Navigation

The Menu bar at the top contains the File, Session, View, Tools, Windows and Help menus.

The Main toolbar, below the Menu bar, contains buttons for some of the more common commands that you may use during your session. You can use the toolbar buttons or select the options from the pull-down menus found on the Menu bar.

The Participants panel, in the top left corner of the Elluminate Live! window, provides a list of all Participants and Moderators in the session and their current activities. Activities range from speaking (Audio), sending Chat messages, entering text for Closed-Captioning and using the Whiteboard drawing tools, Graphing Calculator, Application Sharing, Video webcam and File Loading feature.

In the Participants List you also can view polling responses and the activity indicators for each session attendee. Below the Participants List are buttons you can use to raise and lower your hand, react through emoticons, enter polling responses and step away from the session.

The Chat panel, below the Participants panel on the left side of the Elluminate Live! window, is where you can send and receive text messages. You can direct your messages to one Participant, selected Participants, Moderators, everyone in this room or everyone in all rooms. Messages can be filtered, time-stamped, printed and saved to track session communication.

The Audio panel, below the Chat panel in the bottom left corner of the Elluminate Live! window, lets you participate in conversations during the session. Your computer must have a sound card, microphone and speakers (or a headset) to use microphone/speaker (VoIP) mode or a telephone to use telephone (telephony) mode.

The Whiteboard panel, situated on right side of the Elluminate Live! window, is the main presentation window. Moderators use this region to load presentations. Everyone can use the tools on the Whiteboard to draw or write. All the objects and images on the Whiteboard are dynamic and can be modified. Everyone can print the Whiteboard screens or save them to a file to review later.

The Status bar, along the bottom of the Elluminate Live! window, contains session status indicators, buttons for recording sessions and using Telephony, and text indicating how long the session has been open, what application you are sharing, etc. Depending on what window layout you are in, the text message may be a scrolling message to the right of the buttons. The indicators are dynamic in nature and may change to buttons depending on how the session is currently configured.

There are four ways to navigate through the Elluminate Live! user interface without having to use a mouse:

Press Alt+F6 (Command Left Single Quote on the Mac) to cycle keyboard focus between any windows that are open (Video, Notes, File Transfer, Activity, Closed-Captioning Calculator).

Press F6 (the same on the Mac) to cycle keyboard focus between the four main Elluminate Live! modules: Participants panel, Whiteboard, Chat panel and Audio panel.

You can navigate through the Elluminate Live! user interface one element (e.g., button, field, option) at a time by tabbing. The Tab key moves you forward through the Elluminate Live! elements in the sequence below.

To Move backward in the sequence, enter Shift Tab and, to activate the current function, enter Space.

Participants List: When you join an Elluminate Live! session, tabbing focus will be on the Participants List in the Participants panel. Within this list you can move through rows and columns using the arrow keys.

Interaction Buttons: Next in the tabbing order are the buttons below the Participants List: Raise Hand button, emoticon buttons (Laughter, Applause, Confusion, Disapproval) and Step Away button.

Whiteboard Navigation Bar: Next you will tab to the navigation bar of the Whiteboard. Which elements of the navigation bar you will reach will depend on your Whiteboard permissions, including whether you are a Moderator or Participant and whether or not the option Follow Moderator is selected.

The Whiteboard tools palette (for inserting objects and screens) is not accessible via Tab navigation.

Chat Panel: Next you will tab to the Chat panel. Which elements of the panel you will reach will depend on your Chat permissions.

Audio Panel: Next you will tab to the Audio panel. Which elements of the panel you will reach will depend on your Audio permissions.

Status Bar: Finally, you will tab to the Status bar. Which elements of the bar you will reach will depend on whether you are a Moderator or Participant and whether or not this session is enabled for telephony.

If you are using a JAWS screen reader, you can read the text of presentations imported into the whiteboard via the Activity Window. To move between screens, first go the View Screen menu in the Whiteboard navigation bar using the Tab key. (If using a screen reader you’ll know you are there when you hear, “Select a screen to view.”) Once there, use the following ways to move to the next or previous screen:

Once at the desired screen, open the Activity Window using Control / (Command / on Mac) to read the textual content of the screen. You will need to move focus to the bottom of the window.

Once you are in a secondary window, you can use tabbing to navigate through the various elements of its interface, with one exception: toolbar buttons. The Closed Captioning, File Transfer Library and Notes window have graphic tool bars with buttons represented by icons. You must explicitly enable tabbing to access these buttons.

To do so, enter Alt F8 (Option F8 on the Mac). To turn toolbar tabbing off, enter Alt F8 (Option F8 on the Mac) again.

The main toolbar is not accessible through tabbing. All main toolbar functions are present in the menus and can be accessed using the menu items, the mnemonic keys or accelerator keys.

You can quickly accomplish tasks you perform frequently by using accelerator keys (also referred to as shortcut keys), which are one or more keys you press in combination within Elluminate Live! to perform a function. For example, instead of clicking the Raise Hand button in the Participants window or selecting Raise Hand from the Session menu, you can press Control R (Command R on Mac OS X) to raise your hand.

The Accelerator Keys were defined with an extended (full) keyboard layout in mind. If your keyboard does not have a key used in an Accelerator Key, you will need to use the menu item or toolbar button to perform the desired function.

The following table lists the accelerator keys present in Elluminate Live! to quickly perform a number of common functions.The first column describes the function to be performed, the second column lists the Windows, Linux and Solaris accelerator key and the third column gives the Mac accelerator key. Keys are grouped into sections based on the Elluminate Live! component being used.

To access the list of Accelerator Keys while in a session, select Keyboard Shortcuts from the Help menu.You may skip directly to a section by selecting one of the links in the Table Index below:

Function	Windows, etc. keys	Mac keys
Application, Window and File Functions
Quit Elluminate Live!	Windows, etc.: Alt F4	Mac: Command Q
Hide Elluminate Live!	Windows, etc.: not applicable	Mac: Command H
Hide other applications	Windows, etc.: not applicable	Mac: Option Command H
Close window (main Elluminate Live! window, Video, Notes, File Transfer, Activity, Closed-Captioning, Calculator)	Windows, etc.: Alt F4 or Control W	Mac: Command W
Cycle keyboard focus between the four main Elluminate Live! modules in the main window: Participants panel, Whiteboard, Chat panel and Audio panel.	Windows, etc.: F6	Mac: F6
Move keyboard focus between open windows (Video, Notes, File Transfer, Activity, Closed-Captioning, Calculator).	Windows, etc.: Alt F6	Mac: Command `
Enable tabbing in toolbars of secondary windows (Closed Captioning, Notes, Activity Window, File Transfer)	Windows, etc.: Alt F8	Mac: Option F8
Open Preferences dialog box	Windows, etc.: Control Comma	Mac: Command Comma
Create new Whiteboard screen or Whiteboard screen group	Windows, etc.: Control N	Mac: Command N
Open file for transfer or Whiteboard presentation	Windows, etc.: Control O	Mac: Command O
Save Participants List, Chat conversation or Whiteboard	Windows, etc.: Control S	Mac: Command S
Print Participants List or Whiteboard	Windows, etc.: Control P	Mac: Command P
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Activity Window Functions
Open Activity Window	Windows, etc.: Control /	Mac: Command /
Close Activity Window	Windows, etc.: Alt F4 or Control W	Mac: Command W
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Audio Functions
Adjust microphone level down	Windows, etc.: Control Shift Down Arrow	Mac: Shift Command Down Arrow
Adjust microphone level up	Windows, etc.: Control Shift Up Arrow	Mac: Shift Command Up Arrow
Adjust speaker level down	Windows, etc.: Control Down Arrow	Mac: Command Down Arrow
Adjust speaker level up	Windows, etc.: Control Up Arrow	Mac: Command Up Arrow
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Whiteboard Functions
Select all objects in Whiteboard	Windows, etc.: Control A	Mac: Command A
Open Explore Screens window	Windows, etc.: Control Shift S	Mac: Shift Command S
Open Explore Objects window	Windows, etc.: Control Shift T	Mac: Shift Command T
Copy selected object(s) or text in Whiteboard	Windows, etc.: Control C	Mac: Command C
Cut selected object(s) or text in Whiteboard	Windows, etc.: Control X	Mac: Command X
Paste copied or cut object(s) or text in Whiteboard	Windows, etc.: Control VC	Mac: Command V
Group selected objects	Windows, etc.: Control G	Mac: Command G
Group selected objects in your private room and send to background	Windows, etc.: Control B	Mac: Command B
Ungroup selected objects	Windows, etc.: Control U	Mac: Command U
Delete selected object(s) or text in Whiteboard	Windows, etc.:Delete or Backspace	Mac: Delete or Backspace
Go to next screen	Windows, etc.: Alt Page Down	Mac: Option Page Down
Go to previous screen	Windows, etc.: Alt Page Up	Mac: Option Page Up
Move to first screen at this topic level	Windows, etc.: Home	Mac: Home
Move to last screen at this topic level	Windows, etc.: End	Mac: End
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Chat Functions
Move cursor to the Message Text Field of the Chat window	Windows, etc.: Control M	Mac: Command M
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Participant List Functions
Raise or lower your hand	Windows, etc.: Control R	Mac: Command R
Show laughter	Windows, etc.: Control Alt 1	Mac: Option Command 1
Show applause	Windows, etc.: Control Alt 2	Mac: Option Command 2
Show confusion	Windows, etc.: Control Alt 3	Mac: Option Command 3
Show disapproval	Windows, etc.: Control Alt 4	Mac: Option Command 4
Show that you have stepped away or come back	Windows, etc.: Control Shift A	Mac: Shift Command A
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Presentation Mode Functions
Open Presentation Mode dialog	Windows, etc.: Control Alt P	Mac: Option Command P
Opt out of or back into Presentation Mode	Windows, etc.: Control Shift P	Mac: Shift Command P
Stop Presentation Mode	Windows, etc.: Control Alt Shift P	Mac: Option Shift Command P
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Video Functions
Open Video window	Windows, etc.: Control Shift V	Mac: Shift Command V
Close Video window	Windows, etc.: Alt F4 or Control W	Mac: Command W
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Notes Functions
Open Notes window	Windows, etc.: Control E	Mac: Command E
Close Notes window	Windows, etc.: Alt F4 or Control W	Mac: Command W
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Session Plans Functions
Go to the next item	Windows, etc.: Control Closed Square Bracket	Mac: Command Closed Square Bracket
Go to the previous item	Windows, etc.: Control Open Square Bracket	Mac: Command Open Square Bracket
Close Session Plan window	Windows, etc.: Alt F4 or Control W	Mac: Command W
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Recording Functions
Start or stop recording	Windows, etc.: Control Shift R	Mac: Shift Command R
Add recording index entry	Windows, etc.: Control Shift I	Mac: Shift Command I
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Closed-Captioning Functions
Open Closed-Captioning window	Windows, etc.: Control F8	Mac: Command F8
Close Closed-Captioning window	Windows, etc.: Alt F4 or Control W	Mac: Command W
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Polling Functions
Yes - polling response	Windows, etc.: Control 1	Mac: Command 1
No - polling response	Windows, etc.: Control 2	Mac: Command 2
A - polling response	Windows, etc.: Control 1	Mac: Command 1
B - polling response	Windows, etc.: Control 2	Mac: Command 2
C - polling response	Windows, etc.: Control 3	Mac: Command 3
D - polling response	Windows, etc.: Control 4	Mac: Command 4
E - polling response	Windows, etc.: Control 5	Mac: Command 5
Slower pace	Windows, etc.: Control 1	Mac: Command 1
Faster pace	Windows, etc.: Control 2	Mac: Command 2
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Hot keys differ from accelerator keys in that you can modify the definition of these keys plus you do not need to have input focus on the Elluminate Live! window to use them (they are available system wide). By default, six hot keys have been defined for the commonly used features in Elluminate Live! These are listed in the table below where the first column describes the function to be performed, the second colomn lists the Windows, Linux and Solaris hot key and the third column gives the Mac hot key.

You can use the default hot keys (listed below) or you can define your own under Tools > Preferences > General > Hot Keys (for Windows, Linux and Solaris) or under Elluminate Live! menu > Preferences > General > Hot Keys (for Mac).

Num Lock and Caps Lock must be turned off for Hot Keys to work in an Elluminate Live! session running on Solaris or Linux.

If your function keys do not work on your Mac laptop or aluminum Apple keyboard, hold down the ‘Fn’ key as part of the keystroke, or select the Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys option in the Keyboard pane of the System Preferences.

The default Hot Key assignments were defined with an extended (full) keyboard layout in mind. If your keyboard does not have a key used in a default Hot Key definition, you will need to redefine the Hot Key.

On Windows, Linux and Solaris platforms, all Elluminate Live! menu items are accessible through mnemonics. A mnemonic is an underlined letter that appears in a menu title or menu option that, when pressed in conjunction with the Alt key, activates a command or navigates to an element in the user interface.

For example, to activate the Save command in the File menu, press Alt, F then S.

Function	Windows, etc. Key	Mac Key
Press/release Talk button	Windows, etc.: Control F2	Mac: Control F2
Show/hide Mini-Controller	Windows, etc.: Control F9	Mac: Control F9 ^
Start/stop video transmission	Windows, etc.: Control F3	Mac: Control F3
Send Application Sharing snapshot to Whiteboard	Windows, etc.: Control Print Screen	Mac: Control F13
Take back control of Application Sharing	Windows, etc.: Control Space	Mac: Control Space
Terminate Application Sharing	Windows, etc.: Control End	Mac: Control End