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Agenda Introductions Elluminate Overview Break Elluminate Live! Questions Elluminate Administration Questions

Introductions Please tell us: - Your name - Your position - Why you are here - Best/worse case of technology use for professional development you have seen

Who is Elluminate? Award-winning, interactive live eLearning and web collaboration solution CommunityAdds real time interaction and collaboration ResultsImproves completion rates, student performance Accessibility Anyone can be in the same virtual classroom regardless of geography, platform, internet speed or capability LeverageThousands of students can learn from one instructor FlexibilityStudents can learn in the teaching format that best suits their learning style Convenience Students and instructors can learn just-in-time from a non-intimidating environment

My Connection to Elluminate Stanford Research Institute (SRI) TI for a post doc course with prof from Berkley Project in Alabama Needed interface that was multiplatform Easy to use (link access) Had accessibility options (ADA compliance) Would handle bandwidth issues (even dial-up) Always in sync Great support staff

Made for Education –Built for Teaching, Learning and Training –Captures the essence of “face to face” Multiple Applications –Live instruction delivery to online / traditional students –Archives for later playback and review –Professional development and training –Tool to sustain Communities of practice –Virtual office hours

Elluminate Live! Features In-Session Management –Participant Management –Moderator ESP Communication –Direct Messaging –2-way Audio –Live Video Presentation & Collaboration –Whiteboard –Share Applications –Breakout Rooms Advanced Content –Multimedia Playback –WebTour –Record/Playback Pre/Post Session Administration –Session Creation & Invitation

In-Session Management Participant Info Window Participant Management –Attendee list –Permission granting –Hand raising with queue –Auto hand raise at entry –Advanced polling –Moderator control Remove a participant Multiple moderators –Activity indicators Away indicator Emoticons

In-Session Management Participant Management Moderator ESP High Quality Experience –Individual Bandwidth Mgt. –No 3 rd Party Plug-ins –Dynamically accelerated audio

User Profiles Users can create a profile to be locally stored and shared with others in the session –Import / Export vCard data Permission based –Moderator control: Show to All, Moderators only or no one Attendees can save each others profiles and can send an from within the session Allows communities to develop naturally Available during recording playback as well

Communications 2-way Audio Direct Messaging Live Video Closed Captioning User Profiles

Communications Live Video Live streaming video on all platforms Ability to adjust image quality Resizable video window “Preview” or “Transmit” video feed Bandwidth managed by CCF Video Support for: –High-end camera (Camcorders) –Compressed video –Direct X video

Communications ADA Accessibility Features Closed Captioning –Permission based, can have multiple users providing Closed Captioning –Closed Captioning can be save and is recorded –Viewers can select “Preferred Source” and font Keyboard shortcut and mnemonics for easy navigation without the need of a mouse –Hand Raise: Ctrl-R (Windows) / Meta-R (Apple) Screen Readers (JAWS, Narrator…) –Provide verbal cues in the Elluminate Live! interface –Java Accessibility Bridge allows screen reader Screen Colors –Common colors – default colors for Elluminate Live! –Platform colors –desktop theme

Presentation and Collaboration Whiteboard Share Applications Breakout Rooms Polling

Advanced Content File Transfer WebTour Multimedia Playback Graphing Calculator Quiz Tool Record/Playback

Advanced Content Podcasting Convert any Elluminate Recordings to Video Podcasts –Region of the screen may include: Whiteboard, Application Sharing, Video, Quizzes, Web Tours… Elluminate Podcasts – –

Pre & Post Session Administration User Management / Security –Administrators, Moderators, Participants LMS Integration –Blackboard, WebCT, eCollege, SAKAI, Moodle Session Creation –Scheduled and Ad-hoc Meetings and Classes –Content preloads, invitations Language Translations

Elluminate Live! Interactive Recordings –Absent participants never miss a session –Share, save and interact with user profile, even send them while watching the recording –Web Tours and File Transfers happen during a recording at the right time –Ability to save/print public text messages, presentations –Pause, forward, rewind or navigate to any location in recording

Elluminate System Requirements

Minimum System Requirements Mac Client Mac OS 9.2, Mac OS X / / MB RAM (OS 9.x), 256 MB RAM (OS X) G3, G4, G5, or Intel Processor 20 MB free disk space 28.8 kbps Internet connection Windows Client Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP Pentium III 500 MHz Processor 128 MB RAM (98 / ME), 256MB RAM (2000 / XP) 20 MB free disk space 28.8 kbps Internet connection

Why Elluminate? Easy to use interface Designed for teaching and learning High Interactivity for – all users – live sessions – recordings Moderator ESP Indicators Allow Moderators to ensure a great experience for all participants Granular Permission granting High quality VoIP Object oriented whiteboard Powerful breakout rooms Cross-platform application sharing 24x7x365 Customer Support Through multiple formats Full multiple platform support Low bandwidth support Accessible to persons with disabilities User Experience Session Management Outstanding Support Best in Class Features No User Left Behind™

Let’s Do It! Headset Login Let’s go to the wiki to click on the link Type in “your name” Password vlc

Agenda Introductions Elluminate Overview Break Elluminate Live! Questions Elluminate Administration Questions

Elluminate Admin Charles Caldwell – Mr. Elluminate Still working out protocols Here is what it looks like-

Questions

Tomorrow Strategies and Ideas for: Building Thriving Virtual Communities What is a virtual learning community? (VLC) How does it differ from a professional learning community or community of practice? What tools are available to support VLCs? A look at several thriving VLCs A global panel discussion in Elluminate of creative PD uses