Wimba
Wimba is a suite of online communication tools. It includes a live virtual classroom with 2-way audio, video, interactive whiteboard, computer desktop sharing and chat. Other tools allow teachers to easily post audio podcasts, audio email, and voice announcements on the web. Higher education users also have course authoring and instant messaging tools. See the TACC website for more information regarding Wimba collaboration tools.
Accessing Wimba
Faculty and students have access to WIMBA through WebCT. You can log into WebCT with your campus uNID and password or through the My.Utah.edu student portal.
Staff members can get Wimba accounts through the Campus Information System (CIS). You can log in to CIS with your campus uNID and password. At the top of the Employee tab, click on “Personalize >> Content” and check the box for “My Wimba Virtual Room". Return to the Employee tab and look for the “My Wimba Virtual Room” pagelet. Click the “My Wimba room” link to create and manage your room. The next time you log in to CIS you will see a URL for your Wimba room. To invite others to join you in your Wimba room, give them the URL (copy and paste the URL into an Email).
Training
Demo Presentation: http://libtools.library.utah.edu/mlib_events/wimbaworkshops
A training class is held in the Marriott Library room 1008 on the last Wednesday of every month from February-August from 12-1pm. The first 30 minutes demos Live Classroom. The last 30 minutes is for those who want to learn how to manage their content once they have a room to put things in.
You can register for training online at (http://www.tacc.utah.edu); under Events click on Wimba Training.
For More
Wimba Technical Questions and Solutions pdf
For additional help with training, please contact Rebekah Grow at rebekah.grow@utah.edu
