Wimba Classroom familiarisation and practical session

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Wimba Classroom familiarisation and practical
session
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Recording 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.

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What 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

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Visitor locations (last 8 weeks)
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The Live Classroom Interface
Presenter tools are shown here
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Text 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.

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People 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

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eBoard 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
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Other 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

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Media 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

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3 ways of connecting to Wimba Classroom
Wimba Classroom Server
Phone Only
Browser Wimba Media
Browser Phone
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Options 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

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5 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
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Talking 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

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Map 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
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looking 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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Lets 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

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Participant 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

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To 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

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Breakout 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

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Some 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

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And some more
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and more
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do 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

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Doing 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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Used 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
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Options 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

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Static 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

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Facilitator 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)

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Screen 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

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Screen 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

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Screen 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

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Poll (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

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Questionnaires (results are not shown)

• different types questions
• people can do at any stage
• results are available only to the presenter

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Ok 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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