Teaching with Technology Newsletter
Introducing Elluminate!
By Doug Johnson
Learning Support Services
Elluminate is a service that provides online chat/conversation using text and voice. Video interaction can also be integrated. As such, it creates a synchronous, interactive "virtual classroom" for lectures, discussions, and collaboration. Elluminate is a great “add on” to online teaching and learning using the E-Learning System.
Currently, colleges, departments and university organizations (units) wanting to use Elluminate are required to pay a fee for services based on a Full Time Equivalence (FTE) of students and staff using the software during the year. Software Licensing Services supports the license. Local administration of Elluminate is provided by E-Learning Support Services and training is provided by the CITT.
The Elluminate Company and e-Learning Support Services are currently working on a plug-in that will actually integrate Elluminate within the E-learning system, but we do not yet know when that capability will be available.