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Introduction to Running Online Meetings


With an increasing need for flexibility, cost efficiency and reduced environmental impact, online meetings and training sessions are becoming an attractive prospect in education. Web-based tools that allow presenters to appear on video, run slideshows, share applications and their desktop, and enable delegates to contribute via text or speech are now readily available and can be used to achieve very successful sessions. Things don’t always go to plan, however, so care is needed in choosing the right tools and in setting up and running an online meeting.

This course provides an introduction to web meetings and covers what you need to set up and delvier a succesful online session.
 
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Introductory presentation

Ben's presentation from the "Introduction to running Online Meetings" session from RSC East Midlands. This presentation covers the basics and includes thoughts about what it takes to ensure your meeting is a success
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Online session recording

The link below takes you to the recording of the online session run on the 5th May 2010

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Web meeting tools and services

While the RSC does not endorse any particular commercial web meeting product, the various UK Regional Support Centres have been using the products listed below. As such, we are in a position to comment on their use and effectiveness. We are not able to provide information on pricing and service packages as these tend to vary according to the customer

Elluminate: http://www.elluminate.com/
Wimba: http://www.wimba.com/
DimDim: http://www.dimdim.com/
GoToMeeting: http://www1.gotomeeting.co.uk/
Instant Presenter: http://www.instantpresenter.com/


Also, Skype now includes Screen sharing, making it a good, FREE, alternative for many online meeting applications: http://www.skype.com/
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Useful links

The RSC West Midlands wiki includes some pretty extensive information on web meetings (or "Webinars")
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http://wiki.rscwmsystems.org.uk/index.php/Synchronous_webcasting_tools
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Ben Williams
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ben.williams@rsc-em.ac.uk
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