Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach email: snbeach@cox.net Educational blog Educational wiki

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beachemail: snbeach@cox.net

Educational bloghttp://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com

Educational wikihttp://21stcenturylearning.wikispaces.com

Webpagehttp://www.21stcenturycollaborative.com

Resourceshttp://dadeschools.wikispaces.com/

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

Community Adds real time interaction and collaboration

Results Improves completion rates, student performance

AccessibilityAnyone can be in the same virtual classroom regardless of geography, platform, internet speed or capability

Leverage Thousands of students can learn from one instructor

Flexibility Students can learn in the teaching format that best suits their learning style

ConvenienceStudents 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 BerkleyProject 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 ManagementParticipant 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 3rd 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 email 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

CommunicationsLive 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

CommunicationsADA 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 ContentPodcasting

• Convert any Elluminate Recordings to Video Podcasts– Region of the screen may include:

• Whiteboard, Application Sharing, Video, Quizzes, Web Tours…

• Elluminate Podcasts – http://www.elluminate.com/rss/tutorial_podcasts.xml– http://www.elluminate.com/rss/conference_podcasts.xml

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, Email invitations

• Language Translations

Elluminate Live!

• Interactive Recordings– Absent participants never miss a session– Share, save and interact with user profile, even

send them email 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 10.2.8 / 10.3.9 /10.4• 128 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 ESPIndicators

Allow Moderators to ensure a great experience for all participants

GranularPermissiongranting

High quality VoIP

Object orientedwhiteboard

Powerful breakout rooms

Cross-platformapplicationsharing

24x7x365 Customer Support

Through multiple formats

Full multipleplatform support

Low bandwidthsupport

Accessible topersons withdisabilities

User Experience

SessionManagement

OutstandingSupport

Best in Class

Features

No User LeftBehind™

Let’s Do It!

Headset

LoginLet’s go to the wiki to click on the link

http://dadeschools.wikispaces.com/

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-

http://elluminate.dadeschools.net/

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