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ELLS TWG Wimba Voice Board Instructions
 
    

START WIMBA VOICE BOARDS

Click on Wimba Voice Board link.
A Security Warning Box appears. Click yes in that box.
Wimba is now being installed on your computer. (Client side)

HOW TO USE THE WIMBA VOICE BOARDS

GENERAL VIEW
A board has two panels.

Upper Panel -- The messages of the board are displayed.
Lower Panel -- The text of the selected message is displayed.

HOW TO LISTEN TO A MESSAGE ?
To play a message, click on the "Play Button" or directly
double-click on the message of the upper panel.
To pause the playback of the message, click on the "Pause Button".
To stop the playback of the message, click on the "Stop Button".

HOW TO CREATE A NEW MESSAGE ?
Select a message or a board, click on the "Compose Button" or on the "Reply Button".
A window will appear:

To record your voice, click on the "Record Button".
To hear your recorded message, click on the "Play Button".
To pause or to stop the recording process, click on the "Pause Button" or on the "Stop Button".
To post your message when you have finished it, click on the "Post Button".
To abort the composition of your message, click on the "Abort Button".
In the "Subject Box", you can enter the subject of your message.
In the lower box, you can type the text of your message.

HOW TO REPLY TO A MESSAGE ?
To reply to a specific message, click to select the message and then, click
on the "Reply Button".

HOW TO DELETE A MESSAGE ?
Select the message you want to delete and click on the "Delete Button".
You cannot delete messages posted by people other than yourself.
And you can only delete your message if no one has replied to it.

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN SOMEONE HAS RESPONDED TO A SPECIFIC MESSAGE ?
If you want to be informed about a response to your own message, you can
check the notification checkbox in the composition window.

HOW TO ADJUST VOLUME ?
The playback volume can be modified adjusting the green control bar.
Push the cursor to the left of the bar to decrease the volume, or to the
right to increase it.

The record volume is automatically modified (by default) to optimize the
sensitivity of your microphone. But you can disable the "Auto Gain Control"
(in the composition window) and manually adjust the sensitivity with the red
control bar.

HOW TO EXPAND A THREAD ?
If you want to see all children messages of a board or a message, you can
select the board or message, and click on the "Expand Button".

HOW TO CHANGE CACHE SETTINGS ?
Choose preferences in the menu bar, you can modify the size by clicking on
cache size or empty the cache by clicking on clear cache.