Overview of Elluminate Tools

	User Profiles for Each Participant
	Breakout Rooms
	Shared, Interactive Whiteboard
	Full Duplex Audio
	Instant Messaging
	Application Sharing
	Live Webcam Video
	Multi-Media Content Delivery
	File Transfer
	Synchronized Web Tour
	Record & Playback
	Interactive Quiz and Survey Manager
	See Elluminate's support site for more information and tools

User Profiles for Each Participant

participants and moderators can publish information about themselves and view each other’s profiles by moving the mouse over the participant’s name in the Participants’ Window

Teaching Tip: User profiles allow students and instructor(s) to learn more about each other, making the virtual classroom more personal.

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Breakout Rooms

moderator moves students into separate rooms where students can collaborate using their own private audio, whiteboard, application sharing, video, etc….
can be set up ahead of time or be created on the fly
content can be loaded into the rooms ahead of time

Teaching Tip: Breakout rooms are a way to encourage more student interaction through small groups activities, peer tutoring, or one-on-one work

Point to Consider: Activity in breakout rooms is not captured in recordings.

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Shared, Interactive Whiteboard

main presentation window
present slides or use as a work area where you and your participants can write, draw, or type

Point to Consider: Text typed on the whiteboard does not scroll and can be “lost” on the screen; use the text box feature (available in v. 8.0) to eliminate this problem.

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Full Duplex Audio

up to four people can talk at any time during a session (default setting is one person)

Tteaching Tip: Encourage students to use the audio configuration wizard before the session is scheduled to begin so their microphone & speaker settings are configured properly.

Point to Consider: If more than one person is speaking or if the meeting is in a classroom or conference room, headsets or echo-cancellation microphones are recommended to cut down on echo.

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Instant Messaging

moderator and participants can send a text message to everyone, selected participants, or to one participant in the session.

Teaching Tip: Instant messaging is great for introductions, brainstorming, questions, & comments.

Point to Consider: Direct/instant messaging can be a distraction for some students; use presentation mode to help those students focus on content being presented. (Students who aren’t distracted by direct messaging may opt out of presentation mode independently.)

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Application Sharing

share a desktop application with all participants have another person control your desktop or application, or view and control another participant’s desktop or application
moderators can grant participants permission to share an application also so that a student can lead discussion

Teaching Tip: Application sharing is useful for demonstrating steps to access applications necessary for your class, such as accessing Blackboard or learning how to use a feature in MS Word or for letting students peer teach.

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Live Webcam Video

video broadcast and can give permission to students to do the same if they have a web camera

Point to Consider: Webcam usage can slow down other Elluminate features because of wide bandwidth usage

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Multi-Media Content Delivery

share multimedia files, such as a movie or song clip, or a URL

Teaching Tip: As a timesaver, load multimedia files to access during your Elluminate session in the Multimedia Library before your session begins.

Point to Consider: Students must have appropriate players installed on their computers to view some of these files.

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File Transfer

upload files to server and share with participants; URLs can be loaded here too

Teaching Tip: Use the file transfer tool to distribute handouts before, during, or at the end of a session.

Point to Consider: Students will be prompted to accept the files; let them know so they aren’t caught off guard or confused.

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Synchronized Web Tour

take participants to a website
as moderator moves through a website, the participants move with him or her
Participants are allowed to explore the website independently also, but when moderator clicks on a new area, the participants move along with the moderator
URLs entered in the Web Tour window are saved until the moderator closes window

Teaching Tip: List web URLs in a text document in advance; then copy & paste appropriate URLs form the document.

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Record & Playback

moderators can stop or start recording sessions
all main room activity records: audio, public text messages, whiteboard content, application sharing, quizzes, multimedia, file sharing, and video broadcasting

Teaching Tip: Students who missed or want to review the session can access it at a later date.

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