Online, Hands-on Training with

Connect, Elluminate Live! and Centra

Jacki Weikert, PSU AG ITJohn Dorner, NC Cooperative Extension

Pete Flores, Texas AgriLife Extension 

What we use:

Adobe Connect ProElliminute LiveSaba Centra    

Why Web Conferencing for Training?• Travel $'s - NOT there• Limited audience • Training staff time• All Training topics 

Benefits• No travel time!!! • No travel $$$• No lab needed • Uses their own computer • Large classes are possible • No geographical limitations

 

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Other uses of web conferencing

• 'Production' meetings • Committee meetings • County Director meetings • Staff conferences • Virtual IT Conference

How we teach online...

Getting students ready for class

• Intro classes • First instructions• Getting comfortable • Sharing files

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Interacting with students

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Length of sessions

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Homework assignments

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Sharing participant's computer

• Personalities• Fears • Permissions

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Show the speaker?

Showing video/picture

Participants without mics

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Invitation...

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DEMO TIME

 

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Limitations... 

PSU - bandwidth limitations, need a stop watch!NCCE -  PPT conversion not 100%            Editor for recordings is $100 TX - System Check, Vista and Centra switches mics Pos, Guest logins, guest and public playback. can also be Private, Can import PPT as HTML to preserve audio