Virtual+Classroom+Activity

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**__ Description __** Students were expected to use Wimba Classroom located in Blackboard to provide instruction for their Blackboard online web course development project Once the project was completed students were to make it available and archive it on their Blackboard webspace as well as provide a link in their Blackboard Unit.

**My Wimba Video can be seen by clicking the link to your right.** media type="file" key="kmihokfinal.m4v" width="120" height="27" __

Process __ Prior to beginning my Wimba classroom, I took some time to determine exactly what I wanted to instruct. I edited several PowerPoints I had made with the help of our Biology department and adjusted them to fit my course. I the found resources online that will help my students get the most out of the content. I included to music videos that helped reinforce the topics of Base-pairing and DNA replication. Once I had the links and PowerPoint ready, I was able to begin. __
 * 1)  I uploaded the PowerPoint to Wimba and made the content available.
 * 2)  I set my Wimba classroom up to be archived and I began my session.
 * 3)  Throughout the session I highlighted important areas with the mouse and add voice when appropriate.
 * 4)  I then set my screen to share and shared the videos and website to help enhance the lesson.
 * 5)  When the lesson was completed I ended archiving and saved the Wimba session.
 * 6)  I then uploaded and added the session to my Week 3 learning unit.
 * 7)  I also set up a direct link on my course menu as an additional method of locating Wimba.
 * 8)  I then made the archive available and the Wimba Session was ready to be used.

Though the above process sounds extremely simple I found the entire process to be rather tasking. I was having trouble because every time I archived a session I found that the parts where I went out of Wimba to the webpages and videos did not show. It took me approximately 2 hours (if not more) of trial and error to realize the reason my session was not saving the video and audio was because I had neglected to click share desktop, instead I had only been sharing the Wimba area. This was very frustrating but still MUCH easier than the Blackboard project.
 * Reflection** __

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