Elluminate Training January 5, 2008
Posted by Steve in Technotrivia.Tags: elluminate, videoconferencing
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I did attend some live online training with Elluminate during January that required me to be up at 3am! Some interesting points on Moderating were:
Part One:
- the moderator assigns tools like rights and permissions
- one should use the audio wizard first and at least once daily to make sure one’s system is functioning properly.
- avoid audio echo. Almost an etiquette
- it can be difficult to be a moderator and keep up with all the dynamic changing symbols
- if someone lags behind (out of syncronisation), accelerated playback kicks in & the person sounds like Alvin from the Chipmunks fame.
- when people are out of sync, it is just best to pause the use of the microphone for a few seconds.
- the whiteboard area is used exclusively to do a show & tell. Good for instructional type presentations.
- the whiteboard impacts everyone and participants can make changes
- powerpoint has to be converted first, loses all transitions and nifty effects.
- up to 6 talkers can talk at once, probably not practical, but two will suffice.
- application sharing is terrific but not available in Lite
- polling has impact upon the pacing, instructor can make sure participants understand, encourages interactivity and helps keep thing focused. Moderator can lock answers, hide answers, publish answers and some other options.
- video: seems to be used in a limited fashion due to the shyness of everyone. A still image is usually displayed as well.
- use of video is limited only by one’s imagination
- one video at a time is used - fine colour or medium colour can be used. If recording a long session like 3 hours, use medium colour to save storage space.
- a new moderator should practice with 2 computers side by side and / or with 2 people.
- vRoom can be used. A free version with 3 participants is available.
Part Two consisted of:
- whiteboard tools were explored
- objects can be locked on the whiteboard
- puzzles have to have individual pieces uploaded, possible games for chess
- one can create their own clip art
- explore screens, save sessions, moderators can cut, copy, paste
- screens can be copied out of breakout rooms
- screen explorer is very powerful
- one can save a screen, eg polling
- whiteboard can be protected, exported as pdf or png
- wbp (whiteboard protected cannot be saved NOR printed)
- screen group eg. 39 slides, current screen, selected screens
Sharing tools:
- one opens applications
- don’t minimise the application window
- windows are automatically resized
- start, stop, snap shot
- cntrl + spacebar == regain control
- select name, right click, give control, request control on top of window
- preview: bring up thumbnail, don’t put anything on top of application
- can take a snap shot of image
- copying and pasting from one computer to another will NOT work
Web Tour:
- shares a web browser
- opens a browser instance
- interacts individually, 12 participants can go 12 different ways
- Moderator can syncronise and re-syncronise when moderator clicks (tour guide)
- Moderator over rides and multiple students share the same web browser
- publish URL and the URL goes into the chat area (called pushing out).
Part Three consisted of:
- presentation mode can be used (one huge screen)
- presentation mode can be used with whiteboard or application sharing
- one can get back into default view by using the proper icon
- the yellow around the whiteboard indicates full presentation is being used
- application button can be difficult to see
- would use this when a specific focus is required
Breakout rooms
- one on one or do small group work
- one can create rooms manually or automatically.
- one can preload content onto the breakout room screens
- screen explorer allows one to move participants
- each breakout room seems to have one whiteboard
- students can’t move from room to room whereas moderators can
- announcements will be received in all breakout rooms
- a timer can be set
- can copy and paste each breakout room to the main room
- tools -> whiteboard -> explore screen -> expand tabs -> highlight participants -> copy
Notes:
- notes can be written and saved as text or eln (elluminate note).
- one can share notes or combine notes
- notes automatically saved.
File transfer:
- icon: folder with the green arrow
- when uploading a dynamic graphic appears, wait until 100% is indicated
- 10 mb upload limit
- green disk means saved, yellow in progress
- if file upload is not to be made public, untick the proper box (pre-loading)
- multi media content is downloaded to individual computers. Must have proper plugins
Record session:
- can be automatic or manual, can pause
- automatic save is probable
- the only human error that can take place is turning Record on
- erase is allowed
- indicator changes when recording
- when recording is finished, a link is emailed to participants?
- recordings can be converted (for a fee) for portability
- quick reference for each task is available
