Running a Web Conference
Web conferences have many applications and benefits in education. Staff members are currently using them for:
- holding online meetings
- accessing professional learning
- teaching classes
- enabling student collaboration
- bringing experts into the classroom.
The facilitator of a web conference is referred to as the moderator. As a moderator, you have more privileges and access to more features, to allow you to manage your participants and plan interactive content.
The Department's staff members, Department strategic partners and all Victorian P-12 educators and are able to book and run their own web conferences in the Virtual Conference Centre.
How to run your own web conference
- To become familiar with the BlackBoard Collaborate software, you can join a live training session or access BlackBoard Collaborate tutorials. See: Training
- Register as a user of the Virtual Conference Centre, by completing the Virtual Conference Centre Moderator Registration Form
- Login to the BlackBoard Collaborate Session Administration System (SAS). See: BlackBoard Collaborate User Log-in
- Schedule a session and reserve your required number of ‘seats’. The tutorials below will step you through setting up your Elluminate session: Scheduling Elluminate sessions in the Virtual Conference Centre (PDF - 448Kb)
- Send the guest link to your participants along with information on how to prepare for their session. See: Resources
Join the Virtual Conference Centre community to access downloadable resources, advice and discussions or to find a co-moderator for your session. See: Virtual Conference Centre community