Wimba Live Classroom

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Wimba Live Classroom
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Sponsors

• Thank you to our sponsors for providing the
  prizes in this session!

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About Me

• Lee Scarborough
• Faculty Trainer for Instructional Design
  department at eCampus
• 2.5 years at Troy
• Married for 1 year
• Love Atlanta Braves Baseball

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Wimba Live Classroom

• Synchronous or Asynchronous
• Instructors can communicate live via voice,
  video, text chat while using powerpoint slides,
  web pages, images, and other documents to present
  to the class
• Students can participate with voice, video, and
  text chat if allowed by the instructor
• Instructors can record (archive) a lecture -
  complete with audio, video, and slides so the
  students can watch at their convenience

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Live Classroom layout
Presenter view
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Text Chat

• The text chat tool is used for text-based
  communication within the classroom.
• Public Chat
• Private Chat

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Participant Frame

• Lists all presenters and participants in the
  class
• Contains netstats for each user
• Yes/No indicator
• Hand raising
• Status indicator
• Privilege indicator

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Media Bar

• Netstats
• TALK button
• Volume meter
• Video button
• Telephone simulcast
• Options menu

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Presenters Console

• Storage of content for the class
• Start/Stop Archiving of class
• Manage break out rooms
• Share instructors desktop

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Content Area

• Main focus of presentation
• All images, charts, slides, files, etc. will
  appear here

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eBoard

• Tools for drawing, writing, and pointing on the
  Content Frame
• Import Image
• Save whats on the Content Frame
• Enable eBoard tools to other participants

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QUESTIONS?

• There will be a live Wimba question and answer
  session this afternoon at 200 pm CDT.

CONTACTS
HHS - Gayle Nelson gnelson_at_troy.edu
334-670-5801/334-983-6556 Ext.326 AS - Candance
Barnes clbarnes_at_troy.edu 334-983-6556/1317 AS -
Anne Douglas adouglas_at_troy.edu 334-241-9595 BUS -
Wanda Edwards wcedwards_at_troy.edu 850-863-0413 BUS
- Inga Oberst ioberst_at_troy.edu 334-702-9450 EDU -
Robert Bossell rbossell_at_troy.edu 334-241-5487 EDU
- Loubna Zahri lzahri_at_troy.edu 334-670-5801 CCFA/T
raining - Lee Scarborough lscarborough_at_troy.edu
334-983-6556 Ext. 314