• Click on either audio link to launch the live audio stream in Real Player.

Note:

• Real Player is required for audio although a beta mp3 stream is available (2: play mp3) which can stream with a number of different programs (Windows Media Player, iTunes, etc.)
• RTSP works better for most users.
• Music will be played ~10 minutes before class begins so you can test out your audio. When your instructor is ready, their voice will be broadcast in real time.

• You will be logged in automatically as your NetID. You can change your name by entering a new name in the "Nickname" box and then clicking the "Change" button OR type in the chatroom:
  /nick name and hit enter the chat area (insert your name for name e.g. /nick John).
• A list of participants appears on the right side of the screen so you know who else is logged in.

• Main Room: Text chat is the primary way to interact with your instructor and classmates during your live session.  Chat will show up in the large window at the center of the page.  To talk in the chat room, just enter text in the horizontal text bar below the chat window and hit enter.  The system knows who you are so no need to identify yourself.  Don't worry too much about spelling or punctuation as long as people can understand you. This is meant to be an informal place for questions, comments and ideas. Everything typed in the main or side rooms (except whispers) will be archived.
  

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• Side Rooms: If your instructor assigns you to small group discussion, you may need to join a side or break-out rooms. Each course will have twelve side rooms assigned to it.
• To join a side room, select it from the "Meeting Room" pulldown
  
  -OR-
  any user can also type:
  /join #rooma (or the room you want) in the chat area and hit enter.
  Once you're in a side room, you'll have tabs available to toggle and forth between the main and side rooms:
  
  To close or exit the side room, use the icon in the top right or type /quit in the room you are in.
• Chat Log: The "Chat Log" link in the tools menu displays an archive in progess of the main and side rooms for your class session.  This is a way to catch up on any chat that you missed, as well as a way to copy and paste text, which is not possible in the live chat room.
  

• Whispering: If you would like to send a private (non archived) message to your instructor or classmate, you can "whisper" to them. Whisper messages appear in red as new messages (once in a whisper window it appears as regular text). To whisper, double click on a user's name in the list of users on the right and a separate chat room will appear. Whisper rooms work like Side Rooms and with tabs for toggling or an x to close.
  -OR-
  any user can also type:
  /msg Linda message (enter the nickname of the person you are whispering to)

Slides can be any web-based material including websites, lecture notes, images, or application-sharing tools.  You will know a slide is sent by the textual cue in the chat room:

Instructors also usually give a verbal prompt when they would like you to view a slide.

• Opening/Viewing: You have two ways to open as slide when it's been sent:
  1. Click on the URL in the chat room itself (this will always open a new window or tab)
  2. Click the "Latest Slide" link in the "Tools" section of the left navigation bar

  Once a slide window or tab is open, you can follow the links, or resize, maximize, minimize or close the windowwhen done.

  "Slide History" displays a list of slides that have been sent during your class session.
  

Note: Pop-up blockers should be set to allow or disabled for both options to work properly.  Pop-up blockers may be set in your browser or in a browser toolbar.  Read more on pop-up blockers here.

• Sending a Slide: Your instructor will preload and send most of the slides used in class, but if you need to share a web-based resource, you can use the "Send a Slide" link in the tool bar and enter a URL.  
• URLs can also be typed or pasted into the chat room and they will automatically be hyperlinked, but won't be recognized as a slide on the archive  or by the "Latest Slide" tool.

Note:  Slides should be in a format that will load in a web browser - e.g. html, pdf, image, txt etc.  If the content you wish to share is in a special format like Powerpoint or Word, you should convert to another format to share in LEEP.   If you need assistance with this, please contact us.

The chat room uses IRC (Internet Relay Chat) and many of the chat functions can be achieved with commands:

• Change name: /nick newname (e.g. /nick John)
• Whisper: /msg nickname (e.g. /msg John)
• Change rooms: /join room (e.g. /join #tech or /join #rooma)
• Action: /me action (e.g. /me laughs) which will have the action appear in red