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Sheryl Nussbaum-Beachemail: [email protected]
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