Engaging Students
Online in Real Time
with Wimba Live
Classroom
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Using Chat
Type in your comments in
the text box on the lower
left side of the Wimba
interface and your
remarks will be visible to
all room participants in
the window directly
above.
If you would like to send
a private message to
another Wimba user,
select their name from the
drop-down box to the left
of the text box and type
your message as usual.
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Importing Power Point
When logged in as a
presenter, you have the
ability to display Power
Point slides to all Wimba
participants.
To upload Power Point to
Wimba, click on the
Power Point Upload
button on the
presentation panel on the
right side of the screen. A
pop-up window will
appear with a “Browse”
button that will allow you
to select a Power Point
presentation on your
computer. Clicking on
the “Import” button will
upload the presentation
to Wimba.
After your PowerPoint
successfully uploads, it
will be displayed in the
“eBoard” section of the
Wimba classroom.
Individual slides will be
listed in the panel on the
right side of the screen.
Only the presenter will
be able to upload
PowerPoint, move
between slides, and use
the drawing tools.
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Retrieving Previously Viewed PowerPoint
Alternately, when the
Wimba Classroom has
fully loaded on screen,
the Presenter's Console,
located at the upper
right-hand side of the
screen will allow you to
select folders from the
drop down menu, and
select the Go button to
load all slides into the
room
A menu of slide titles
will load; use this menu
to move between the
slides in your
presentation. The
participants will be able
to see the slide that
appears on the eboard
area of the Classroom.
You will retain control
of the slide menu participants will NOT be
able to see the menu of
slides, or change slide
views.
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eBoard Tool Bar (activate this toolbar by selecting the "eBoard" button on the
Presenter's Console)
1. Drawing tools place an arrow, use
the pencil tool for
free-form lines, or put
a circle around slide
displayed in the
content frame or draw
lines
2. Text - type on the
screen.
3. Undo - erase the last
action.
4. Color and line style
tools - change colors
or line thickness.
5. Erase - ALL marks
on the slide.
6. Clear Slide completely clear the
content frame. The
result will be a plain,
white screen.
7. Import - share an
image by loading it
into the content
frame.
8. Save - take a
screenshot of the
current slide,
including any marks
that have been added.
9. Screengrab - Use
this button to take a
screenshot of
something on your
computer to add to
the content frame.
10. Enable - Use this
button to give access
to some of the
presentation tools to a
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participant.
Video Panel (Web camera and microphone installation are required to use these
features. Broadband Internet connectivity is also required.)
Click the video camera
icon located on the media
bar.
Your video will appear in a
separate window. The iris
button is lit orange to
indicate that your webcam
is operating and sending
video. This window will
display the person who is
currently speaking. If no
other person is talking, the
default view is to display
the person designated as the
presenter.
If multiple persons in the
session are using webcams
to send video, the Picturein-Picture will allow you
to see yourself, displayed in
the corner of the video
frame alongside the current
speaker. Use the button to
toggle this feature off and
on.
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If no video is available, or
if you click the iris button
to disable video, a
placeholder window is
provided.
When done with video, and
the iris is closed, you can
close the window. This is a
pop-up window and will
return you to the main
Wimba Classroom
Extras!!
Archiving Sessions – you
can create a recorded
session for later viewing by
either clicking on the
Archive Reminder in the
Presenter’s Console or on
the button on the top (this
button will allow you to
start and stop the archive)
Sharing your
Screen/Applications – you
are able to broadcast your
screen (or selected parts of
your screen), as well as
allow others to have cursor
control of the mouse. (You
can select students to share
their screens as well).
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Adding Content – you can
add Word Documents,
PDFs, and other files to the
Wimba Classroom before
the session. (PowerPoint
and images are the only
types you can add ‘on the
fly’). Students are able to
download and save those
files
Creating Questionnaires
and Polling – You are able
to set up questions
(Multiple Choice, Open
Ended, Questionnaires).
Students can fill these out
live or can be added to
results during archived
sessions until the instructor
‘closes’ the poll
Breakout Rooms – You
are able to set up breakout
rooms where groups of
students can meet or
discuss a specific topic, as
you would in a physical
class by sending students to
areas of the room
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