Breeze and Elluminate
Description
Elluminate is a collaborative synchronous web conferencing system which allows moderators and participants to share voice, video, text, images, whiteboard, chat, and desktop applications. Elluminate is good for online learning, meetings, conferences, workshops and on-demand presentations.
- Anyone with a UANetID can create and manage their own meetings.
Key Features
- Share applications, websites, images, PowerPoints and documents.
- Whiteboard
- Record, capture, and playback Elluminate sessions.
- Gather real-time feedback through polls and quizzes.
- Breakout meeting rooms for small group discussions and collaboration.
- Create meeting link from D2L for easy access.
Example Uses
- Students and faculty don’t need to be in the same location at the same time in order to conduct a class or office hours.
- A cost effective way to "bring in" a guest speaker.
- The survey tool can be used as a classroom clicker or responder tool.
- Record a meeting for students who missed a class or need to review.
- Facilitate class meetings and student group meetings across diverse geographic locations.
- Use the chat feature to create more engaging discussions.
- Students can use Elluminate to work on group projects.
To get started, create and access meetings or view your recordings, login to Elluminate Scheduler with your UANetID:
(We recommend you create a single meeting space with a
single start and end date for the duration of the semester.)
Help:
If you would like assistance in brainstorming instructional applications for Elluminate in your course(s) or would like a general introduction to Elluminate then please contact Wayne Brent, wbrent@arizona.edu
If you or your students have technical difficulties with getting your computer connected to a meeting space then please call 866-388-8674 and select option 2. If you are outside the US and need technical assistance call 703-956-3812. Elluminate provides technical support for their products.
Current Breeze Users:
Breeze is being replaced with Elluminate during the Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 semesters. if you currently have Breeze recordings and wish to keep them, they can be re-recorded in Elluminate. Contact Wayne Brent wbrent@arizona.edu for instructions.
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What People Are Saying
- “I couldn’t teach my class without it.”
- “My students love the recording and playback feature.”
- “The multitasking chat feature works well when done on topic.”
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Resources
- Moderators Training
- Participants Training
