Wimba Voice Tools
Wimba Voice Tools are a set of tools that allow you to use
audio within WebCT to communicate, collaborate with and teach your
students. There are four different tools available:
- Voice Authoring - allows the instructor to record a message and have
it delivered via a web page in WebCT.
- Voice E-mail - This tool allows the instructor or student to send a
voice e-mail
- Voice Direct - provides real time voice conferencing over the web for
multiple participants
- Voice Board - a bulletin board that allows for audio discussions
Wimba Classroom
Wimba Classroom is a web-conferencing application that combines the
following features in one product:
- Voice over IP (VOIP) - allows instructors and students to
talk to each other in real time with the use of a standard headset
with microphone
- Application sharing - provides the capability to share a
Presenter or Participant's desktop or programs with remote users
- Online presentations/eBoard - Preload content such as
Powerpoints, PDFs, and website URLs
- Polling - Yes/No options are always available by default,
Presenters may also add multiple choice, true/false, and open ended
questions
- Chat - text based chat still available for users without
audio capability
Wimba Pronto
The only instant messaging system designed for educators to advance
and promote learning, Wimba Pronto includes unique features to
specifically benefit students and teachers:
- Instant messaging
- Blended Audio and Video Conferencing
- Application Sharing
- State of the Art Whiteboard
- Automatic population of Classmates and Courses
Online Training for Wimba
Any member of Villanova may enroll in weekly online training sessions
for either Voice Tools or LiveClassroom:
These free customer training sessions can:
- Teach new instructors and presenters how to use Wimba's
products
- Help existing instructors and presenters refine their skills
- Help trainers and champions develop an internal training program
Each session lasts approximately 1 hour and is conducted within a live, interactive
environment facilitated by Wimba experts. After training, you
can refer to
practice exercises, best practices documentation, and even the scripts
and slides from training to refresh your knowledge or help teach others.
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