Campus Technology Services

About Elluminate

Elluminate is web-conferencing software that allows you to either present or participate in a conference all from the Web. Listen to or give a presentation from your office, home, wherever you can find a computer connected to the Internet! Common uses for Elluminate include teaching, online workshops, online meetings, and general presentations.  More information is available from Elluminate's website.

Benefits of using Elluminate

The number one benefit of using Elluminate is the cost and time savings.  By being online anywhere in the world, users can participate in an Elluminate session as long as they have an Internet connection.  No travel is required.   However, in order to have an effective online, live session, there must be some interactivity in order to keep your audience engaged and for you to receive feedback. 

Terminology

Everyone using Elluminate should first understand some Elluminate lingo commonly used for online presentations.  These terms will be used throughout this site:

• Elluminate Moderator:  A moderator is what Elluminate calls the leader of the presentation.  It is the person who controls the activities of the presentation.  It is the teacher, instructor, presenter.  The Elluminate moderator has access to all Elluminates features.
• Elluminate Participant: These are the people that are listening to your presentation.  They are the students, attendees of the presentation.  They have a limited set of Elluminate features.
• Elluminate Room: This is your "virtual classroom" and is where you and your participants will go to give and attend an online presentation. 
• Elluminate Session:  This is a particular session given in an Elluminate Room.  Just like there is a physical classroom on campus with sessions occuring at different dates and times, there are sessions that take place in an Elluminate Room.

Licensing and Hosting

Elluminate Live and its associated products (Elluminate Plan and Publish) have been licensed to the campus on a three year contract which was signed in 2011. 

Hosting for Elluminate is provided by SUNY ITEC which also hosts our ANGEL installation.

Support

Those having issues using Elluminate either as a moderator or participant, can call the SLN Help Desk at 1-800-875-6269.  Please see their website for hours of operation.