OVERVIEW OF WIMBA MEETING ROOMS
Wimba meeting rooms enables you to communicate with others through your computer and share computer screens.
It may be just what you need to collaborate on some problem or project.
Every session needs at least one presenter and may have any number of participants.
The presenter can control which screen is visible. The screen may belong to the presenter or any participant. It's
probably less confusing to have only one presenter.
What follows are instructions on how to log in as a presenter. For instructions on how to log in as a
participant, click here.
LOG IN INSTRUCTIONS
- Go to the Wimba log in page (http://vculive.wimba.com/
- Click Presenter Login
- Login, using the username and password provided you. Click Enter.
- Run the setup wizard if you haven't done so already (see below)
- If you have already run the wizard, then by pass it by clicking
click here at the bottom of the page in small letters.
Brace yourself for a wait that might be tens of seconds.
- You should see a list of open rooms in alphabetical order.
Scroll down to BioBIKE Room 01 (or some other previously agreed upon BioBIKE
meeting room) and click it.
- You should find yourself in a virtual room with your name in the
People box.
- Once in the room, you can text or communicate via headset (optional),
and share a screen (see below).
SHARING A SCREEN WITH OTHERS IN THE ROOM
- While in a meeting room, click the SHARE button (upper right)
- An AppShare Status window will appear. In it, you'll see a list of
participants. Check the button of the person whose screen you
wish to share.
- Click Begin Sharing
- If it's your screen that's being shared, an AppShare Selection
window will appear on your screen. You can
experiment with this, but I think the easiest
arrangement is to check Full Desktop. This causes your
entire screen to appear on everyone else's screen. The
other choices allows only parts of your screen to appear.
- If someone else's screen is to be shared, the AppShare Selection
window will appear on that person's screen. It would be kind if
you provided instruction.
- To break off the screen sharing or to transfer it to
someone else, go back to the AppShare Status window
and click Update Sharing or End Sharing.
RUNNING THE SETUP WIZARD
The setup wizard takes about a minute, with each step potentially
taking some tens of seconds. The first two steps are
automatic checks requiring your attention only if they fail.
The last four require your active participation.
- Click Start from the welcome screen.
- You probably will not pass the popup window test. In that case,
you will need to enable popup windows for the site. In Firefox, you'll
see an Options button in the right hand corner of the window that will enable you
to do this. Once you've OK'd popups, click Retry Test.
- The Java test generally presents no problem to PC users, but
Mac users have reported issues. If the test hangs, you should probably
contact VCU Technology Services, 828-2227.
- The Allowing Signed Applet test has never failed in my
experience. Click Next.
- The Audio Playback test determines whether you can hear
communication from the meeting room through your headset. If you don't want to use a
headset, ignore the test and click Next
- The Audio Recording test determines whether you can speak to
the meeting room through your headset. If you don't want to use a
headset, ignore the test and click Next
- Click Finished!
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