Virtual Classroom
| Virtual Classroom will be discontinued as of April 30th, 2022. Please refer to the announcement in mycourselink for full details. |
Virtual Classroom (by Bongo) is a web conferencing platform to host video meetings from within online course sites. Zoom is the recommended university-supported web conferencing tool for all synchronous online and hybrid course delivery. Refer to the Zoom section of our website for more information about using Zoom for teaching and learning.
Virtual classroom includes the following features to create engaging live streaming learning spaces:
- desktop sharing
- presentation uploads
- annotation tools
- polling
- live chat
- file share
- whiteboard
- recording
Virtual Classroom is fully integrated with mycourselink meaning that virtual meetings are scheduled and launched directly from a course site. The "join links" for sessions are automatically added to the course calendar for students to quickly and easily access them. Sessions can also be recorded and made available within course sites.
Example Use Cases
- Online lectures
- Guest speakers
- Discussions, debates, and dialogues
- Review sessions
- Language assessment
- Brainstorming sessions
- Q&As
- Simulations
- Demonstrations (student- or instructor-led)
- Polls and quiz questions
- Chats
- Virtual office hours
To schedule a meeting in Virtual Classroom (in mycourselink):
- From the course site navbar, select Virtual Classroom from the Other Tools dropdown menu
- From the Virtual Classroom interface, click on the “plus” button in the bottom right
- Enter the meeting details (title, time, duration, etc.). (Some options are selected/unselected by default – review these carefully.)
- Click Save to complete the setup.
- To launch the meeting, go to Other Tools and select Virtual Classroom. From the “Active Meetings” menu click on the three dots under the Actions column, then click Launch.
- Enter the Meeting Room by following the prompts. Select Record (top of the screen) if the meeting was not set to record automatically.
- Once the meeting is scheduled, a link for students to join will automatically appear in the Calendar tool (on the course homepage).
- Recordings are available through the Virtual Classroom link (under Other Tools) under the Recorded Meeting section.