How to use | Online classroom

1. For teachers
2. To start a new class
3. To book a class
4. Online classroom
5. For students
6. Online classroom
7. Online SI booth

For teachers

Go to cymo.io, click “Online classroom” on the home page.

On Cymo Education entrance page, click “I’m a teacher”, and you can choose to click “New class”,” Book a class” or “My classrooms” for the next step. Teachers need to log in before starting or booking a class.

>To start a new class<< /h3>>

Click “New class” and you’ll see “Class ID” in “Classroom configurations”.

You need to enter the name you want to use in the class. You can also enter a topic for the class, and set up the booth languages. The default booth languages are English and Chinese. Click “Modify” to change the languages.

Check “Setup password” and you will get a password randomly. You can also change the password.

Click “Advance settings” you can select the video resolution, and you can also enter the class introduction in the box under “Class content”. After that, click “Save”.

If there are materials, including documents in all format, videos and audios you want to either play in the class or share with the students, you can click “Browse” or drag the file into the box under “Upload materials”. In the online classroom, you can play the audios and videos you uploaded, and the students can also download files.

Click “Share classroom link”, you’ll see classroom information, including Classroom ID, classroom URL and password if you checked “Setup password” earlier. Click “Copy URLs” or “Share by email” to share it with students.

After all settings are done, click “Start class” to enter the online classroom.

>To book a class<< /h3>>

Click “Book a class”, and you can select the start date, start time and end time for the class. If in a period of time, there will be a class every day with the same start and end time, then you can switch on “Regular class”.  After you set up the end date, the classroom will be available every day from the “Start time” to the “End time” in the period of time. Click “Confirm” after it’s all set up.

After clicking “Confirm”, you will see a “Classroom booked” notice. And you will also see the classroom information including the class ID, booth languages, the start time and the end time.

You can view the history of the classrooms you created by click “My classrooms”.

The booth languages and all other settings can be modified in “Classroom configurations”.

Click “Start class” to enter the online classrooms.

>Online classroom<< /h3>>

After entering into the online classroom, you can click “Settings” to select “My camera” and “My microphone” and check or uncheck “Turn off my camera” and “Turn off my microphone” to turn them off or on. You can also select the resolution of your camera and the standard of your microphone.

Click “Microphone” button to turn it off or on.

Click “Camera” button to turn it off or on.

Click “Share screen” button, you can choose to share your entire screen, your application window or your chrome tab to the students in the online classroom.

Click “Play media”, you can play the audio or video file you uploaded in advance, or if you haven’t uploaded any file, you can upload a file and then play it, and it won’t take long.

Click “Invite” button, and you will share classroom information with your students.

Click “Students” button, you will see the list of all students in the online classroom. Here you can click the loudspeaker icon to hear a certain student, and other students won’t hear it. If you want a certain student to answer your question and you want others to hear this student, just click the microphone icon. If any student clicks “Raise hand”，you will see a raise-hand icon beside the student’s avatar, and at the same time you will receive a notice on your screen.  Here in the list you will also see if the students are in the booth and what output language channel they are in.

Click “Chats” button, and you can send messages and view the messages sent by students.

Click “Info” button to view the class title and class content you edited earlier. Here you can also upload and download files.

Click “Fullscreen” button to switch to full-screen mode. Press the Esc key on your keyboard to quit full-screen mode.

Click “language” to select the user interface language.

Click your name or photo, and click “My profile” to view and edit your personal information, including your photo, name, email address, phone number, nickname, address and your introduction. You can also view the history of the classrooms you created by clicking “My classrooms”. Check or uncheck “Show expired classrooms” to show or hide the expired classrooms. Click “Settings” to view and modify the settings of the classroom. Click “Delete” to delete the classroom, or you can click “Delete all” to delete all the classroom history. By clicking “Start class” you can also enter the classroom.

Click menu button, if you click “Exit class” you will exit the classroom while the students may still be here in the online classroom; if you click “End this class”, then you will receive a notice on your screen saying “If you end this class, all students will exit the classroom immediately”. Once you click “Confirm”, the class is over, and everyone is out of the classroom automatically.

 After you exit the classroom, we recommend you to rate your using experience and leave your feedback.

2. For students<< /h3>>

   Go to cymo.io, click “Online classroom” on the home page. Students don’t need to log in to enter an online classroom.

   On Cymo Education entrance page, click “I’m a student”. Enter the classroom ID you received and click “Start class”, you will see “Join class” page, and the class information including class ID, start time and end time. Enter the name that you want to use in the class. Click “Start class” to enter the online classroom.

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   Click “Settings” and you can select your microphone and its resolution.

   Click “Enter SI booth” to enter the online booth.

   Click “Recorder” to record your practice and save it to your device. You can also upload it and your teacher can give you comments and suggestions.

   Click “Raise hand” to show your teacher that you want to speak, ask or answer questions. After you raised your hands, your teacher will see a raise-hand icon. And you need to click “Raise hand” once again to put down your hand, and your raised-hand icon will disappear on your teacher’s screen.

   Click “Classmates”, you will see the list of online classmates.

   Click “Chats” button, and you can send messages and view the messages sent by others.

   Click “Info” button to view the class title and class content edited earlier by the teacher. Here you can also download files.

   Click “Fullscreen” button to switch to full-screen mode. Press the Esc key on your keyboard to quit full-screen mode.

   Click “language” to select the user interface language.

   Click your name or photo, and click “My profile” to view and edit your personal information, including your photo, name, email address, phone number, nickname, address and your introduction. Click “My courses” to view the courses you have. You can also view the history of the classrooms you joined in by clicking “My classrooms”. Check or uncheck “Show expired classrooms” to show or hide the expired classrooms. Click “Delete” to delete the classroom, or you can click “Delete all” to delete all the classroom history. By clicking “Start class” you can also enter the classroom.

   Click menu button, if you click “Leave classroom” you will exit the classroom.

   After you exit the classroom, we recommend you to rate your using experience and leave your feedback.

   >Online booth<< /h3>>

   In the online classroom, click “Enter SI booth” and you’ll enter the online booth.

   Both the floor volume and the booth volume can be adjusted.

   Click “Settings” and you can select your microphone and its resolution.

   Click “Recorder” to record your practice and save it to your device. You can also upload it and your teacher can give you comments and suggestions.

   Click “Classmates”, you will see the list of online classmates.

   Click “Chats” button, and you can send messages and view the messages sent by others.

   Click the output language, for instance, if you are interpreting from English into Chinese, then you should click Chinese.

   Click the blue button to send a switch signal to your booth mate.

   Click the green button to send “Ok” to your booth mate.

   The switch and ok signals are only for learning and practice use in the booth of the online classroom.

   Click “Mic” button to turn on or off the microphone. You will also see the notice on your screen telling you that your microphone is turned on or off. The button is red when your microphone is on, and it is gray when it’s off.

   Click “Leave booth” and you are going back to the online classroom