Library:Online Instruction/Checklist for Instructor

Checklist for Wimba Classroom

At least one week before class date:

Create class in Wimba Classroom admin
Create welcoming start page and branding frame.
Post a start page for participants to view while waiting for the session to begin.
- go to: content > default content > new content > add url > http://toby.library.ubc.ca/webpage/webpage.cfm?id=748, click add > edit title to “welcome page”, change target to “content frame”
- go to: content > start content > content frame > edit > select “welcome page” > save changes
Add image to branding frame
- go to: content > default content > new content > upload new content > browse for image, select image > click on add > change target to “branding frame”
- go to: content > start content > branding frame > edit > select picture file x.jpg > save changes
Depending on curriculum
- give participants access to drawing on the eboard
- load powerpoints
- create polls
Give access to the room to other presenters and technical support person (admin > access > user access)
Open the room
Email registrants with information about how to log-in, run wizard, etc.

Day of Class:

Important information

Check list before session:

Send invite to participants with key links, wizard, VPN, [RefWorks account]
Firefox: clear cache, reduce bars, open 3 tabs
[For RefWorks, set WNC to stay on top]
[For RefWorks, create Word doc & save to desktop; clear desktop of other files]
Share Content Frame then Screen Area or Window. Resize browser so it takes up top 2/3 of screen. On wide monitors, don’t take the entire width, otherwise participants with smaller screens will have to scroll horizontally.
Go to Welcome Slide
Lock Talk (use CTRL key to mute).

Welcome & introductions

Welcome and thank you for coming to this RefWorks session.
Can everyone hear me?
Teaching with Wimba classroom is new for me, so I’d be very interested in any feedback you have about the experience.
Round of introductions: name and department. If you have a mic, please feel free to use it. If not, you can type your hello using the chat box on the lower left of the screen.

Wimba Classroom logistics

My plan is to demonstrate [RefWorks] so I’ll be sharing my screen with you.
I’d like you to be able to follow along [in your own RefWorks account and to search for articles], so please open two other windows or tabs.
Archiving? I also wanted to ask your permission to record the session. I would like to review it for my own improvement but also to make it available for others to use.
Does anyone have any questions before we begin?
Ask co-instructor to click “Archive” button.