Hi,
We've just run a trial for both these tools.
Both were quite good but we went with Elluminate. For us, I think there were
2 crunch points:
1) The support materials for Elluminate are second to none. Take a look on
the site and you'll see they're very comprehensive. Also, the introductory
training sessions they do are very professional and well-run. All in all,
they just appeared to be a little more focus on supporting the product
rather than selling it.
2) To present with Wimba the tutor needs to master two front ends - a
web-based control panel where you upload the course materials and the actual
classroom tool where you deliver the uploaded material. In Elluminate the
administrative tasks and classroom delivery are done using just the
classroom (There is a small issue with this - content in Wimba is
permanently available whereas content for Elluminate needs to be loaded on
the fly - but, overall, the Elluminate process appeared to work better in
our tests).
Not knocking the Wimba tool which appeared to be good too (and, as the post
below suggests, their 'Create' is a fantastic tool).
Hope that helps,
Neil
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Neil McKeown
Learning Technologist
University of Bradford
BD7 1DP
(01274) 233288
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Sent: 28 January 2009 14:19
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Subject: Re: Wimba or Elluminate
Isn't this describing Wimba Create?
I think the question was concerned with Wimba Classroom? I know that
colleagues here have had troubles managing the administration for a
limited number of concurrent users that our licence provides for.
Other than that Wimba seems easy enough to use and support from Wimba
has been fairly forthcoming.
For what it's worth...
Simon J. Davis
Learning Technologist
SDDU
LG27 Baines Wing
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
Tel: 0113 3435598
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/sddu/
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Sent: 28 January 2009 14:13
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Subject: Re: Wimba or Elluminate
Hi Chris,
We bought a campus licence for Wimba and have found it to be a great
tool for staff - easy to use (with some support). I also liked the fact
that we could create our own design scheme and we were able to customise
the CSS to make it a little more in line with our college logo/colours
etc.
When we first bought the licence, I ran some training sessions with
staff and created video tutorials and now many of our lecturing staff
are using wimba to create online content.
Hope this helps,
Sarah
Sarah Grayston
E-Learning Technologist
Motherwell College
Dalzell Drive
Motherwell
ML1 2DD
01698 232 454
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Sent: 28 January 2009 13:55
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Subject: Wimba or Elluminate
Greetings All
Here at Canterbury Christ Church we are looking at using either Wimba or
Elluminate and I was wondering what experience anybody has had of either
product?
What are the plus and minus points?
How easy staff and students found them to use?
And the levels of support offered by both companies to both students and
staff.
Thanks in advance for any replies
Chris
Chris Poyser
Faculty Learning Support Officer
Learning Teaching Enhancement Unit
Canterbury Christ Church University
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