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Schedule a session
1. Return to the My Elluminate tab and click on the Schedule a meeting button in the Resources menu.
2. Enter a session title, start time and end time, and reserve your required number of seats.
3. Click on the Show Default Fields button on the left, in the Additional Settings menu. 4. Select the Elluminate version you wish to use. 5. Next, select the Session type which best matches the purpose of your session. The Innovation and Next Practice Division uses these categories to analyse the usage of the Virtual Conference Centre. If you don't select the 'Session Type', you may be contacted by email and asked to provide the session type, to ensure our usage data is accurate.
6. Optional: You may also choose to customise your session with the following settings: Check Notify Invitees to automatically notify all invitees, who are invited through the SAS, about the session. Check Must Be Supervised if you want the Moderator to view private messages sent between participants. Check Permissions On if you want participants to enter the session with privileges such as audio, video, chat and whiteboard. If you wish to record the session, check Enable Recording to give the Moderator the ability to start and pause the recording during the session. To automatically email the recording link to invited participants, check Email Recording Link. Note that only participants who are invited through the SAS will receive the email from the server. The moderator will have the option to email the link to all other participants. Enable Recording Viewer Details requires viewers to enter their name and /or email address before they can access the recording. This will enable you to monitor the download logs for your session recordings. To invite someone to your session from within the session, check Allow In-Session Invitations. The In-Session Invitation button will appear in the moderator toolbar in Elluminate. Hide Attendee Names hides the names of all attendees in the recording. Attendees will appear as Participant #1, Participant #2 etc. If using live video and recording the session, select the quality desired in the Video Quality field. The Boundary Time determines how early participants can enter the session. Enter the number of minutes before the session start time that participants may enter. Determine the maximum number of simultaneous talkers for your session in the Max Talkers field. Enter a number between 1 and 6. Moderators can also adjust this number during the Elluminate session. Determine the maximum number of simultaneous video transmissions for your session in the Max Cameras field. Enter a number between 1 and 6. Moderators can also adjust this number during the Elluminate session. The Virtual Conference Centre does not have a teleconferencing facility so please ignore the following settings: Moderator Phone Moderator Phone PIN Participant Phone Participant Phone PIN Session SIP or Phone Session SIP/Phone PIN. 7. If these settings are likely to be your preferences for future sessions, you can press the button to Save Current Settings As Defaults 8. Click on the Hide Default Fields button in the Additional Settings menu. 9. Press the 'Create the Session' button in the top right corner. You will see a confirmation page showing the session details and the guest link to send out to your participants. You will also receive an email notification with your moderator link, participant link and recording link.
4. Click on the Hide Content Preloads button in the Additional settings menu.
3. To create a new contact, simply enter their details into the mandatory Email Address and Display Name fields. Then, press the Create the Invitee button.
4. Again, use the arrow buttons to add the new contact to the invitee list on the right, either as a chair (moderator) or non-chair (regular participant) Keep in mind that as the owner of the session, you are required to personally attend and moderate all sessions that you create, even if another moderator is in the room.
3. If it is within the boundary time for your session, which is usually 60 minutes before the start time, you will also see a Join link. Click the Join link and you will be logged in to the session without needing to enter your display name. You may need to click on the information bar in your browser to allow the session to load. If you are the owner of the session, you will automatically enter the web conference with moderator privileges.
To access resources and discussions on using the Elluminate SAS and running your own web conferences, visit the Virtual Conference Centre online community at: http://guidetoinnovation.ning.com/group/virtualconferencecentre