VIVES has classrooms equipped with specific software and hardware enabling you to take classes from home. There are different types of streaming rooms working with Blackboard Collaborate as well as hybrid rooms using MS Teams Rooms.
Practical information and manuals
As a student following a class from home, your abilities to follow the class and/or participate in that class will depend from where the lecturer is teaching the class. This can be from home (off-campus) or one of the many streaming or hybrid classrooms on VIVES. Classes can be taken synchronously, which means you are following the class as it happens. Asynchronous classes can also be organized, which means you will follow a recorded class at a time of your choosing. On this page you will find an overview of the different types of classes, corresponding software and manuals.
Synchronous off-campus classes
In this situation all students are following the class from a distance and nobody is sitting in a classroom. This is the setting when a lecturer is teaching from home.
All classes taught synchronously off-campus occur via the online meeting software Blackboard Collaborate. You can follow the class directly via the Toledo course of the course unit.
This quickstarter explains how to participate in a Blackboard Collaborate-session, how to use the chat, raise your virtual hand, answer a poll and so on.
Quickstarter-BlackboardCollaborate.pdf
Synchronous on-campus classes in hybrid classrooms
In this situation there are both students sitting in a classroom on a VIVES campus and students following along from a distance.
In a hybrid classroom extra software and hardware is provided so that
- students following the class from a distance can see and hear the lecturer and students present;
- students following the class from a distance can see the presentation;
- students in the classroom can hear the students following the class from a distance.
Classes in a hybrid classroom are organized with MS Teams Rooms. Are you a student following the class from a distance, then your lecturer will give you a link in your Toledo course to follow the class along. You do not have to install any software on your computer.
Quickstarter_Streaming MS Teams.pdf
Synchronous on-campus classes in streaming classroom with Blackboard Collaborate
In this situation there are both students sitting in a classroom on a VIVES campus and students following along from a distance.
In a streaming classroom equipped with Blackboard Collaborate extra hardware is provided so that
- students following the class from a distance can see and hear the lecturer;
- students following the class from a distance can see all students present when the camera is pointed towards them;
- students following the class from a distance can see the presentation;
This quickstarter explains how to participate in a Blackboard Collaborate-session, how to use the chat, raise your virtual hand, answer a poll and so on.
Quickstarter-BlackboardCollaborate.pdf
Experiencing problems? Blackboard Collaborate has an extensive help page, explaining for example how you can give your browser permission to activate your webcam.
Asynchronous classes
Asynchronous classes can be consulted via the Toledo course of the course unit.
