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==Instructional Tips (for Higher OR Lower Bandwidth Activities)==
 
==Instructional Tips (for Higher OR Lower Bandwidth Activities)==
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===Features Available When Presenting an Uploaded File===
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<big>Regardless of your bandwidth strength, you can click the '''Interactive Tools button''', it looks like a plus '''( + )''' sign, to '''upload''' a file, '''poll''' your students, or '''share''' a YouTube video.</big><br>
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[[File:CanDo-Meetings-Upload.png|600px|border|alt=Features available when uploading a file to display include: create breakout rooms, write on the whiteboard, display a file, access captioning, access the record button, sharing websites, ending the meeting.]]
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[[File:CanDo-Meetings-Upload-altversion-CROP.png|650px|border|alt=clicking the interactive tools button in Meetings to upload a file]]<br>
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<p><big>When you use the interactive tools feature, many activities are readily available to you:</p>
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<ul>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">Displaying a file</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">Polling students</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">Writing on the whiteboard</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">Creating Breakout Rooms</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">Accessing the Record button</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">Accessing captions</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">End the Meeting</li>
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</ul></big>
  
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===Uploading Tip===
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===[[File:icon-Idea.png|50px|alt=Idea icon]]Tip for Uploading Files===
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[[File:icon-Idea.png|50px|alt=Idea icon]]<big>Save your Word documents and PowerPoint presentations as PDFs before uploading them to Meetings.This will reduce the amount of time Meetings will need to process and covert your file(s).<br>
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<big>'''Save''' your Word documents and PowerPoint presentations as '''PDFs''' before uploading them to Meetings. This will reduce the amount of time Meetings will need to process and covert your file(s).<br>
 
[[File:WordPPTtoPDF.png|250px|border|alt=Convert Word documents and PowerPoint presentations into PDFS]]</big>
 
[[File:WordPPTtoPDF.png|250px|border|alt=Convert Word documents and PowerPoint presentations into PDFS]]</big>
  
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<big>
 
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<ul>
 
<ul>
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<li>Sharing websites</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">Sharing websites</li>
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<li>Accessing hyperlinks embedded in a PowerPoint presentation</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">Accessing hyperlinks embedded in a PowerPoint presentation</li>
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<li>Demonstrating applications, such as Word or Excel<br>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">Demonstrating applications, such as Word or Excel<br>
 
</ul>
 
</ul>
 
</ul></big>
 
</ul></big>
  
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==Instructional Tips for Screensharing (High Bandwidth ONLY)==
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==Instructional Tips for Higher Bandwidth ONLY==
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<p><big>When your '''bandwidth is sufficient''' ([[Meetings: Bandwidth Considerations|review Meetings bandwidth requirements]]), you will have the ability to '''share your screen''' in Meetings.<br>
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===Features Available When Screensharing===
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[[File:CanDo-Screenshare-altversion-CROP.png|650px|border|alt=Clicking the Share Screen button to screen share]]</p>
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[[File:CanDo-Screensharing.png|350px|alt=Features available when screensharing: sharing websites, accessing hyperlinks, demonstrating applications.]]
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<p>Screen sharing allows you to:</p>
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===Examples of How Screensharing is Utilized===
 
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<ul>
 
<ul>
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<li>Sharing a website to:<ul>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">share a website to:<ul>
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<li>display your Sakai course</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">display your Sakai course</li>
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<li>display the Durham Tech website or library resources</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">display the Durham Tech website or Library resources</li>
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<li>share another website resource</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">share another website resource</li>
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<li>walk your students through a publisher site</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">walk your students through a publisher site</li>
 
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</ul>
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<li>Demonstrating an application installed on your device, such as:<ul>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">demonstrate an application installed on your device, such as:
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<li>[http://wiki.durhamtech.edu/wiki/images/2/28/Office365-home-installation.pdf typing something in Word or Excel]</li>
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<ul>
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<li>using a webpage editor</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">[http://wiki.durhamtech.edu/wiki/images/2/28/Office365-home-installation.pdf typing something in Word or Excel]</li>
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<li>how to use AutoCAD</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">a webpage editor</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">AutoCAD</li>
 
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</ul>
 
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===Screensharing Tips===
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===[[File:icon-Idea.png|50px|alt=Idea icon]]Screensharing Tips===
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[[File:icon-Idea.png|50px|alt=Idea icon]]<br>
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<big>To help your demonstration go smoothly, there are a couple of things you can do ahead of time before starting the screenshare:
 
<big>To help your demonstration go smoothly, there are a couple of things you can do ahead of time before starting the screenshare:
 
<ul>
 
<ul>
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<li>open any applications you will be demonstrating</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">open any web sites you will need in separate browser tabs</li>
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<li>open any web sites you will need in separate browser tabs</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">open any applications you will be demonstrating (for example, if you want to display a PowerPoint presentation, open PowerPoint and display the presentation on  your computer's desktop</li>
 
</ul>
 
</ul>
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<p>If you want to display a PowerPoint presentation while screen sharing, you will need to open PowerPoint and display the presentation on  your computer's desktop.</p>
 
 
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===Features NOT Available When Screensharing===
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====Screenshare's Mirror Effect====
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<big>The following Meetings features are not readily available when screensharing during a demonstration:
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<big>
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<ul>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">When you share your screen, the presentation area displays a "mirror" of your desktop.</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">The '''mirror effect is normal''', and you and your students will see the mirror effect until you display a web site or application on your desktop.<br>
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[[File:meetings-mirror.png|400px|border|alt=Mirror effect in BigBlueButton]]</li>
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</ul>
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===Features NOT Readily Available When Screen Sharing===
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<big>The following Meetings features are not readily available when screen sharing during a demonstration:
 
<ul>
 
<ul>
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<li>Displaying a file in the presentation area of Meetings</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">Displaying a file in the presentation area of Meetings</li>
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<li>Writing on the whiteboard</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">Writing on the whiteboard</li>
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<li>Sharing external videos (and audio content)</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">Sharing external videos (and audio content)</li>
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<li>Creating Breakout rooms</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">Creating Breakout rooms</li>
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<li>Accessing Captions</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">Accessing Captions</li>
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<li>Accessing the Recording button</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">Accessing the Recording button</li>
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<li>Ending the Meeting</li>
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<li style="padding-bottom: 3px">Ending the Meeting</li>
 
</ul></big>
 
</ul></big>
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==Learn More==
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<p>[[File:Icon-LearnMore.png|40px|alt=Learn More icon]] <big>What can I do as a [[Meetings: Moderator Features|Moderator in a Meeting]]?</big></p>
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<p>[[File:Icon-LearnMore.png|40px]] <big> What can I do as a [[Meetings: Presenter Features|Presenter in a Meeting]]?</big></p>
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<p>[[File:Icon-Home.png|40px]] <big> Take me back to the [[Sakai: Meetings|Meetings Home page]].</big></p>

Latest revision as of 07:40, 19 May 2021

Instructional Tips (for Higher OR Lower Bandwidth Activities)

Regardless of your bandwidth strength, you can click the Interactive Tools button, it looks like a plus ( + ) sign, to upload a file, poll your students, or share a YouTube video.
clicking the interactive tools button in Meetings to upload a file

When you use the interactive tools feature, many activities are readily available to you:

  • Displaying a file
  • Polling students
  • Writing on the whiteboard
  • Creating Breakout Rooms
  • Accessing the Record button
  • Accessing captions
  • End the Meeting

Idea iconTip for Uploading Files

Save your Word documents and PowerPoint presentations as PDFs before uploading them to Meetings. This will reduce the amount of time Meetings will need to process and covert your file(s).
Convert Word documents and PowerPoint presentations into PDFS

Features NOT Available When Presenting an Uploaded File

  • Sharing websites
  • Accessing hyperlinks embedded in a PowerPoint presentation
  • Demonstrating applications, such as Word or Excel

Instructional Tips for Higher Bandwidth ONLY

When your bandwidth is sufficient (review Meetings bandwidth requirements), you will have the ability to share your screen in Meetings.
Clicking the Share Screen button to screen share

Screen sharing allows you to:

  • share a website to:
    • display your Sakai course
    • display the Durham Tech website or Library resources
    • share another website resource
    • walk your students through a publisher site
  • demonstrate an application installed on your device, such as:

    Idea iconScreensharing Tips

    To help your demonstration go smoothly, there are a couple of things you can do ahead of time before starting the screenshare:

    • open any web sites you will need in separate browser tabs
    • open any applications you will be demonstrating (for example, if you want to display a PowerPoint presentation, open PowerPoint and display the presentation on your computer's desktop

    Screenshare's Mirror Effect

    • When you share your screen, the presentation area displays a "mirror" of your desktop.
    • The mirror effect is normal, and you and your students will see the mirror effect until you display a web site or application on your desktop.
      Mirror effect in BigBlueButton

    Features NOT Readily Available When Screen Sharing

    The following Meetings features are not readily available when screen sharing during a demonstration:

    • Displaying a file in the presentation area of Meetings
    • Writing on the whiteboard
    • Sharing external videos (and audio content)
    • Creating Breakout rooms
    • Accessing Captions
    • Accessing the Recording button
    • Ending the Meeting

    Learn More

    Learn More icon What can I do as a Moderator in a Meeting?

    Icon-LearnMore.png What can I do as a Presenter in a Meeting?

    Icon-Home.png Take me back to the Meetings Home page.

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