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How to Create a Group Wiki
In Blackboard you can set up either a site-wide wiki and/or sets of group wikis. Here is how to set up a group wiki:
Setting up an Elluminate Live Session in MyECU
Have a look at these instructions for setting up an Elluminate Live session in a MyECU site.
Starting Elluminate Live! via MyECU
Elluminate Live! is an online collaboration tool which enables groups to communicate using text and voice and to share presentations, websites, documents, their desktops and applications.
If you are using it on campus, in a lab or via the ECU wireless network, then a few settings are required to set up the ECU Proxy, through which you need to authenticate to access the internet.
Read more about connecting through the ECU Proxy server
Also if you are launching an Elluminate session via Internet Explorer you will need to open the session in a new window by right-clicking the "join" button and selecting "Open in new window". You could also try using Firefox as an alternative.
Web collaboration technologies trial at ECU
Starting in semester 2, The Centre for learning and teaching will be conducting a 12 month trial of web collaborative technologies in order to evaluate their educational effectiveness and to make recommendations about future purchasing.
Mindmeister: free online mind mapping tool
Mindmeister is a free online mind mapping tool that you can use to create, manage and share mind maps online. Groups can simultaneously work on the same mind map and see each other's changes as they happen.
Using Del.icio.us for social bookmarking (and using it in MyECU)
Del.icio.us is a free social bookmarking service that is designed to allow you to store and share links on the web, instead of inside your browser.
Dimdim: free synchronous communication web tool
For anyone wanting to add some online synchronous communication to their units, this tool looks good and works well (there are a few glitches with safari but it's fine in firefox mac or pc).
Free group chat tool and how to link to it in MyECU
Campfire is a free online service designed for effective online group communication.
Accessing MyECU Wikis
Your Lecturer or Tutor may have allowed access to or set up wikis in your site for you to use.
In MyECU there are a two different types of wiki...
General Tip: Using MyECU Discussion Boards
The Discussion Board is a communication tool that can be used to enhance a MyECU unit or community site.
What are MyECU Wikis?
Wikis are easier to create and edit than regular websites, and they allow collaborative content creation.