Title: Wimba Classroom familiarisation and practical session
1Wimba Classroom familiarisation and practical
session
2Recording this session
- I would like to record this session and use it in
the following ways - make it available to other students in this
course - use it to demonstrate the use of Wimba to other
USQ staff - If you agree that the session can be recorded,
please click the tick button to put a tick next
to your name in the PEOPLE window.
3What is Wimba Classroom?
- online meeting room with group facilitation tools
- Text, audio and video
- Shared whiteboard to display PowerPoint, screen
grabs and draw on - show web pages and screen sharing
- Private breakout rooms
- polls and surveys
- record and replay sessions
- Phone simulcast for voice if you cant connect
via internet
4Visitor locations (last 8 weeks)
5The Live Classroom Interface
Presenter tools are shown here
6Text Chat
- Public Chat
- Select To Main room
- messages that can be viewed by everyone.
- Private Chat
- Select To the selected person from the pull-down
menu - private messages for a specific person
- To Pause the Text Chat so you can read without
scrolling - Click the Pause icon located to the right of the
chat message field. - When you are ready to receive new messages again,
click the Play icon to resume chat.
7People window
- shows the names of other participants and if they
are talking or using video - shows ticks or crosses,
- shows your position in the queue if you have
raised your hand - shows emoticons which you can use to provide
feedback to the speaker
8eBoard tools
This is an image of the tools the real tools
are on the left
Erase last thing added
Erases all drawings on the screen
9Other eBoard tools
- Undo last action
- Erase all drawings on the slide
- Clear the eBoard
- Import a picture
- Save the eBoard to snapshots folder
- Show a screen grab
- wait for Controls to be shown (download)
- drag striped rectangle to area
- click Send
- Enable or Disable eBoard tools
10Media Bar
- The Media Bar contains the following items
- NetStats status of your Internet connection
- Talk button (or holding down the CTRL key)
initiates your microphone and video broadcast (if
the Video Window is open and you have opted to
transmit video) - Volume meters coloured bars indicating you are
receiving or sending audio. Click to change
volume sliders. - Camera button opens or closes the Video Window
- Telephone Simulcast backup option if you do not
have a headset or microphone - Options Menu select different audio inputs or
change the volume and other advanced audio/video
settings
113 ways of connecting to Wimba Classroom
Wimba Classroom Server
Phone Only
Browser Wimba Media
Browser Phone
12Options popup menu
- volume controls
- "lock talk" rather then "push to talk"
- enable or disable "talk clicking"
- Filters
- Auto Gain is generally best (turn if off if you
are controlling levels using an external amp) - Microphone boost ( audio boost in control panel)
- others do what they say
- Audio Input to select different input devices
(defaults to microphone in) - lots of other options
135 steps to using your web cam
- Plug in cam and use OPTIONS menu to select your
cam (may require Wimba restart) - Click the camera to open the video window (shown
in red) - Preview your web cam in the lower right of the
video window (only you can see the preview) - Click eye to enable your web cam (shows as
"closed" or "open" eye). - If enabled, the video will switch to you when you
hold down the CTRL button and are the loudest
speaker.
Large window what everyone sees
Picture in picture preview that only you see
14Talking and turn taking
- Hold down the TALK button (or the CRTL key) to
talk and release it when you have finished - If we are speaking over each other we will use
hand raising - click the Hand at the bottom of the window to
raise your hand and join the queue to speak - the person who is first in queue can then talk by
holding down the CTRL key (if you are asked a
question you can respond without raising your
hand) - when finished lower your Hand and introduce the
next person
15Map of the world
Click the 'T' then add your name to the map You
can use the line to draw an arrow The undo
(curved arrow) will undo the last action Please
don't use ERASE or CLEAR as it will erase the
whole screen
16looking at online help
- click HELP at the bottom right of the window
- browse through the help system for 30 seconds to
get an idea of what is available
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18Lets spend 5 minutes talking
- Do you think Wimba will be useful for you in your
study? - How or Why?
- Would you like to be able to organised your own
drop in sessions for your own study group? - Put your hand up and I will call you to the
microphone
19Participant or presenter status
- generally there will only be one presenter (the
presenter's name is shown in bold) - clicking in the last column makes the person
a presenter and show the presenters console on
the right
20To show a web page
- sometimes the facilitator might show a web page
in the content frame or in a new window (everyone
can then browse) - to show a web page
- click Web gt type a URL into the URL to show field
gt select a new Window for the location to display
in gt click Show Web Page gt when your page is
opened you can tell people why you choose it
21Breakout rooms
- several breakout rooms allowing you to work in
small groups - generally the facilitator will move you into a
Breakout room - if you can see the Breakout Rooms tab (top right)
you can move yourself by dragging your name into
one of the rooms - if you can't drag yourself, type a message and
ask someone else to do so
22Some student comments
- Reduced the tyranny of distance an excellent
tool - feel like you are actually studying in a class
- an invaluable tool to assist my off-campus
studies an excellent medium, especially for off
campus students - I sincerely hope that Wimba sessions are used
throughout my degree as the benefit of being
able to interact with lecturers and other
students is invaluable to those of us who are not
able to attend 'on campus' lectures ... the more,
the better!! - I found the Wimba sessions absolutely fantastic
- feel contected sic with other students
23And some more
24and more
25do you want to be a Wimba Classroom mentor?
- perhaps you can co-run a session with the another
Wimba mentor - post a note to your courses discussion forums
encouraging people to particiate in an
orientation - this is a good way to join your own online study
group which you can work with at any time - send a Moodle message to Peter Evans if you are
interested in being a Wimba mentor
26Doing more with Wimba Classroom
- ask your lecturer to setup a drop in room in your
course (give everyone access to the presentation
tools) and a discussion forum so you can arrange
to meet other students at any time to discuss any
topic - organise to meet in the drop in room in the Wimba
Classroom Orientation course - ask your lecturer if they could run a question
and answer session or tutorial in the course
(perhaps before assessment or the examination) - other things that meet your learning needs
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28Used to setup private breakout rooms(add your
name to the room you want to work in)
Room 1 topic
Room 2 topic
Room 4 topic
Room 3 topic
29Options gt Bandwidth
- Wimba attempts to work within the limits of the
bandwidth you have - you can change your bandwidth requirements
anytime via Options gt Bandwidth Options gt between
256Kbps and 32Kbps - try it with an incoming video stream and it will
blur out as bandwidth is throttled - if the video is interfering with the audio you
can close the video window
30Static PowerPoint on the eBoard
- Click the import button to the right of Go then
browse to your PowerPoint (.ppt or .pptx) - Import and when done close the window
- Select PowerPoint from Content dropdown then and
click Go - slide navigation
- double click the slide or use orange arrow keys
- P to preview then Push it where you want it to
go - you can draw on slides then erase them then
redisplay them
31Facilitator can start screen sharing
- generally their own screen, but they can share
others (with permission) - can display the shared screen on
- eBoard or
- a new window
- you have to manage the overlapping window
- if you close the new window you can reopen it by
clicking AppShare in your Wimba media bar - they can give you control of the shared screen
(with permission)
32Screen sharing movie
- go to http//wimba.com/services/instructor/classro
om/ - scroll down to the Quicklet section
- click Application Sharing (Video)
- run the movie and put a tick next to your name
when it is finished
33Screen sharing (1) -- click Share
- when AppShare Status is shown select
- whose screen you want to share
- where to display it (eBoard or New Window)
- click Begin Sharing
- When AppShare Selection is shown select what you
want to share - a window (drag the target crosshairs to the
window you want to share) - screen area (whatever is in the stripped
rectangle is shown) - full desktop (not multiple monitors)
- Click OK then Update sharing
34Screen sharing (2)
- To give control to someone tick the Cursor
Control column next to their name - they will be sent a confirmation
- To share another person's screen put a tick in
the Sharing Desktop column next to their name - they will be asked to confirm
- click End Sharing to end sharing
35Poll (results can be shown in the session)
- you can use the People windowfor quick responses
- Polls can be prepared before the start of the
session - multiple choice, or short answer
- named or anonymous
- show or hide results
36Questionnaires (results are not shown)
- different types questions
- people can do at any stage
- results are available only to the presenter
37Ok we will finish now
- when you close this Wimba Classroom I suggest
that people more into the drop in room to see how
you can use Wimba whenever you want - you can stay as long as you want last person
out turn out the lights
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