Sakai: Communication Tools

Communication Tools

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Meetings (BigBlueButton)

• What can an instructor do with the Meetings tool/BigBlueButton? (BigBlueButton)
• Minimum computer requirements
  • Students and Instructors: You must use a web browser running Adobe Flash 10.3 or higher, according to BigBlueButton .
    • To check your web browser flash version (and download the latest version), visit Adobe's Flash Version Check
  • Students and Instructors: If using a Mac, please follow the instructions and link provided by BigBlueButton
  • Instructors and Presenters only: To share your desktop, you must have Java installed on your desktop BigBlueButton Instructor/Presenter Set-up Instructions
  • Recommended Number of Users per meeting session: 25 or less. According to BigBlueButton, you may experience performance problems with more than 25 students in a single session.

• Presentations
  • Can I upload Microsoft documents to BigBlueButton? Tip: Save your file as a PDF (BigBlueButton)
  • Will my animations in PowerPoint convert when uploading to BigBlueButton? No (BigBlueButton)
  • Is there a page limit for uploaded files? 100 pages. (BigBlueButton)
• Desktop Sharing
  • What does an instructor need to do to share their desktop? Tip: You must download Java (BigBlueButton)
  • Can I share a specific window when sharing my desktop? Tip: Yes (BigBlueButton)
  • As a presenter, in addition to BigBlueButton, I see a small preview window. What do my students see? (BigBlueButton)
• Voice Conference
  • Why can't others hear me when I join the voice conference? (BigBlueButton)
  • Why do others only hear part of my audio? Your microphone volume may be too low. Move your microphone closer to your mouth. You may need to change the volume setting of your microphone. (BigBlueButton)
  • Why do I hear music when I join a voice conference? (BigBlueButton)
  • Why is there an echo in the voice conference? Tip: Students should use headsets or the presenter can mute students (BigBlueButton)
• Chat
  • How can I copy all chat messages to the clipboard? (BigBlueButton)
• Tutorials
  • Instructor and Student (BigBlueButton)

Roster tool

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Sign-up tool

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