Getting the most out of Wimba Create

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Including Live Websites
3. Visual timeline presentation
4. Sharing presentations online
5. Including Youtube resources
6. Mindmapping within Wimba Create
7. Decision trees for contextual learning
8. How to utilise Pop ups
9. Flexible self test quiz making using Hot Potatoes
10. Linking to other places within your tutorial
11. Hotspots from images
12. Drag and Drop labelling activities
13. Customising the way your tutorial looks
14. Frequently Asked Questions

Introduction

This tutorial aims to help you build a more interactive and engaging online tutorial. In this tutorial we will be dealing with getting more out of Wimba Create. It is intended for those that already have an understanding of how Wimba Create works and have used it in some capacity. Ideally you will have already attended a face to face session at the University of Bristol if not and would like to find out more please click here.

This tutorial can be used sequentially or dipped in and out of for particular tips and guidance. Each title on the left of the screen refers to a particular activity or function you can add to your Wimba Create tutorial. For example, the title 'Including YouTube resources'. Each title will open up into a landing page where an example of the function mentioned in the title with an introduction to the technologies involved. The following sub pages will introduce how to use the technologies attached to the function and how to embed these into the Wimba Create tutorial you are working on.

By the end of this tutorial you will be able to use of the Wimba Create with more confidence and more creatively.