Participating with Elluminate.....

TechTuesday sessions utilize an online meeting software called Elluminate to conduct live one hour webinars. After you register to attend TechTuesday you will recieve an email with a link. When the webinar is scheduled begin, simply click on the link -- your computer will do a few somersaults and backflips and then you will be connected to a virtual meeting room.

If you would like to make sure you will be able to connect to Elluminate from your school site, please go to this Elluminate Support page and click on the link titled "Participant Orientation (5 minutes)". If you have time to watch the orientation that would be great!

Once you are in the meeting room you will hear the presenter's voice and you may see him/her on video. We will take a few minutes to familiarize ourselves with the Elluminate workspace and then we will proceed with a demonstration of a Web 2.0 technology. Because we only have one hour, the session will focus more on "how do you do this" rather than "why would I want to". More information about why you would want to utilize a particular Web 2.0 applications in your classroom will be provided for each session.

Each monthly TechTuesday webinar will be recorded and posted. If you want to reference the video at a later date, it will be available to you. Feel free to share the information with any of your colleages.

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Using Elluminate for the First Time

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If this is the first time you will be entering an Elluminate session here is a list of operations to guide you:
1. After clicking on the link you recieved via email, you will be prompted to enter your name for the session. Simply type your first name there is no registration required. Click on Login.
2. You may see a notice that Java is starting. You may see it downloading the application,
3. If prompted to run, click on run
4. If you get a Windows Security Alert saying “the application has not been verified” tell it to unblock.
5. Click on the radio button to agree to terms and click ok.
6. You will be prompted to identify your connection speed. Choose Cable/DSL and click ok.
7. It will show you are connecting to host, then you will see your name listed as one of the participants. At that point you will have joined me in the session and I will start talking to you or chatting with you in the chat window.