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What is Elluminate?
Narrate a PowerPoint presentation online live with this Web conferencing system made for higher education. Students may participate in the session with two-way audio, text messaging, a shared whiteboard, surveys, quizzes and more.
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Key Features
We have the Elluminate Lite Edition, which includes the following features.
- Shareable, Interactive Whiteboard
- Import images and PowerPoint slides. Illustrate in real time with built-in drawing tools.
- Clear, Two-way Audio Over the Internet
- Push-to-talk hot key makes live voice communication easy.
- Universal Access
- Works with Windows, Macintosh, broadband and dialup.
- Intuitive, Easy-to-Use Interface
- Participants quickly get up to speed and are then free to focus on the conference.
- Designed with Pedagogy in Mind
- Not just a Web conferencing application, Elluminate was designed for teaching and learning.
- 24/7 Support
- Elluminate provides support by telephone and online around the clock.
- Robust Moderator Tools
- Instructors monitor and control the conference environment.
- Emoticons
- Get a feel for what's going on "out there" with affective feedback from students.
- Polling
- Push a question to your students and get immediate feedback.
- Direct Text Messaging
- Instant public and private messaging offers another avenue of communication during conferences.
- Accessibility
- Instant public and private messaging offers another avenue of communication during conferences.
See Elluminate in Action
- In-depth description of Elluminate (www.elluminate.com/academic_edition.jsp)
- Eluminate interface screen shot
- Elluminate demos (www.elluminate.com/demos_events_landing.jsp)
Faculty: Getting Started with Elluminate
Faculty with questions about getting started with Elluminate may contact Sheri Stover or sign up for online training.
- Sheri Stover, x3245
- Elluminate training (www.elluminate.com/site/external/event/schedule)
- Elluminate user guides (www.elluminate.com/support/docs/v6server.jsp)
- Elluminate PowerPoint Converter (Windows) (http://www.elluminate.com/support/ppt_converter.jsp)
- Presentation Wizard (Mac or Windows) (www.elluminate.com/support/tools/presentation_wizard.jsp)