This document provides information and instructions for how to use various tools and features within an online virtual classroom platform. It discusses how to set up audio and video, use tools like the microphone, whiteboard, screensharing, and application sharing. It also covers how to manage participants, activities, and capture evidence. Tips are provided for using features like polling, quizzes, recording sessions, and multimedia. Finally, it asks for feedback on the pace, content, and structure of the session.

1. What would YOU like to “take-away” today? To move text: Click, Select text, Drag To type: Click, Move to screen, Click & type

2. Have you set up your audio today? Wizard steps you through setting mic & speaker levels If mic doesn’t work try select input device Good Practice to do this each time you enter a virtual room – Why?

3. Using the microphone (mic) Click once to talk Mic active when yellow If someone forgets to switch off Click once again to finish Click mic next to their name – to switch off & remove mic, click again to restore

4. Which of these are you most interested in finding out about today? A Using the whiteboard slides & interactives B Using screensharing & webtour (demos/research) C Managing students & activities & capturing evidence D Using video/multimedia Polling buttons

5. Setting the stage to suit you. You can: Unlock Resize Rearrange Open additional windows & layouts

6. Setting the stage to suit you.

7. Setting the stage to suit you. How? Uncheck “Layout Locked” 2. Play until you like the config! Let’s do it!

8. Whiteboard activities This gives you a highlighter pen Click this button to drag & drop on the whiteboard To insert & edit multiple lines of text This lets you type on the whiteboard Screen pointer Here you can choose font style and size Here you can choose text/ highlighter colours

9. Whiteboard activities Insert an image Elluminate clipart Take & insert a screenshot Group & ungroup Move into & out of slide background Load slides/ whiteboards Make a new whiteboard

10. Loading slides If you have time: 1. Pre-prepare, load into Ellum 2. Add links, or anything you want people to drag, directly on the whiteboard 3. Resave in .wbd format Its quicker to load & allows clickable links

11. Whiteboard 1- Drag and drop: Use the “select” tool Drag the labels to the correct images You have one minute

12. All of the words are related to learning and courses at TAFE WordSearch Choose a colour and use it to highlight the words that you find CERTIFICATE TRAINING MYOB TRADE TOOLS BUSINESS MUSIC ASSESSMENT TASK LEARNING ONLINE ACTIVE

14. Sharing links on whiteboard Select link > Ctrl C > Click tool > click on wbd > Ctrl V Let’s do it! Share a favourite link

15. Getting what YOU want! Saving whiteboards & chat Or copy/paste into a doc

16. Application Share Sharing a region Use for demos Shares selected area Less resource heavy than full desktop share All data goes to host servers & back so takes time to appear on all screens Need accurate sizing Can be accidentally covered

19. WebTour To take audience to a particular website Uses participant’s own browser Allows people to explore at their own pace within a site Tick “TourGuide” to guide through a site &/or to bring all back to same page as you Can’t be used on password protected sites

20. Managing participants & activities YOU have control! Click the tool to remove /give to individuals YOU can see all chat! Even private person to person

21. Managing participants & activities YOU can selectively message any participant privately! At worst YOU can eject a participant

22. Managing participants & activities Use the timer Give it a “name”

23. Copying and moving screens Bring group/breakout room work back to main room for sharing

24. Who wrote what on the whiteboard?

25. For participation or assessment evidence

26. For participation or assessment evidence Polling

27. For participation or assessment evidence Quizzes

28. For participation or assessment evidence Record the session

29. Multimedia Flash, MPEG, MPEG4, WMV, MP3, Bandwidth! Participants must have player! Can be preloaded or use URL Shows loading progress for each participant. All green = fully loaded for everyone

30. Questions?

31. Did you learn something new? Polling: = Yes = No What is most useful to you from this session?

32. Feedback Was the pace of the session? A Too slow B Just right C Too fast

33. Feedback Was the session (content and activities)? A Interesting B OK C Boring

34. Feedback How was the session (format and structure)? A Just right – it worked well B OK C Not very good

35. Feedback Comments / ideas / +ves / -ves