Wimba is a suite of online communication tools. It includes a live virtual classroom with 2-way audio, video, interactive whiteboard, computer desktop sharing and chat. Other tools allow teachers to easily post audio podcasts, audio email, and voice announcements on the web. Higher education users also have course authoring and instant messaging tools.

The Utah Education Network licenses the tool for educational use within Utah’s public schools, colleges and universities.

Utah’s public higher education faculty, students and staff can find the Wimba tools integrated into online classes within Blackboard.

Utah’s K12 educators with Premium status can access Wimba by adding the Wimba Classroom portlet to their my.uen pages. Learn more ...

If you are at a Utah college or university, your faculty assistance center staff can assist you in learning the Wimba tools.

UEN’s Professional Development group also provides free workshops open to K12 and higher education users.

The Wimba web site also has guides,videos and live online workshops you can freely access to learn how to make the most of the Wimba tools.

Fully interactive Wimba Classroom sessions work best using a computer with a high-speed internet connection, headphones, a USB microphone and a web camera. Basic meetings may simply use a browser and a telephone. Both the presenter and the participants must turn their browser's Pop-up Blocker off. Note to Mac users: The Wimba classroom works best with the Safari browser. There are a few Wimba issues with the Firefox browser.