Akindi from Books & Tools.
TAs may then launch Akindi from Books & Tools and may select “request to collaborate” for the course.
Select “request to collaborate” with the instructor
The course instructor will receive an email notification to approve the collaboration request. Select “approve collaboration request.”
Select “approve” collaboration request.
An approval window will launch for the instructor to confirm the collaboration request and settings. Select the green check to approve the collaboration.
Select the green check mark to approve the collaboration request.