Wimba PRONTO

AGENDA

Informal Learning

Wimba PRONTO Basic

What’s new in the new Wimba PRONTO

Product DemonstrationMarlen Rattiner on Keyboard and Backup Vocals

BEFORE AND AFTER CLASS

SERVING TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY STUDENTS

MEET Wimba PRONTO

Only instant messenger designed exclusively for education by educators to advance and promote learning objectives.

Not only connects students and educators, but it also allows for robust collaboration necessary for

building an academic community.

- S. Nicholson “Socialization in the ‘Virtual Hallway’: IM

in the Asynchronous Web-Based Distance Education Classroom”

RECENT STUDIES

Released Dec. 2006Academic Centric Instant Messaging Platform

Classmates auto-populated based on course enrollmentChat and VOIP

ProfilesAvatars

EmoticonsBlocking

Invisibility

Wimba PRONTO Basic

Wimba PRONTO Basic

What’s the “new” in the NEW Wimba PRONTO

For Students & Teachers

• Blended Audio and Video Conferencing

• Application Sharing

• Queued Chat for Tutoring and Office Hours

For The School

• School Tab with Help Desk Functionality

• Institutional Notifications

• Reporting

Blended Audio & Video Conferencing

Application Sharing

Queued Chat for Tutoring & Office Hours

School Tab With Help Desk

CONNECTING STUDENT SERVICES

Institutional Notifications

Reporting