Wimba Introduction

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Wimba Introduction

• Department of Independent and Online Learning
• University of Mississippi
• Randall Uncapher
• Cohosts include Mark Yacovone or Anne Klingen

Contact Infouncapher_at_olemiss.edu or
online_at_olemiss.edu662-915-1491
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Welcome

• Randall Uncapher
• Instructional Technology Designer
• Been at Ole Miss since June 2007
• Technical arm of the online MBA program
• My past I developed software courses for
  Progress Software for over 10 years
• Contact me
• uncapher_at_olemiss.edu
• 915-1491

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About Wimba

• Wimba allows real-time online interactions for
• Meetings office hours, administrative, staff,
  etc.
• Webinars,
• Guest speakers,
• Training sessions
• Student support such as advising, tutoring,
  mentoring, etc.

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Uses for Wimba

• You can have real-time online classes with remote
  students to supplement online courses.
• Wimba can be used for group work, or one on one
  sessions with individual students.
• Can provide greater accessibility and
  accommodations
• You can archive events which can then be
  revisited.
• Archives can be saved to a students computer in a
  mp3 format, and the audio portion can then be
  listened to again.

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Wimba is Always ready to go!

• The Wimba room you set up as part of your course
  is always ready to use. You can enter it at ANY
  TIME.
• This is not a conferencing service that requires
  you to set up a meeting room ahead of time.
• It can be used at any time, you only need to make
  arrangements with the participants not the
  software.
• Everyone enrolled in your class automatically has
  access to the Wimba room.
• It can be used for impromptu meetings.
• Students can also use it for team work or
  meetings, without prior set up.

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About Wimba at Ole Miss

• Wimba is currently available to all Ole Miss
  faculty and students through Blackboard or Angel
• Integrated with all 3 LMS at UM
• Angel LMS
• Blackboard at UM and UMMC

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Wimba Features

• Whiteboard
• Note-taking, brainstorming
• PPT Presentations
• Instructors, student, and group presentations
• Application sharing
• Sharing documents, files (editing, revising,
  reviewing)
• Providing demos, hands-on training with
  technology tools

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Wimba Features (cont.)

• Breakout rooms
• Supports group work, individual
  support/advisement
• Event management
• Audio
• Video (video feed switches and displays to the
  class, whoever is current speaking)

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What it Takes to Use Wimba

• Hardware needs
• Headset/telephone - Wimba recommends using
  headsets (such as Plantronics DSP 500) instead of
  external speakers or microphones, particularly
  built-in microphones of laptops
• Computer
• Windows, or
• Mac OS X)
• Internet connection the quicker the better

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What it Takes to Use Wimba, cont.

• Browsers supported

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Before Using Wimba for the First Time

• Be sure you and your students run the Wizard well
  before you use Wimba!!
• You can run the setup wizard at any time to check
  your system.
• Have your students or other participants run the
  wizard BEFORE you have you Wimba session.
• The first 10 minutes of your first session will
  be spent with the participants getting used to
  Wimba.
• 
  http//67.202.209.103/wizard

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Running the Wizard for Wimba

• This is what the wizard looks like

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Wimba Support

• Wimba has free 24 hour support
• 866-350-4978

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Wimba in Angel

• In Angel, Wimba appears under the communicate tab
  in Angel

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Wimba in Blackboard

• In Blackboard Wimba appears under the
  Communication option on the left navigation menu

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Open Wimba

• Click twice on one of the listed rooms or
  archives to open it.

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Opening Wimba Archives

• Any archived sessions show up when you select the
  plus sign beside a room listing.

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Wimba Interface review

• Here is an opened Wimba session. We will review
  the interface starting from the chat window, then
  work clockwise.

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Wimba Chat

• Wimba has a chat feature in the lower left
  corner. The instructor can disable this feature,
  or simply disable the private chats.

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Wimba Audio and Video Controls

• The audio / video controls are near the middle of
  the Wimba screen.

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Wimba Audio and Video Controls

• The Options button offers expanded control

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Wimba Content Window

• The primary display window is in the upper left.
  The eBoard is commonly opened in this window.
  Note the tool bar for eBoard, and its
  capabilities.

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Wimba Presenter Controls

• The presenters controls are in the upper right.
  Only the presenters see these. Note that students
  can also be given presenters rights.

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Wimba Presenter Controls. Cont.

• The Web button launches a web site that is then
  projected to the participants screens.

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Wimba Presenter Controls. Cont.

• The eBoard button launches the eBoard tools
  in the presentation window if they are not there
  by default

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Wimba Presenter Controls. Cont.

• The Share button lets the presenter show, and
  share control of an application on their computer
  with other participants in the meeting

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Wimba Presenter Controls. Cont.

• You can upload content ahead of time, and it can
  be arranged in a file structure that you can
  customize.

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Wimba Presenter Controls. Cont.

• To create an archive of your session, simply
  select the Archive button
• Remember to stop the archive by selecting the
  same button.

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Wimba Presenter Controls. Cont.

• When a folder and presentation have been
  selected, you can page through the slides using
  the arrow controls.

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Wimba Presenter Controls. Cont.

• You can place students into breakout rooms for
  group work via the Breakout Rooms tab

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Wimba Presenter Controls. Cont.

• You can create survey questions ahead of time to
  take polls during a presentation.

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Wimba Lobby

• If you choose Lobby, you will see all of the
  rooms and archives that you have access to. You
  can enter any of the rooms from the Lobby.

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Wimba Emoticons

• There are a variety of emoticons that can be used
  to elicit feedback from your class. This is also
  where a student can raise their virtual hand.

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Wimba Emoticons

• The instructor can clear emoticons as well as
  other session features from this emoticon
  dropdown menu button

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Wimba Emoticons

• The instructor can check the overall reaction
  from the emoticons from the pulse button

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Wimba Content Management, cont.

• Presenters can also access the content from
  Angel. Without launching the Wimba room, you
  simply select the Content button.

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Wimba Room Settings

• Back in Angel or Blackboard are the controls that
  allow you to complete all of your room management
  tasks. We will be using the Angel interface in
  this presentation

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Wimba Rooms Launch and Creating

• To launch, crate, or delete a new room, use the
  appropriate icons.

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Wimba Room Content Management, cont

• The Content icon is were you do all of the
  content uploading, content organization, poll
  creation and

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Wimba Room Content Management, cont.

• From the Content window, you can do a variety of
  content management tasks.

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Wimba Room Content Management, cont.

• Clicking on a folder name gives you access to
  that folders content, where you can do additional
  content management tasks like reordering, adding,
  deleting, targeting, etc.

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Wimba Room Content Management, cont.

• Other than uploading and managing content, you
  will create polls and quizzes from the Content
  windows.

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Polls and Quizzes

• Creating questions
• Is a simple
• step by
• step
• process.

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Polls and Quizzes

• Here is a poll question as it appears for the
  presenter in the interface

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Polls and Quizzes

• The presenter can view, and then choose to share
  or publish the question results. Only the
  presenter sees the gray panel on the left.

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Published poll

• Here is what the students see after publishing

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Wimba Room Content Management, cont.

• If we return to the Icon review.
• You can generate reports related to Wimba use

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Wimba Room Content Management, cont.

• The Settings icon controls a variety of important
  attributes for a room. One of the important
  settings is whether to allow students
  Presentation rights. They will need these if they
  are making presentations or doing group work.

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Wimba Room Content Management, cont.

• The advanced tab controls some important room
  features, for example the ability to have
  breakout rooms.

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Wimba Room Content Management, cont.

• An important example the use of settings is that
  archived sessions must be made available to
  students for them to be viewed by students

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Preloading Wimba Content

• Breakout rooms
• Supports group work, individual
  support/advisement
• Event management
• Audio
• Video (video feed switches and displays to the
  class, whoever is current speaking)

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Practice Site URL http//67.202.209.103/index.ht
ml.pl?launcherlink1credential_2channeldemo_ro
ompresenterOnLoad0clear_login_cookie1

• This is a practice Wimba course that everyone
  here can get into and is for practice use only.
• Do NOT post sensitive data here treat it as if
  it were a public web site.
• Remove items when you are done with the room.
• NOTE We can see who has posted what, and when.
• Be courteous of others that are using the room
  when you arrive.
• The content on this site will be regularly
  DELETED, so dont depend upon this site for
  anything other than a sandbox.

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Great Resources from Wimba

• Wimba is a pretty intuitive tool. Once you know
  the basics of navigation you can figure many
  things out easily.
• The Wimba company has some excellent, free
  guides, documents and tutorials. You should visit
  their website for more help
• http//www.wimba.com/support/instructors.php

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Other Department of Independent and Online
Learning Services

• Online program development
• Training for Wimba
• Training for online course development
• Wimba support and maintenance
• Angel integration
• Instructional Design services
• Program and course assessments

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Interested in using Wimba?

• For additional Wimba training for your
  department, please contact
• Randy Uncapher uncapher_at_olemiss.edu
• Mark Yacovone marky_at_olemiss.edu
• Anne Klingen annek_at_olemiss.edu

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Wimbas helpful resourceshttp//www.wimba.com/sup
port
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Questions? Comments? Contact InfoRandy
Uncapheruncapher_at_olemiss.edu or
online_at_olemiss.edu662-915-1491