Online Learning Environment
Workplace™ by Teamwave
Using Teamwave's
Workplace™ Interactive Course Tool
Because this course utilizes
distributed/distanced learning, we wanted to ensure the most interactivity
possible for students and instructors to work as a class and for students
to work together in groups. Teamwave's Workplace™ client offered us such
an interactive learning environment.
The software functions
as a group of "rooms" that are shared chat and whiteboard spaces
with tools that allow for discussion boards, post-its, calendars, file sharing
(text and multimedia), and concept maps.
You will need a user
login and password to use Workplace™. If your instructor is using Workplace™,
she or he will give you that information. If you are an instructor and would
like to use Workplace™, please contact the Workplace
Administrator to set up accounts for your course.
You will have to download
the client to your desktops. The program is not large and is compatible with
almost any platform or operating system (Windows, Mac, Linux). Once downloaded,
you will be able to connect to the "host server" that stores all
of the files, rooms, and tools that you create while online. You will be able
to work on your Workplace™ offline, and copy anything that you create
offline onto the server when you next connect.
If you are ready to download Workplace for your PC, click here. If you are ready to download Workplace for your Mac, click here and choose workplace-client.sea.sit. Follow the directions and install.
Once you have installed Workplace™, open the client.
Under
"Teamwave Server" enter: cbuilder.arizona.edu
Under "Port", enter: 9019
When prompted, enter
your user login name and password (case sensitive).
For information on suggested protocols for using Workplace™ in class, visit the user guidelines we have established. If you are an instructor, please visit the instructor guidelines.