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What is Wimba Classroom? |
Wimba Classroom is a service that allows educators to communicate with students, parents and colleagues online with 2-way audio, video, interactive whiteboard and chat. A teacher could use the Wimba Classroom for virtual office hours or parent conferences or in many other ways. To learn more about Wimba Classroom, visit http://www.uen.org/wimba/. Wimba Classroom screen capture. 
Add the Wimba Classroom Portlet to my.uen
You can add a Wimba Classroom portlet to your my.uen page to make it easy for you and participants to access your Wimba Classroom. After adding the portlet, you or other participants can access your Wimba classroom from your my.uen page.
- After logging into my.uen, navigate to the public page where you would like to place the Wimba Classroom portlet.
- Use the “Add Page Content” link located in the upper right corner of your screen. This will open a small window with a list of available portlets organized into categories.
- Choose the Wimba category and use the “Add” button next to Wimba Classroom to display the Wimba Classroom portlet on your page with the default options.
Use the "Preview my Public Page" link to see what the portlet will look like to visitors (your view is slightly different). You can customize what is displayed by following the customization instructions below.
Customize your Wimba Portlet
You can customize how your name appears in your Wimba Classroom, whether participants are allowed access, the description of the portlet, whether the setup wizard link is displayed, and the name of your Wimba Portlet.
Customizing Presenter Name, Participant Access, Description, and Setup Wizard Link:
- Navigate to the page containing your Wimba portlet.
- Use the Edit icon
at the top of the portlet window to display the portlet customization options. - Change the Presenter Name if desired. This is how your name will appear when you enter your Wimba Classroom as a presenter.
- Uncheck the "Allow Participant Access" box to prevent participants from entering your Wimba classroom through the portlet on your my.uen page.
- Edit the text in the Description box to change the default message displayed on your portlet if desired.
- Uncheck the "Display Setup Wizard Link" box if you do not want the setup wizard to appear on your portlet.
Note: You can add multiple Wimba portlets to different my.uen pages / tabs. The preferences (participant access, description, and setup wizard link) are unique for each of your my.uen pages.
To Change the Portlet Title:
Click the title at the top of the Wimba Classroom portlet window and change the title.
Accessing Your Wimba Classroom
You can access your Wimba classroom as the presenter either from your personal page or from any page to which you have added the Wimba portlet. Participants can access your Wimba classroom through the Wimba portlet that you have added to a my.uen page. It is very important that both you and your participants run the Setup Wizard prior to entering the Wimba Classroom.
Presenter Access:
As a presenter, you can access your Wimba classroom by either of the following methods:
- From your my.uen Personal Page, click Wimba Classroom under the UEN Premium Services column.
- If you have already added the Wimba Classroom Portlet to my.uen, you can use the "Enter Wimba Room Management" link to open the Wimba Classroom Administration window.
Using either of these methods opens a new Wimba Classroom Administration window that you can use to enter your classroom, add content to the room, administer recorded archives, view tracking reports, and more. To find out more about these options see http://www.uen.org/wimba/.
Participant Access From a Page Containing the Wimba Portlet:
Participants can join your Wimba Classroom from the public view of your Wimba Portlet. You can e-mail participants the URL to your my.uen page (e.g. http://my.uen.org/12345), and they will be able to join your Wimba Classroom through the public view of the portlet, which looks like this:
