I just tested Elluminate, which will be used during next week’s “Podcasting in Education” session I’m doing for ADETA next week. We did a session using a Windows machine, which I reserved for the test because I just assumed it wouldn’t work properly for hosting the session via a Mac. It ran flawlessly on Windows, even sharing the microphone from the headset with both Elluminate and Audacity.
We ran through a quick sample of what the session will involve. Another Lambian wiki-powered by-the-seat-of-the-pants-if-they’re-available session, which will likely start in iTunes to show the Podcasting directory, then jump to Audacity to show recording, then to weblogs.ucalgary.ca to show uploading (and then listening directly on the website), then back to iTunes to show subscribing and listening there (and potentially on a portable device).
When I got back to my desk, I was wondering if it would work hosting a session from a Mac. Patrick thought it should work – it’s just a java app after all – so I fired it up from my trusty desktop machine. And it worked great! Application sharing appears to work, and everything else runs the same as it did on the Windows box. Man, if I can avoid using Windows… 🙂
The session will be recorded, and I’ll post a link afterward for those who aren’t registered. Apparently, the session is sold out. Pattie made that sound like a Big Deal, but it could be that every session sells out… 🙂
The wiki page of Podcasting resources is already online.
I just tested Elluminate, which will be used during next week’s “Podcasting in Education” session I’m doing for ADETA next week. We did a session using a Windows machine, which I reserved for the test because I just assumed it wouldn’t work properly for hosting the session via a Mac. It ran flawlessly on Windows, even sharing the microphone from the headset with both Elluminate and Audacity.
We ran through a quick sample of what the session will involve. Another Lambian wiki-powered by-the-seat-of-the-pants-if-they’re-available session, which will likely start in iTunes to show the Podcasting directory, then jump to Audacity to show recording, then to weblogs.ucalgary.ca to show uploading (and then listening directly on the website), then back to iTunes to show subscribing and listening there (and potentially on a portable device).
When I got back to my desk, I was wondering if it would work hosting a session from a Mac. Patrick thought it should work – it’s just a java app after all – so I fired it up from my trusty desktop machine. And it worked great! Application sharing appears to work, and everything else runs the same as it did on the Windows box. Man, if I can avoid using Windows… 🙂
The session will be recorded, and I’ll post a link afterward for those who aren’t registered. Apparently, the session is sold out. Pattie made that sound like a Big Deal, but it could be that every session sells out… 🙂
The wiki page of Podcasting resources is already online.
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Yeah – I’ll do some more tests. I’m not planning on doing true “application sharing” – nobody else will be taking control – but the display sharing wasn’t too laggy (a couple of seconds, which is tolerable)
I have participated in Elluminate sessions many times D’Arcy, and for the most part, it works greats. I don’t like the lack of full duplex sound and I have found the application sharing to be poor. If you are going to use application sharing, you might want to do a bit more testing.
Those rude geek bastards! Of course, they would have had no idea that CogDogTV was on the air…
Good luck DJ Norman…. I’ve done a few Elluminate live sessions for the TCC Online Conferences, and have had great experience, no flaws, in running it live form my PowerBook… I did one at an early Pachyderm meeting, where I was standing out in the hallways talking nose to screen at my computer, connected via the Airport in our meeting room. Iw as all fine til some other meeting of engineer types came out whooping it up for lunch.
Also did it for my Harry Mudd / Small Pieces session last April:
http://zircon.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/ocotillo/wiki?HarryMudd
these were run through LearningTimes…
The whiteboard screens work well if you upload them; they ones shown as snatched PpowerPoint Screen grabs always look grainy. The live web tours work well once you get the hang of all thew controls.
Thanks for sharing the resources, I need to spiff up my link collection.
And of course, have fun 😉
Heya Rob. I’ll do a blog writeup after the session, and will post a link to the recorded version as soon as it’s ready – not sure what kind of lag time is required after the live session to produce the recorded version.
Wow, D’Arcy, I wish I could take in your presentation, which would fit right in with the work for my thesis. Barring that, however, I have already added your podcast resource page to my del.icio.us links.
I’m hoping you’ll put some notes up on the blog about your session after its done. I’m really curious to know how widespread the podcasting meme has spread within the educational crowd.
We are having great success with Elluminate at the U of A via the Faculty of Ed. Generally we find things work smoothly with all elements (though oddly enough it seems that broadband users are the ones that get laggy first). Elluminate 6.5 is supposed to be much better and it supports the iSight cam on the Mac.
We are using Elluminate quite extensively at the University of Alaska– cross-platforms and cross-bandwidths. It has always performed quite well. No problems with app sharing on the Mac, including giving control of the app to remote participants. Just practice a bit with the way the screen refreshes because of the way windows dock in the Mac… the less unnecessary refreshing the better!