Technical Information

Lights! Camera! Action!

The lesson broadcast begins from our dedicated studio.

Cameras and microphones start transmitting the video and audio from the studio into our video conferencing platform (currently Cisco WebEx).

Our presenters open up the session, ready for students to join.

A link is emailed to each of the students enrolled in the subject for the semester, inviting them to join the session.

Students login and join the session, from wherever they happen to be.

Each student powers-up and opens their laptop, and connects their headset.

Opening an internet browser (Google Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge), each student signs in to their Emerging Sciences Victoria (emsci) email account. We use Google’s free Gmail service to provide this access to all enrolled students.

Each student locates the link sent out by our presenters, and clicks to join the session.

The video conferencing application begins automatically, connecting the students to our presenters in a live video conference. Students can now see and hear the action taking place in our studio.

Connected to our presenters and connected to each other in real-time.

After joining the video conference, students will also be able to broadcast their own video and audio, using a camera (if their laptop is equipped with one) and the microphone that is attached to their headset.

Students can choose not to broadcast their video if they wish.

• Inside the video conference, students can:
• Listen to, and observe, what our presenters are doing in the studio;
• View the camera feeds of other students in the session;
• Hear the audio from other students in the session;
• Use their microphone to ask questions, participate in discussions and make comments on the material being presented;*
• Use a built-in chat feed to type messages, and ask questions to the presenters;*
• Use a built in chat feed to type messages and ask questions to other students in the session (as a collective group);*

Documents, discussion and deeper learning with Google Classroom.

During each session, and between sessions, students use Google Classroom to work together. All the content from each session is made available to each student.

Using Google Classroom, students can:

• Access slides, documents and other course materials;
• Be arranged into small groups for collaborative assignment work;
• Write notes and comments on slides and documents;
• Create new documents and work on them with other students in real-time — allowing groups of students to participate in, and record, collaborative learning activities, such as brainstorming;
• Revise existing documents and slides, adding to them over time.

After each session, a recording of the session is uploaded to a private YouTube channel — allowing each student to revisit and re-watch any of the material covered.