[Using Sakai] Advice on Elluminate Implementation

[Nate Angell]

Mary:

rSmart has successfully integrated Elluminate (on Sakai 2.6 & 2.7) as
well as Wimba Classroom (on Sakai 2.7). We don't see any issues with
these integrations in implementations where Sakai is running on
multiple application servers (if I understand your question
correctly).

FWIW: In recent talks with the Blackboard Collaborate team, we were
satisfied about their continued support for platforms other than
Blackboard (eg, Sakai) and their roadmap for the live virtual
classroom prroduct, which I understand will build on the Elluminate
platform, but incorporate some UX and features from Wimba. I believe
they expect to start offering "Gemini", the new, combined product in
Summer 2011, but will support both Elluminate and Wimba platforms for
some time to give institutions a long runway to transition.

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Nate Angell
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On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Mary Jane Palm <janie at uri.edu> wrote:
> The University of Rhode Island is currently piloting Elluminate and Wimba
> (started prior to the Blackboard Collaborate purchases).
> Have any other schools successfully integrated either Elluminate or Wimba
> with a 'multiple instance' Sakai installation?
> We are currently running Sakai 2.6 and run 7 instances.
> Thanks!
> Janie Palm
> On Nov 3, 2010, at 11:15 AM, Gordon, Patricia (psg3a) wrote:
>
> Rui,
>
> At the University of Virginia, we grant Instructors all Elluminate
> permissions except the administrator permission. This allows Instructors
> full capabilities to create, launch, and manage sessions from within the
> bridge tool in their course sites.
>
> We are using a distributed/community support model so that our Elluminate
> users can help each other, with additional support provided by technical
> personnel in schools/departments that choose to adopt Elluminate.
>
> Specifics about our implementation and support/training are available here:
>
> http://www.itc.virginia.edu/software/elluminate
>
> Trisha
>
> Trisha Gordon
> UVaCollab Project Lead and User Support Manager
> https://collab.itc.virginia.edu
> collab-support at virginia.edu
>
> Dept. of Information Technology and Communication
> University of Virginia
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:sakai-user-
>
> bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Algaze, Louis J
>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 4:03 PM
>
> To: Rui Li; Sakai Server
>
> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Advice on Elluminate Implementation
>
> Rui,
>
> Once the Elluminate Bridge is installed and working, we allow instructors
>
> full capability to create, manage and host Elluminate sessions.  All
>
> that's
>
> required is instructor training on how to use Elluminate and the bridge.
>
> The only other restriction (which we don't have) is if there are limited
>
> seats, but I'm thinking that would only effect how many users could
>
> connect
>
> to all sessions at once, not how many sessions are created.
>
> Feel free to respond with more specific questions.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Louis Algaze
>
>
> On 11/2/10 10:26 AM, "Rui Li" <rli at anselm.edu> wrote:
>
> Dear Colleague,
>
> We recently installed Elluminate bridge in Sakai and plan to release
>
> this to
>
> faculty next semester.  We would like to get some ideas on how you
>
> implement
>
> Elluminate on campus with Sakai.  What's your work process to create,
>
> manage, and host live sessions?  Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Rui Li, Ph. D.
>
> Director, Instructional Technology
>
> Office of Information Technology
>
> Saint Anselm College
>
> 100 Saint Anselm Drive
>
> Manchester, NH 03102
>
> Tel: (603)-222-4290   Fax: (603)-641-7288
>
> rli at anselm.edu
>
>
>
>
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