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James Estrin/The New York Times
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Upon completion of this session you will be
able to:
• Identify instructional possibilities of
Collaboarate -Synchronous tool.
• Utilize Collaborate to increase student
engagement with your content.
• Utilize Collaborate to create opportunities
for instructor or peer to peer feedback.
• Create and conduct a synchronous session
from your online course
• Identify tools and strategies to keep your
students engaged thought the session
• Record sessions for reviewing purposes
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Use Cases Virtual Classrooms
Instruction
• Distance Learning
• Professional
Development
• Blended learning
programs
•Lecture Capture
Help and Meetings
• Virtual office hours
• Team projects
• Ad hoc collaboration
• Mentoring & Tutoring
• Staff meetings &
networking
Webinars
• Remote guest lectures
• Conferences &
seminars
• Marketing & promotion
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Typical Use Cases
Informal 1:1
Student Services
Administrative and Team Meetings
Faculty Professional Development
Classroom
Lectures and 1-to-many Events
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Typical Use Cases in the Online
Classroom
Informal 1:1
Lesson Discussions Student’s Presentations
Classroom
Pre-Post Tests Office Hours Life Instruction
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Audio Setup
Using PC for Audio?
Configure Your PC Click the Microphone/Gears icon or
Go to: Tools > Audio > Audio Setup Wizard
Using a Telephone?
Join via Teleconference Click Handset - Phone Number will be provided - follow
instructions - click “ok”
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Quick Orientation
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Use the Hand Raise button
to request a microphone to ask
a question or make a comment.
Questions and Comments
Use Chat to type
in your question
or comment for
everyone to see.
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Emoticons
Express Yourself!
Happy? Sad? Confused? Proud?
Thumbs Up?, Thumbs Down?, Go
Faster?, Go Slower?, Yes?, No?,
Need to Step Away?, Got a
Question?
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The User Interface
Audio/Video
Panel
Whiteboard
Whiteboard /
Drawing tool
palette
Participants
and session
interactions
Chat
Content
management
Basic tools
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Live Video
Up to six (6) people can share video simultaneously
Follow-the-speaker
Video window can be detached and made larger
Save a snapshot to the whiteboard
Virtually any USB video device can be can be used: web cams, document cameras, microscopes, Pen/tablets mouse devices, and USB AV converters
The current speaker
Other participant
thumbnails
The camera icon
shows when you’re
broadcasting
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Whiteboard
Multi-user, object oriented whiteboard
On-the-fly annotations and highlighting
Built-in drawing tools
Drag & Drop and Cut & Paste content to the whiteboard
Easily jump to another slide with the screen explorer
Convenient pre-made clip art included (maps, shapes, etc)
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Polling
Keeps the interactivity and engagement of participants On-the fly
Yes/No
True/False
Multiple Choice questions
See results at a
glance
Specific answers
by person
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Application Sharing
Show Your Application
Use Application Sharing to show
an application, document, etc., to
others in the room. They can
take control and work on it as a
shared document.
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Web Tour
Send students to pages for them to explore on their own
Or use “follow the presenter” to have a synchronized web surfing
Web
Tour URL box
Participants see the
web page within the
meeting console
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Multimedia
Show multimedia content:
Images
JPEG
GIF (animated too)
PNG
Video
Windows Media WMV
SWF files created by
Adobe ® Flash®
Apple ® QuickTime®
MPEG MP4
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Breakout Rooms
Unlimited number of rooms
Select or randomly assign users to rooms on the fly
Option to allow participants to self-distribute
Easily view activity
Easily move participants and content between rooms
Supports mixed audio
Save breakout content back to the main room
The participants
panel shows
breakout rooms and
who’s in them
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Sharing Files2
Send handouts, project files and assignments
Send while in session
Available in recordings
Any file type can be distributed
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Uncheck “Prompt Recipients”
when you upload the content
From the File Transfer Library,
select Prompt when you’re ready
to share the file
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Quiz Manager
Pre-made or On-the-fly
Use True/False, Multiple Choice, Short Answer (text)
Show/hide answers and results
Students “hand in” quizzes which locks the answers
Export results to spreadsheet
Use the forward and back arrows to see and answer all questions.
Then click “Hand In” when you’re finished.
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Tips & Common Support Links
First Time Users Guide
http://tinyurl.com/bbcollabWCFirstTimeUser
Configuration Test Room
http://tinyurl.com/bbcollabConfigurationRoom
Download most current Java version
http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
Clear Java cache regularly
http://tinyurl.com/bbcollabClearJava
Most Common Issues
http://tinyurl.com/bbcollabCommonIssues
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http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Collaborate/Services/On-Demand-Learning-Center.aspx
http://tinyurl.com/BbCOnDemandLearning
• Participant and Moderator User Guides
• Quick Reference Guides
• Recorded tutorials
On Demand Learning
Center
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http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Collaborate/Resources/Webinars-and-
Demos/Events.aspx
Webinars & Live Demos
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Online Learning Processes
Plan! Web Conferencing Publish!
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Download Plan and Publish
Desktop Applications
http://www.elluminate.com/Other/Download_Plan!_
V2/?id=150
http://www.elluminate.com/Other/eLearning_Publis
h!/?id=357
Training Resources and Quick Reference Guides:
http://www.elluminate.com/Services/Training/Ellumi
nate_Plan!_and_Publish!/?id=421
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Session Planning
Offline, desktop
authoring
Create pre-packaged,
re-usable courses,
content, quizzes &
activities
Simple, automated
delivery
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Plan Tips & Tricks
Close the PowerPoint application
Each slide must have a unique title
No special characters in the slide titles
PPT will convert to a wbd file
Select and drag the wbd file to the Plan Outline
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Publish
Create High definition podcast, vodcast, or standalone recordings
Convert recordings to multiple formats
AVI, FLV, MP3, Standard MP4, HD MP4, OGG VORBIS, WAV, WMV
Create chat and closed captioning transcripts
Play later on any device
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Publish Tips & Tricks
If a recording is one hour, plan for an hour to
convert
Video will not be included in portable file
Unplugged style will give you the side bars & look
just like the interface
After the initial conversion, use the MRF file to save
time creating other portable file types
Do not use the URL recording link inside an
integration
Adjust browser settings to capture jnlp file
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Moodle Differences from Learn 9.1
Cannot schedule repeating sessions
Cannot adjust # of simultaneous talkers/webcams
Cannot invite external guests when scheduling
Branding not consistent (Elluminate Live & Collaborate)
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You can utilize the Groups
You can grade attendance