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Participation



Week 1

Live Session: Monday, September 13, 18:00 GMT, 11:00 PDT | your time zone | CoroCall

Suggested Activity: Prepare your environment
In this this document, Humanizing U (PDF), Jesai offers advice for background and lighting. Try it!

Preparation for CoroCall session

  • We will be using CoroCall high-quality video conferencing for the September 13 live session. For first time users please plan to access the CoroCall room 30 minutes early in case you need a little bit of coaching on the features. Then you can leave the room open until the session begins at 18:00 GMT (11:00 PDT.
  • CoroCall offers HD quality desktop video conferencing hence its requirements are a little more stringent than say Skype. Go to http://www.corocall.com/content/features-requirements and read “Minimum Requirements”. For really detailed information with visuals download this PDF (889 KB)
  • Enter your first and last name under 'guest'
  • You will be requested to download a small software app from Vidyo. This just takes a minute.
  • This chat room will be used as a back channel during the CoroCall sessions.

Week 2

Preparation for the Flashmeeting session

  • RSVP so we know how many participants to expect
  • Check that you have the latest version of Flash installed
  • Run this media test to check that your equipment is working
  • Although guest entry is available you may wish to create an account ahead of time to have full access to features.
  • Go to SCoPE meeting page to enter the meeting.
The Flashmeeting room capacity is set to 10 participants. If you're unable to enter the room it's probably already full. smile

Don't forget to prepare your environment for this week's video conference! See Humanizing U - PDF

Suggested Activity: Create a 2-minute "intro" video. Suggested topic: What is so cool about what you teach? You might want to address this to your students in preparation for your next online course.


Week 3

Live Session: Monday, September 27, 18:00 GMT, 11:00 PDT | your time zone |

Activity
: Create another short video. This video could be focused on creating a context that makes the learning in your course meaningful. For example, as you tradition to a new module in your course what could you say to inspire your students?


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