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Friday January 25, 2008 |
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Getting started with Elluminate Live! (web conferencing)
You've probably heard (if not participated) about Elluminate Live! web conferences. Elluminate Live! is a great way to be in two places at once. If you've heard about it or just want to see what all the buzz is about, the best way to learn is to dive in. I'll be teaching several sessions of "Intro to Elluminate Live! for Participants" and "Intro to Elluminate Live! for Moderators" classes during the next month. To register, go to: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/xlms or http://jdorner.notlong.com/calendar.html (for my Extension friends outside of NCSU, just send me an email and I'll send you the link to join us). Note: if the sessions aren't listed in the LMS, you can register by following the links in my training calendar. Potential Uses:Replaces telephone conference calls.+ FREE + Give and receive non-verbal feedback (i.e. laughter, confused looks, raise your hand, applause, thumbs down) + Take polls + Show applications on your computer (or your entire desktop) + Brainstorm on the white board + Record the session for those who were not able to attend + Text chat with other participants without disrupting the speaker + Ask your questions in the chat window without disrupting the speaker + Share video (one video camera at a time) - Requires that you are sitting at a computer connected to the internet (no cell phone access) Computer Help (visit my virtual office from my home page) + Show someone exactly what problem you are having + Let them control your computer (if you like) Take and Teach Classes + NO TRAVEL TIME + NO TRAVEL EXPENSES + Can use "break out rooms" for small group discussions. + Lots of seats Virtual Office + Just like a real office, except accessible by anyone from any place (on the internet) + Bad hair days just don't matter - Difficult for people to bring you coffee and donuts Staff Conferences for a geographically distributed staff Bring in a guest speaker to a meeting + Project speaker's presentation onto screen + NO TRAVEL EXPENSES + NO TRAVEL TIME for the speaker + Speaker could be presenting to several locations simultaneously - Requires special microphone for best results - Speaker cannot see the audience and them see him simultaneously Posted by jdorner ( Nov 19 2008, 10:42:58 AM EST / Jan 25 2008, 03:32:04 PM EST ) Permalink Comments [0] Trackback: http://blogs.lib.ncsu.edu/techtalk/entry/getting_started_with_elluminate_web |