Adding a Collaborate Session to Your Moodle Isu Course

Hello and Welcome to an ITRC Moodle ISU and Web Conferencing learning tutorial. In this tutorial you will learn how to set up a Collaborate web conferencing activity within a Moodle ISU course. To begin you will need to log into Moodle ISU. On the Moodle ISU page you will see a list of My courses. Click on the desired course. To add a Collaborate web conferencing activity to your course, Click the “Turn editing on” button in the upper right-hand corner. Scroll down to the area where you would like the add a Web conferencing activity and Click the “Add an activity or resource” link. Click the radio button next to "Collaborate Session" and click the Add button. To finish creating your session enter the session title and change any other settings that apply. You may want to add a session description. You can also designate the date and time that the session will begin and end. To see more settings click on the Expand all link. In the session attributes section you can decide whether the session recoding will start manually (meaning that the moderator will turn on the recording) or automatically (meaning that the recording will start when the session begins.) You can also determine the number of maximum talkers allowed in the session. A talker is basically an available microphone in the online classroom. Notice that the default is 3 however you can have up to 6 "microphones" available for each session. During the session the moderator will be able to turn microphones on and off as needed. For a more efficient and flexible classroom experience we would recommend allowing at least 3 (if not all 6) maximum talkers. The enable session teleconference option is a new setting which allows students to join your session using their phones. With this option enabled your students will be able to participate in the discussion even if they are experiencing problems with their internet connection. For help with these or any of the other settings please feel free to contact the ITRC. Once you are finished click the “Save and return to course” button. You now have a Web conferencing link in your course. Thank you for watching this tutorial. For additional help in accessing your courses or setting up a web conferencing session, please visit the url listed on this page or contact the ITRC. Subtitles by the Amara.org community