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= Blackboard Collaborate's Elluminate Plan! =

This educational wikispace is based off of Friday, February 24, 2012 Plan! Workshop. Please take the workshop's survey if you haven't already done so: @http://tinyurl.com/tdpworkshop

Helpful Links
Download Plan!: []

Using Plan!: @http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336&task=knowledge&questionID=1352

View slides in Plan!

 * These screenshots are taken from a Mac, however the layout and functions are similar, if not the same, when using a PC.
 * To view your slides, go to the "View" on the menu bar and select Whiteboard.




 * Next, you will see three tabs to your top-left labeled, "Plan, Quiz, and Whiteboard." Select the "Whiteboard" tab.




 * Go to Plan's menu bar, click on File > Open > OK:




 * Locate slide file (PowerPoint, OpenOffice, or image file) to upload and click on Open, keep at "Monitor Resolution" and click OK:


 * Plan! will convert the slide file into whiteboard files (.wbd) automatically:


 * Finally, your slides are loaded but the whiteboard screen defaults to the original slide "Private Screen 1," which is blank.
 * Use the forward and back buttons on the navigation bar to toggle between your slides:


 * Compressing PowerPoint Files **

The primary reason for slide files like PowerPoint (PPT) being so large is due to the images within the presentation file. Compressing PowerPoint presentation files are optimal since:
 * Large files take a while to upload in Blackboard Collaborate or,
 * Have to be deleted in order to free up space in your vOffice session

Depending on the platform you're using (PC, Mac, Linux) and version of PowerPoint will determine where the compression utility is within PPT's program. //**Whenever compressing, choose the 96 dpi/ppi option if possible.**//

Please take a look at these tutorials or point your students to them to view on their time in order to remedy these problems before their presentations.

media type="youtube" key="-5HW24so8q8" height="315" width="420" //YouTube Video (2:31) using **MS Office PowerPoint 2007** - if more than one image to compress, select "All pictures in document" instead of "Selected pictures."//


 * Image & Resolution Dimensions **
 * Image for canvas: 1014 x 835
 * Resolution: 640 x 480
 * File limitations:
 * File Transfer : 10 MB
 * Whiteboard: 20 MB
 * Multimedia: 100 MB

Contact Information
Andy Kauffman Web Conferencing Administrator IT Specialist - Technology & Distance Programs College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa esupport@hawaii.edu (808) 956-3934