Elluminate Live Web Conferencing Instructions

A web conferencing tool - Elluminate Live! is available for real time communication and interaction in online courses. This powerful tool combines a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), application and desktop sharing, instant messaging, and whiteboard functionality to create a powerful, easy-to-use, collaborative learning environment. For more information about the tool, visit the Elluminate website at http://www.elluminate.com

Interaction Made Easy With Elluminate

Elluminate provides an advanced web conferencing environment that is easy to use and works with most bandwidths. Below are just a few of the opportunities Elluminate Live! provides.

• Live Web Conferencing with VoIP
• Application and Desktop Sharing
• Powerful Student Presentations
• Increased Collaboration

Elluminate Training & Hands-On Demos

Elluminate’s training website provides a wide range of training guides and recorded demonstrations to make users familiar with the many easy-to-use functions available. Just go to http://www.elluminate.com, and click on the “Training” link on the left-hand side. This training site has numerous demos and guides. Below is a short list of the demos and guides we have found to be most useful for students. (Students are free, however, to go through the other information listed on the page.)

Demos:

• Participant Orientation
• Getting Started With Elluminate Live!(Moderator orientation)
• Using Application Sharing(useful function for group collaboration)

Guides:

• Elluminate Live! Quick Reference Guide for participants (pdf file)
• Elluminate Live! Quick Reference Guide for moderators(pdf file)

Technical Requirements for Using Elluminate

Each user will need a microphone connecting to a computer with Internet access. Elluminate Live requires Sun Microsystems Java Web Start™ to be installed on your machine. First time users will be prompted to do a quick set-up to have this required software installed if they don’t already have it. A link to this set-up will be sent to users with the meeting access information.  For this and other useful information, go to the Elluminate Support site, http://www.elluminate.com/support/, and go through the "First Time Users" section.

How to Schedule a Student Group Meeting

To schedule a group meeting for an online class, please send a request one week in advance to gmbasupport@utdallas.edu. Please include the course name, meeting date, time, duration and number of participants. The requester will be the group meeting moderator.

For any questions or comments regarding using Elluminate, please email gmbasupport@utdallas.edu or call 972-883-5964.

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