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Meebo and Me Course
Meebo and Me Course
M O AN D ME
E COU
URSE
Supportt Training Se
eries
from
Technolo
T ogy Enhanced Lea
arning Se
ervices
Yaavapai College e
1100 Ea
ast Sheldon Sttreet
Prescottt, Arizona 863
301
Phonee 928-771-612 20
Meebo
o and Me Course
General Description
n‐
1) Create an account – fill in the
e email field u
under ‘registeer now’ and th
hen fill in ‘fulll name’. Clickk on
‘Reggister’.
2) Cre
eate a Meebo
o id and passw
word. Fill in yo
our gender annd age.
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3) Fill in the account informatio
on for one of your instant m
messaging ch
hat programs – Not mandaatory
If you have more than one, click on ‘Save an
nd Add Another’’. Otherwise, clicck on ‘I’m Done’.
To get the e code for your Meebo W Widget:
1) Se
elect ‘Preferen
nces’ then ‘M
Meebo me widdgets’
2) Naame the Widgget and choosse the widgett size. Click onn ‘Create a Neew Widget!’ o
or ‘Add A New
w
Widdget’
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3) To
T obtain the e widget code e to embed into your pa ge, go to the
e ‘Widget em
mbed’ field a
and
co
opy the code e listed and then paste it into your w
web page. If you want to modify the look
off the widget first, click on
n ‘Modify’.
om can also
Classroo o be created
d for studen
nts to chat w
with each o
other:
1) Se
elect the Mee ebo “Help” to o open a new browser pagge or tab
NOTE: By using the meebo roo oms on the form
mer page, you will no longerr get Embed Co
odes. These willl be
ooms only acceessible via a UR
ro RL.
2) Se
elect Productts and then “rrooms”
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3) Seelect “Create a room”
4) Provide a room
m name, size, icon and colo
or and click ‘N
Next’
5) “SSign On” to M
Meebo
6) Copy the ‘Emb d then paste iinto your cou rse or websitte
bed Code’ and
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Possible ideas for use in classroom‐
‐ Office Hours
‐ Direct Contact with Students for tutoring
Cost
‐ None
Positive Aspects‐
‐ Students can instantly see when the instructor is online
‐ The instructor has control as to how visible or invisible he/she is online
‐ A ‘meebo notifier’ tool is available so a webpage does not need to be open (PC Based)
‐ Classroom Chats are archived
Shortcomings‐
‐ Chats are not archived
‐ Other people may come into the room not related to the classroom
‐ Media does not always work
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