Elluminate for Students

Preparing your Computer

• Check to see that your computer meets the minimum operating system requirements.
• Visit the Elluminate Support site (checks your computer for necessary components).
• Ask your instructor if you will need to install any other software to read documents or to access other multi-media components during your Elluminate session.  For instance, you might need:
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader to read PDFs
  • Adobe Flash Player and RealPlayer to view video and audio

Learning to use Elluminate

• Review some orientation materials published by Elluminate; there are slide shows, animated demonstrations, and PDFs that are very useful

Accessing Elluminate

• Determine the type of Elluminate session in which you will participate because accessing the session will vary accordingly.
  • If your instructor emailed a link to you without any log-in information, then you have an Elluminate meeting scheduled.
  • See it: Accessing an Elluminate Meeting
  • If you received log-in information in your email, then you have an Elluminate class scheduled. 
  • See it: Accessing an Elluminate Class
• Once you’re in your Elluminate session, be sure to run the Audio Setup Wizard; this assures that you will be heard by other participants.
• Log in early (15-30 minutes) so there is plenty of time for you to load Elluminate and supporting programs; also, you will want to run the audio wizard before class begins so your microphone is at optimal performance levels
• Accessing recordings of Elluminate sessions varies by session type as well.
  • Meetings: To view a recording an Elluminate meeting, you must ask your instructor to send you a link to the recording.
  • Classes: You may log in and access recorded sessions at any time. View a demonstration on how to access recorded Elluminate class sessions.
• If you need to to access a recorded Elluminate session, you will need to obtain the link to the recorded session from your instructor view a demonstration about how to access it.