Technology For Tomorrow- Intro to Skype and FaceTime

What is Video Chatting? Send short text messages to each other Chat face-to-face Leave recorded messages Created in 2003 by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, Skype (short for "sky peer-to-peer") is a computer program that uses the Internet to put practically every major form of communication at your fingertips.  Once you connect with someone on Skype, you can use the program to communicate with them in a number of different ways: Send short instant messages to each other.  You can also include pictures and little emotion indicators ("emoticons") to show the person something cool, or just how you're feeling. Make phone calls to each other.  Forget playing a guessing game about whether the person is busy, or even at home at all... Skype will show you that person's availability at all times.  Plus, say goodbye to long-distance phone charges, because calling with Skype is free! Chat with each other face-to-face using real-time video (if you have a webcam).  Show your contact what's going on in your world right now... literally!  You can even share your computer screen with that person... great if you want to know how to do something on your computer and you have a tech-savvy relative on the line who can show you how to do it! Leave each other recorded phone or video messages.  No more need for an answering machine... Skype has you covered if you miss a call by accident, or need to get in touch with someone even if they're busy or not around right now.   Send and receive computer files.  Why bother struggling with email attachments when you can just send a picture, a recipe, or whatever else you want over Skype almost instantly? Create a phone or video conference call, with more than two people at once.  Whether you're looking to hold a spur-of-the-moment family reunion, needing to work out some business details with your co-workers, or just wanting to plan your next get-together with friends, Skype can make it happen! And the best part is that most of these services are absolutely free to use!  Keep in touch with your friends whenever you want, in whatever way you want, with Skype! Send and receive files Create voice or video conference calls

Pros of Skype vs. Facetime Free video chatting program for computer or mobile devices Simple to get started Reach out to the world for free  Use text, phone, or video chat  Easy to share your stuff  Stay in touch in other places  Free video chatting Use iPhone, iPad, or iMac Pros Simple to get started -- as one of the more basic voice-over-Internet services on the market, it's fairly easy to install Skype on your computer and set up an account, even if you aren't that tech-savvy. Reach out to the world for free -- most of Skype's communication services don't cost any money to use, even if they cross international borders.  That means even if your family's halfway across the world, you can still get in touch with them using Skype, and you won't have to worry about long-distance charges! Use text, phone, or video chat -- choose the way you want to communicate: send quick text messages back and forth, talk on the phone, or have a full face-to-face conversation with real-time video.  Why just hear the voices of your (grand)kids and family members when you can see their smiling faces? Easy to share your stuff -- you can send computer files over Skype, so you can share important business documents with colleagues, or maybe just some cute pet pictures with your loved ones. Stay in touch in other places -- you can connect Skype to your other Internet accounts, such as ones on Microsoft Live and Facebook, so that you can send and receive Skype communication through any of these places.

Cons of Skype vs. Facetime You need to be on the Internet Your contacts need Skype too  Certain features aren't free  Technical difficulties  Facetime can only be used on Apple products (both people in the conversation need to have an Apple device) Cannot share files via Facetime

Create a Skype Account To get started, you will need to download and install the program. We’ll go over this later. How to sign up for a Skype account Find the Skype program icon on your desktop and open it by double-clicking the left mouse button on it. When you open Skype, you'll be prompted to sign in with either your Skype Name or your Microsoft Account (e.g. if you have a Hotmail email account).  Let's assume that you have neither; in that case, click Create an Account at the bottom. You will be taken to a page on Skype's website where you can create your account.  Click in all of the fields marked with an asterisk (*) and type in, or select from the drop-down menu: - your first name - your last name - your email address - your email address again, to confirm it - the country or region that you live in - the language that you primarily use You can fill in any other details, such as your date of birth or gender, if you wish. Further down the page, click in the fields marked with an asterisk (*) and type in your Skype Name (Skype will let you know if it's already taken), a password for your account, and a repeat of that password to confirm it. Finally, click in the box that says "Type the Text above Here" and type in the letters or numbers that you see in the picture.  This is a security check to make sure that you aren't a computer program trying to mass-produce fake accounts. You can fill in any other details that you wish.  When you're ready to move on, click I Agree - Continue.

Create a Facetime Account Download facetime from the app store Log in with your Apple ID 1/1/2019 Technology For Tomorrow & AARP

Using Skype Log-in to Skype using the username and password you’ve created. How to log into Skype Find your Skype desktop program and open it. When prompted to log in, click Skype Name as the method you want to use. Click in the box labelled "Skype Name" and type in the user name that you picked for yourself when you created your account; you can also click the arrow button () at the edge of this box and select your Skype Name from a list.  Then click the box labelled "Password" and type in the password that you picked for your account.  Finally, click Sign In. When you log into Skype for the first time, it may ask you to adjust your audio and video settings.  Don't worry about these too much; you can always adjust them later.  (See our Skype Settings tutorial for more information.) Skype's Main Screen When you log into Skype with a new account, there won't really be much to see at first.  Therefore, we've logged into Skype with a pre-existing account to show you some additional things that you'll see after you've been using Skype for a while.  Click the yellow buttons () in the screenshot below for more information about each item.   The Skype Messenger Screen When you select a contact in Skype, this is usually the screen that will appear.  From this screen, you can: send quick text messages to a person share a photo with a person send a computer file to a person send information about your Skype contacts a person add another person to the conversation Also, the buttons highlighted in the top-right corner allow you to start a phone call or a video chat with that person. See our Using Skype Messenger tutorial for further instructions on how to use this screen. The Skype Call / Video Chat Screen When you start a phone call or video chat with someone on Skype, you'll see this screen.  In addition to talking with the person using this screen, you can do things like: share your computer screen (so the other person sees what you see on your screen) take a picture of the other person (if they're using video chat) switch between a call and video chat by enabling or disabling your webcam make the conversation take up your whole computer screen

1 2 3 Skype Contacts How to find and add Skype contacts Open your Skype desktop program and log in.  Underneath your status in the top-left corner, click where it says "Search". Type in the name of the person you're looking to find on Skype, or type in their user name on Skype (if you know it).  If they aren't already in your contacts list, you can click Search Skype to see if a person by that (user) name exists on Skype. If you find anyone by that name on Skype, they will appear in the left-hand menu, under the search box.  Click on their name, and then click Add to Contacts in the main screen.  You can then click in the box that says "Send [person] a Contact Request" and type in a personal message to them, and then click Send. If the person accepts your contact request, they will show up in your contacts menu on the left-hand side. 3

One-on-one Download and install Skype or Facetime Create an account Log in or… Create a username Create a password Activate your account Add contacts Delete contacts Block contacts Call another participant Voice chat another participant Try a group call FaceTime Break in to one-on-one work. With 15 minutes left to the workshop (or earlier if the class has finished these tasks), switch to the last slide.

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