For Diploma of e-Learning

1. Team Cassowary - Week 3 chat session
Virtual Classrooms – WizIQ
Session 1 with:
Robyn Dennis

2. Session outline
Familiarisation with WizIQ
Introductions on whiteboard
Group discussion
 How do you overcome technical difficulties
during a virtual class?
 How do you know if a virtual participant does
not understand the content?
 What e-facilitation tools do you know of,
and what are their pros and cons?
Upload a photo or doc
(if time)

3. Netiquette
 Use chat box to communicate with the class
 Raise hand if you wish to talk using your
microphone

4. WizIQ overview
 WiZiQ is a web based education platform,
powered by teachers
 Integrates the following set of online tools:
 Teaching: Synchronous [live] and
asynchronous teaching through Virtual
Classroom, Online Tests, Content Sharing and
Messaging System.
 Administration: Online Classes, Online Tests,
Educational Content, Contact and Payment
Management.
 Marketing: Teacher Profile, Public Classes,
Public Tests, Public Content, Sharing/ Inviting
Contacts, Posting to Social Bookmarking
Websites.

5. WizIQ classroom overview
Try it for your yourself!
Introduce yourself on the whiteboard

6. Topics for discussion
 How would you overcome
technical difficulties during a
virtual class?

7. Topics for discussion
 How do you know if a virtual
participant is not understanding
the content?

8. Topics for discussion
 What e-facilitation tools do you
know of, and what are their pros
and cons?

9. Week 4 Activity
Scenario
Congratulations!! Your diploma of e-learning project has
received a grant of $100,000 !!!!!
Do some investigation online and decide how you will spend
the money:–
 What products, resources or courses will you buy?
 Maybe you’ll enlist the help of a consultant?
 Put together a one page document (Powerpoint,
PDF or Word) and have it ready for next week’s
WizIQ session, where we’ll be asking you to
upload it for the rest of the group to see.
Have fun!!!

10. Try sharing a file
Upload a photo of yourself
or a document or spreadsheet
(small file size please)

11. Final topic for discussion
 How could you use a virtual
classroom?

12. More information
 More WizIQ tutorials:
 http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/6755-Tutorial-
for-WiZiQ-Virtual-Classroom
 http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/33-Virtual-
Classroom
 http://www.wiziq.com/tour/Learn-Teach-live-
Virtual-Classroom.aspx