Virtual Classroom SoftwareVirtual classroom is basically a replacement of the conventional class room. A conventional classroom is a place where students come to study surrounded by four walls whereas a virtual classroom removes the boundary of walls. It facilitates students to study anywhere they want to with the help of Internet and a virtual classroom software. Now what is this virtual classroom software? It is a part of the virtual classroom technology that allows a student to get the experience of studying in a class without actually visiting a conventional classroom. A virtual classroom helps the teachers to broadcast their desktops to every distance learning student sitting just anywhere. This results in an easy and better communication between the teachers and his students.
A virtual classroom software has various virtual classroom tools such as remote installation which enables a teacher to install a program on his computer to the students' computers. It also helps in configuring an application control list in order to allow or restrict a student's access to certain applications. Then there are other tools such as net movie which allows the teachers to play audio and video files on the students' computer in all formats such as WMV, WMA, MPEG, DAT, AVI and many other multimedia formats. The other benefits of these virtual classroom software is that it allows the teachers to broadcast whatever they are teaching to their students. This way they can describe the assignments to each and every student. It also helps in enhancing the level of interaction between the students and the teachers. This software also provides the teachers with electronic marking tools to highlight the content of their choice. It provides constant surveillance by the teachers because they can monitor the computer of each student to see whatever they are doing on their computers. Another wonderful benefit is that it enables the teachers to remotely control the mouse and keyboard of a student's computer in order to guide him about the difficult tasks or assignments. It also helps the teachers in helping the students to log out of the session and to shut down the students' computers.It also facilitates a remote discussion by enabling the students to participate in discussions, both as a group or an individual. They can participate and interact through text, voice or videos. It is easy to manage all the assignments of the students through a virtual classroom. It is so interactive that the students' participation also increases to a remarkable level because it turns a relatively dull session into a exciting one due to the use of audio, video and pictures. With all these features and benefits, a virtual classroom surely takes distance learning to a great dimension. And makes it even more enjoyable. |