Virtual Classrooms Using Elluminate Steve Boulton and Simon Booth e-Learning Liaison and Development Information Services

What is it and what is it for? Collaborative Tool – Virtual Meeting Space – Collaborate on Documents/Files through application sharing – Presentation (remote broadcasts)

Preparation and Setup Preparing your computer (Java) Audio setup (microphone, headset is best) Web cam (if required) Preparing files in Elluminate (PowerPoint slides, upload multimedia)

Regions on Screen Moderator/other user toolbar Participant list (moderator and other users) Status items (emoticons, hands up, polling) Chat area Audio controls Whiteboard

Demonstration Whiteboard (presentations) Chat Application Sharing Using the Media Library Web Tour

Other Features Recording the Session (other tools for this) Quiz Manager File Transfer Countdown Timer Notes

Room Types and Licences 30 day trial licence vClass (one room, used by up to 50 users, requires scheduling, c.$2,000 per room, p.a.) Moderator Access (one room per named moderators, minimum 10 moderators, up to 100 users per room, c.$3,000 p.a.) vRoom (max 3 people, no recording, free)

Contact Steve Boulton – ext 6883 – Simon Booth – ext 7247 –