Horizon Wimba
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What is Horizon Wimba?
The Horizon Wimba Live Classroom, also known as Horizon Live, or Horizon Wimba, is a flexible, Web-based tool for conducting live online classes that can be archived and viewed at a later time. Content can include PowerPoint slides or any images, HTML-Based content, multimedia formats such as Flash, Shockwave, Real, and QuickTime, Adobe Acrobat PDF documents, and any other content that can be viewed in a Web browser. Presenters can prepare their content ahead of time or create new content "on-the-fly" using the eBoard tool.
Who Can Use It?
- UGA Faculty / Staff can set up virtual classrooms for their classes. Individuals conducting the virtual class (professors, speakers, etc) are generally referred to as presenters.
- Only UGA Students in these classes can access these virtual classrooms.
Accessing Horizon Wimba
Horizon Wimba Live Classroom is accessed via eLC. All eLC course designers may add the Live Classroom icon to their eLC course and allow access to students in that course. Once students are logged in to eLC, their login information is passed on automatically to Live Classroom.
Horizon Wimba Help
- Faculty/Staff/Student Questions: 542-3106