Hi Everyone,
I wanted to let you know that we (Wimba) have further integrated our collaborative software for online education into Moodle. We hope our latest integration can help you simplify institutional deployment of our rich collaborative technologies and reduce training and support for your faculty. We've once again invested in Moodle integration to assist Moodle customers in driving adoption of education technology.
In fact, in the University of Central England’s Learning Technology Development Unit’s most recent newsletter, Niall Mackenzie, Tutor for Learning Technology, and Alan Staley, Head of the Learning Technology Development Unit, wrote, "First we gave you Moodle, then Course Genie, now Wimba Voice Tools, and finally Live Classroom. All seamlessly integrated into one learning environment... Technological nirvana?! Possibly!"
To learn more, you can:
1) Read the press release here: http://www.wimba.com/about/press_detail.php?id=143
2) Visit our Moodle integration webpage and view a Flash demo of the integration: http://www.wimba.com/products/integration_moodle.php
3) Login to our Moodle demo server with a student account to play with our Moodle integration first-hand: http://www.wimba-moodle.com
Username: student (case sensitive)
Password: wmstudent (case sensitive)
You'll see in our press announcement that we offer the education industry's most robust integration with virtual learning environments, enabling our Live Classroom, Voice Tools, and Course Genie products to appear as native activity modules within Moodle. Faculty and students are now able to utilize our suite of rich collaborative technologies without having to change their workflow or learn new interfaces. Besides offering single sign-on and password authentication, our integration gives Moodle users the ability to:
· Add a Live Classroom, Voice Board, Voice Presentation Tool, or Wimba Podcaster to any Moodle course from the ‘Add An Activity Module’ drop-down menu
· Configure Live Classroom and Voice Tools settings such as audio and video, eBoard access, chat options, and presenter privileges, from within Moodle
· Utilize collaborative tools such as audio and video, and even record and distribute podcasts
· Manage Live Classroom content and continue to create content with Course Genie
· Track Live Classroom attendance and polling results
· Add Live Classroom and Voice Tools reminders to students’ Moodle calendars
“Moodle has captured the world’s attention and we believe our integration will benefit the myriad Moodle users across the globe who want to add collaborative elements to their courses,” said Tommaso Trionfi, CEO of Wimba. “We understand that teaching and learning is best done when people get together and collaborate, so we naturally hope our software will help Moodle users to teach their students in a more personal and collaborative manner.”I appreciate your time and encourage you to look at the integration first-hand. Feel free to reply to ask any questions or make any comments!
Cheers!
Matt