Elluminate’s Academic
Edition: An Overview
Vicki Galloway Harsh, Sr.
Instructional Design Consultant
Academic Services
Moderator Interface
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Classroom Management
 Connection Speed
 Attendee List
 Privileges
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Granting individually or
simultaneously
 Hand Raising
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Notifications
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Sequencing
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Lowering
 Emoticons
 Activity Indicators
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Classroom Management
 Stepped Away
 Management Tools
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Remove participants
Give and take moderator privileges
 Multiple Moderators
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Direct Messaging Window
 Send messages to:
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All participants
One participant
A selected group of participants
 Public and Private Messages:
Moderator sees all!
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Color coded (Black--general, Blue—to
moderator, Red—between participants)
 Insert Date / Time Stamps
 Save Direct Messages: File ->
Save ->Direct Message
Conversation
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Audio Window
 Optimal Microphone Setting
 Audio Set Up Utility
 Adjusting Participant’s Volume
 Audio Status Indicators
 Regaining Control of the
Microphone
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The Toolbar
Contains buttons for some of the common
commands you may use during a session.
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Polling
 Types
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Tools  Polling
 Show / Hide responses
 Show statistics
 Clear responses
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Live Video
Enable Video
Show / Hide Video Window
Preview / Transmit
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Image Quality Selections
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Video Privilege
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Video Status Indicators
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Whiteboard Tools
Tools
Tool Settings
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Colour Palette, Line Thickness
Deleting Objects
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Whiteboard Objects
 Selecting Objects
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All objects on the whiteboard are dynamic
Copy / Cut / Paste / Delete
Group / Ungroup
Background / Foreground
Move to Front / Back
Edit Text
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Images
 Load Image Tool
 Image File Selection
Load Pre-existing Images
– Image Files
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 Formats supported: GIF, JPG, PNG,
BMP, TIF
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Images, continued
 Screen Captures
Entire Desktop or Selected Area
– Participants can show their work
from any application
– Moderators can show
applications, web pages,
documents
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 Clip Art: add to from Tools menu
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Screen Capture (App Snap)™
 Load Image Tool
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Obtain a static image of your entire desktop or a selected area
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Whiteboard Content
 Load button
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Load Whiteboard, PowerPoint,
StarOffice, OpenOffice
presentations and image files
Can also use the file menu:
File  Load
Whiteboard Status Indicators
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PowerPoint Converter and Presentation
Wizard for Elluminate Live!
 Allows you to create high resolution, larger size
whiteboard presentations
 Converts PowerPoint presentations, OpenOffice,
StarOffice and PDF files to whiteboard files
 http://www.elluminate.com/ support/
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Whiteboard Navigation
 Navigation Arrows or
Drop-down
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Navigation Permissions
 Follow Moderator
Keeps participants locked on your current screen
– Selected by default when you first join a classroom
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 Roam
Allows you to move through screens without affecting
others
– Leaves participants locked on the same screen and
allows moderators to move though the screens
– Must be used when Follow Moderator is selected
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Creating Whiteboard Screens
 Screens
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Insert, replace, as sub-topics
Create using
button or
the File menu
 Screen Groups
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Separate whiteboard content,
for second or additional presentations
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Saving & Printing Screens
 Save Screens
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As a Whiteboard File
(can be protected)
As a PDF File
Individually as Image Files
 Print Screens
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Application Sharing: Hosting
 To begin sharing
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Open the application(s) you wish to
share (if you can, you should do this
prior to the session). Do not
minimize.
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Click
to select an application,
region or your entire desktop
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Windows are automatically resized
and repositioned based on your
Hosting Options
 Stop Application Sharing
Ctrl+End
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or
Application Sharing - Settings
 Application Sharing Indicator
Lights
View which users have not received
the content
– Red arrow shows who is sharing
– You can give control of the
application to another user while still
hosting– user will have orange halo
when working in the application. To
regain control, use Ctrl + Spacebar
 Granting Privileges
– Participants can also share
applications
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Remote Desktop Share: Between
Moderators
Request control of another users’ desktop. (If
a participant, the person must be made a
moderator.)
Owner of desktop can end Desktop Share
using the Ctrl + Space command
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Breakout Rooms
 On-the-fly
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Automatically open and
close room
 Formal
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Create rooms and pre-load
content, then move
participants
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Web Tour
Launch
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Embedded window IE or Safari
 Synchronized by the moderator
 Participants can interact
individually
 Separate window for other
browsers
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One moderator is the “Tour Guide”
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Moderators and participants can
interact individually
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Quiz Manager
 Enable the Quiz Manager
 Begin from Library Tab
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Create, Load, Administer
and Grade Quizzes
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Creating Quizzes
 Design Tab (accessible from Library tab
using
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Multiple-choice
Short-answer questions
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Administering Quizzes
 Quiz Tab (accessible from
Library using
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Time limit
Stop quiz
Results summary
Publish results
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Multimedia
Library
(Pre-) Load files and initiate playback
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Mpeg, QuickTime, Flash
Participants will need the necessary plug-ins
Download Status Indicators
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Thank you!
Your questions!
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