Template: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. 1) 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 2) add image to branding frame  Go to: content > default content > new content > upload new content > browse for image, select image > click on add > change taraget to “branding frame”  Go to: content > start content > branding frame > edit > select picture file x.jpg > save changes • depending on curriculum 1) give participants access to drawing on the eboard 2) load powerpoints 3) 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 Admin login: http://67.202.226.156/admin/ [Your ID & Pwd] Room URL: i.e. http://67.202.226.156/launcher.cgi?room=RefWorks Wizard link: http://ubc.wimba.com/wizard/launcher.cgi?wc=wms Welcome slide: http://toby.library.ubc.ca/webpage/webpage.cfm?id=748

Blue phone: 604-638-5113

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.