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2. Experience - Dimdim Ensure you have your headset attached to the laptop. Join the meeting: http://webmeeting.dimdim.com:80/portal/J oinForm.action?confKey=natconf http://webmeeting.dimdim.com:80/portal/J oinForm.action?confKey=natconf Add your name when prompted. Sandie Gay E-Guides National Event 2009

3. Features/facilities Installation and setup –Software – download; no download? –Free and/or open source or paid? –Invitation tools – easy to use? Collaboration tools Communication tools Recording Integration into Moodle (see how to guides on your memory stick) Sandie Gay E-Guides National Event 2009

4. Feedback What do you think? Add your feedback to the conference whiteboard. Thank you for attending the web conference. Sandie Gay E-Guides National Event 2009

5. Compare tools Open the file from your memory stick: –TechSoup Web Conferencing Software Comparison Chart Consider the comparisons given Choose another from the list of tools on the next slide and do your own evaluation in the columns at the end of the chart. Save Sandie Gay E-Guides National Event 2009

6. Web conferencing tools Dimdim: http://www.dimdim.com/http://www.dimdim.com/ Elluminate: http://www.elluminate.com/http://www.elluminate.com/ Adobe Acorbat Connect: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatco nnect/ http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatco nnect/ Vyew: http://vyew.com/site/http://vyew.com/site/ Skype Conference: http://www.skype.com/allfeatures/conferen cecall/ http://www.skype.com/allfeatures/conferen cecall/ Sandie Gay E-Guides National Event 2009

7. Useful links Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies: Directory of Conferencing Tools: http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/Tools/conferencing.html http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/Tools/conferencing.html Techsoup: The technology place for nonprofits: Web-conferencing Tools: right for you? http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page5975.cfm http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page5975.cfm Techsoup: The technology place for nonprofits:Web conferencing software comparison chart: http://www.techsoup.org/binaries/files/TechSoup%20Web- Conferencing%20Software%20Comparison%20Chart.xls http://www.techsoup.org/binaries/files/TechSoup%20Web- Conferencing%20Software%20Comparison%20Chart.xls Regional Support Centre West Midlands: wiki on Synchronous webcasting tools: http://wiki.rscwmsystems.org.uk/index.php/Synchronous_webcasting_tools http://wiki.rscwmsystems.org.uk/index.php/Synchronous_webcasting_tools The E-learning Guild: eBook on 144 tips on synchronous e-learning: http://www.elearningguild.com/content.cfm?selection=doc.1025 http://www.elearningguild.com/content.cfm?selection=doc.1025 Sandie Gay E-Guides National Event 2009