TAA Presentation 9

Welcome

• Tuesday 2nd November

First past the post

First past the post

Heading for

pasture

Heading for

pasture

Dining with connections

Dining with connections

Cup runneth over

Cup runneth over

Track is Slow

Track is Slow

Use the text tool to record your current mood state

Use the text tool to record your current mood state

Today

• It’s Elluminate time!• Exploring the Virtual Facilitator• Tour of Elluminate

Invite your

cronies!!

Invite your

cronies!!

Presentation Schedule Task 6Tuesday Nov 16 Tuesday Nov 23

Laura Street Kelly Staveley

Mark Gage ? Penny Bentley

Anne Marie Constabile?

Brett Drinkwater

Jeanette Jordt

Carina Law

Virtual Facilitator (Moderator) –

• " Facilitators stimulate learner participation and interaction by using small group discussions, collaborative projects, case studies....”

Where we seem to be going

Virtual Facilitator (Moderator) –• Share one idea here that describes how you

think your trainers could link learner participation and interaction around a group learning activity that can also act as an assessment task.....

• Take a minute or two and addto the chat box

Virtual Facilitator (Moderator) –• What might be the consequences of this type

of activity for the sort of course content you might need to provide your students?

Virtual Facilitator (Moderator) –• Consider some activities using discussions that

you can attempt to extend the value of online training after the initial learning experience, to build an ongoing community of learners

• Take the Microphone!!

Content• Make sure the content you create is easy to see. • Keep background templates simple so that they 

don't distract from the content you want to share.  

• Avoid  gradient colors in the background. • Use a font type and size that is easy to read

(no smaller than a 12 point standard font such as Arial, Verdana or Times New Roman).   

• Use visuals whenever possible especially for complex processes or procedures. 

• Avoid slide after slide of bulleted lists.

Content cont…• Avoid using bright colours• Check download times for websites• Avoid lag times, pre-load everything

During your presentation

• Slow things down• Watch for responses• Practice, practice, practice• If you have a brain fog moment ask

a question.• Divert so you can collect your

thoughts

Optimise your connection speed• Set your Connection

Speed to the Internet • Open the Preferences

dialog under the Tools>> Preferences.

• Select Connection choose the correct speed from the Connection Speed drop-down menu.

Tips• Name your slides to make it easier to move to

the correct one during a session• Use the volume slider to monitor your volume

rather than continually saying “Can you hear me”

Tips• Use the chat to

post any links or to have a back channel of communication

Tips

• Pose questions so participants can use the emoticons to give you feedback

Tips

• Encourage people to raise their hands if they have a question

Tips• Consider how you want people

to communicate (all or once or one at a time)

• This is done by selecting Tools > Audio > Maximum Simultaneous Talkers.

Tips• Move smoothly

between actions.

• Remember there will be a delay if you use the WebTour so let your audience know what you are doing

• Tools>>Start a Web Tour• Enter the URL that you wish to tour and

then click OK

Tips – Sites with Log in• For websites that require users to log in it will be

easier to use Application Sharing as participants will then be able to view your view of the website.

• Have all of the website URLs that you will be using in your session ready to copy and paste from a text document.

Tips• Application Sharing.• Have the applications open on your computer that you

want to share.• Sharing by region allows you to share multiple

applications and windows simultaneously. • When sharing by application, any new windows that

open relating to the application will also be shared.• Tools >>Application Sharing >>Begin Hosting

Application

Tips

• You will be prompted that you are application sharing. You may experience a disruption to your layout. You can fix this

Tips• You will be prompted that you are application

sharing. • The applications may load at different speeds on

users computers. These colored indicators lights represent the length of the delay.

Tips - Polling• Poll the participants at various intervals to obtain feedback• Choose from Yes/No, Multiple choice (3 5 responses)  • Ask a question and have the participants answer using the 

polling response buttons located on their toolbar. • To publish a copy of the polling statistics to the whiteboard, 

click on the toolbar or click the Publish to Whiteboard button on the Polling Statistics window. 

Virtual Facilitator (Moderator)• Brainstorm some of the management issues

you can foresee in using Discussions to promote ongoing training and learning with your target group

–Management– Topics– Responsibility– Participation

Virtual Facilitator – Job Des• Lets make a group list that will build into a job

description for a Virtual Facilitator.• Whiteboard!!

Virtual Facilitator – Job Des• What extra tasks will you need to do now your

training is in some way online?• Take a minute in the text box!!

Questions

Next session Tuesday 9th November 6.30pm

Thank you for playing