Hello Richard, in response to your query re videoconferencing with elluminate. It can be used as a video conference. The video option can be enlarged and there can be up to 6 people with their video images projected. However, I dont know if you have to pay more for the service to have more than one video up at a time.

Hi Richard, do you really want to do videoconferencing with elluminate or are you happy to try an easier software tool first? If so, I suggest you try skype. It is so much easier to manage but only allows two different users to share a video camera. So, you can only videoconference with one other party. If you have not used skype before, you download the software for free and instead of a phone number, each user has a username. So, I am anne.mirtschin People you wish to skype with are added to your contact list and you simply click on their username and hit the green telephone button on skype to talk to them. If you wish to use the camera, just choose "call with video option" You will need a webcamera and a headset. With skype, you can txt chat, talk via a microphone and/or videoconference.
If you would really like to use elluminate, it is a much more complicated software tool, but let me know and I shall give you further help. Classroom 2.0 have webinairs using elluminate. have you joined in any of those. When in elluminate their is a video camera icon up towards the middle of the toolbar, click on that and your follow the prompts or buttons to put your camera on. There is a tools>options section, to test all before you enter elluminate.

Hey, Richard, no problem at all. I still feel that I am a novice in much of all this and I never, ever forget where I came from - knowing nothing. There have been so many wonderful people who have helped me in this journey and there is still much for me to learn, so if I can skype with you or help you with videoconferencing - it will be no problem!