Tuesday 27 September 2011

Blackboard Technology Sessions

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Up until now, the teaching faculty for any school or college or a management institute with specialized courses, where the information on the subject is handed out via handouts of carbon-based manuscripts to their students.  Using a typical classroom blackboard session where the information dispersed or written on the blackboard imperatively needs to be noted by the entire class, which is argumentatively debated and instantaneously overruled as a mandatory everyday action.

Irony is we are talking of education in the twenty first century by means of wasting vital resources like paper and ink, with the added negated crux of time wastage and the overall process applies a strenuous physical effort.

Further more, the trainers or instructors are expected collate substantial centralizing course material related to their field of expertise, qualification & knowledge and pursue interactive online learning techniques via high-quality learning medium effective & applicable for both physical classroom students as well remote distance learning enrollees.

The role of the trainer or instructor does these actions with the aid of the typical course management systems traditionally placed and followed over a long period-of-time are today impressively eying to embrace the emergence of online education using state-of-the-art video conferencing technologies.

The popularity in the purity of video conferencing technology is quotient to effective understanding of the fundamental dynamics of online classroom management, which will emphatically replace traditional teaching methodologies and synchronizing itself as an exemplary adversary de-facto with the notion of reserving and saving vital carbon based resources.
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Tuesday 20 September 2011

Engaging Conference Activities with Web 2.0

Playback the audio conference session recorded in real time during the conference event so that the same is available to be broadcasted via the company website, mailers, download, newsletters, press releases and more.

Exhibit powerful question & answers based tool that is extremely helpful in gratifying the most accurate information to the participants attending a scheduled conference call and integrate conference transcription services to save and archive the entire dynamics of the conference.

Conference transcription services in simple words converts the entire conversations in to literary conduits provided in a conventional word format and have them available as downloads from the company web repository.

Add the consonance of real time voting or polling option to discuss important mandate with the participants. Create a stimulating responsive user engaging application. Broadcast web cast sessions of the recorded audio, video & web conferences and foreplay the same on the company website.

Wednesday 7 September 2011

Web 2.0 Channels for Conference Communications

State-of-the-art audio, video and web conference technology is the momentum of communication and the not so distant future remains to be the testament on the doctrinaire in the playground of new advanced technology tools amalgamated for the emulations of remote possibilities in the merger of reason, rhyme & rhythm!

Other than the conventional services like audio conference solution offered via a channel of toll & toll freebased conference access numbers, web based dial out, SMS conferencing and more. Likewise is the purview of web & video conference solutions that not only preserves the conversation but the same time make the same available to a wider audience dispersed as value added services in addition of the regular conference solutions.

Recorded audio, video and web conference sessions are converted into medial files with assured delivery in multiple global destinations and burned into a CD or a DVD.

Prepare customized participants list for regular conference attendees along with the details of the conference leader name, location, conference start time & end time and lastly the account credentials like the conference participant and conference leader PIN or pass-codes required to establish a connection.

Skilled professional conference operators ensure that the ongoing conference session for any business or entity programs smoothly ordained to conducting pre conference testing like a dry run to test the audio quality, the system arrangements for the web conference session projected using a projector in real time and interactive visual communication to aid more panache, flair and style.

Monday 5 September 2011

Features of SMS Conference Dial Outs



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In continuation to our post “SMS Conference Dial Outs” we dig deeper into the rabbit hole and look for more features attired by the role of short messaging services to trigger online meetings & conferences.

An interesting and unique instant conference solution feature integrated with mobile short messaging service is the ability to initiate a scheduled conference call from remote locations with out the need for any data connection or a device like a laptop or a desktop computer.

Interesting pre-automated features include the ability to rejoin a conference call if the participant drops the call unintentionally with the option to allow the participant to continue with the conference call by calling back and join in the ongoing conference in less than 2-3 minutes. Such attire is absolutely blessed if an accidental phone disconnection does not inadvertently disconnect any ongoing conference call participant.

In such a case, ensure that the participant is aware of the various other modes to join the ongoing conference session like toll & toll free dial in access numbers. It is important to therefore intimate all the conference participants with the information to join a conference session using multiple modes by providing them the details via an email or an SMS as well including the pass-codes and the toll & toll free dial in numbers.

More alternative solutions would include the scenario to initiate a callback if the participants are dropped accidentally. In such a case, the system is configured intelligently to call back the participant automatically and allow them to join the scheduled conference session. However, the system can again limit the entry of such scenarios to say 2-3 tries for reasons of security during the conference event attended by participants from all parts of the globe via a network of incoming dial in access numbers as well as web based dial outs triggered via SMS.

SMS codes could be furthermore configured to automatically detect a predefined phone number as the conference host for the duration of the meeting, record an online meeting session as well as request the call details & post conference reports by sending a preset code via an SMS!

Additionally SMS conference service users can configure their mobile phones with speed keys that in the back end comply with the process to send SMS blast dial outs to different groups and thus exhibit the talent to initiate an instant audio conference session by using the speed dial feature on their phone. An inspiring talented feature configured to reach priorities like a broader official communication channeled based on organizational hierarchy, calling your family members, calling friends & colleagues etc.
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Saturday 3 September 2011

Tools, Features, Actions for an Effective Conference Event



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Today's post reviews some of the basic must-do (s) in establishing and conducting a successful conference event.

To begin with, take note of what are the various objectives & results expected with the usage of conference communication for your business unit and ensure mandatory measures for all staff and departments to log their respective usage minutes spent on a conference call a regular action for all conferences that they attend.

Ensure to keep track of all the calls and the nature of the conference event whether it is audio, video or via VOIP data for your business and negotiate your deal with the conference vendor based on the usage pattern so that you do not end up paying overage charges. This can only be done once you start maintaining a profile for all previous conferences and summarizing the usage attributes to determine what is best for your business.

Ensure that you sign the deal with a conference vendor who can give you maximum mileage in terms of technology and network infrastructure with excellent customer response time for troubleshooting during a live conference call. Live operator assistance is a handy feature for all businesses as your entire workforce may not be tech-savvy and therefore they may need assistance during the first few sessions to gradually acclimatize themselves with the order of events during and prior to a scheduled conference event.

Short list the names for a few conference vendors and negotiate to hold demo conference call for the evaluation of their response time & level of service in real time and if the same is designed ideally to fit in with your business dynamics.

While choosing the ideal conference plan for your business, make sure to take note of all the charges levied with your conference plan so that you can identity any hidden cost associated. An ideal conference call plan must include the flexibility in upgrading or downloading their services. They must offer you multiple modes to join a conference session ranging from basic toll & toll free dial in numbers & to advanced smart phone apps that auto-starts a conference session with just a simple click, sufficing the entire process of dialing in to the conference bridge to authenticating user access details in the background automatically before placing them inside the scheduled conference event.

Flat monthly priced set for a fixed number of users and unlimited minutes are two very good options available in today's conferencing market, ensuring that all business workforce & employees can keep track on their audio conference usage respectively.

Conferencing is a fiercely competed market product today and there are many service provider who would offer you basic web conferencing features like desktop & document sharing, document presentation, changing presenter controls, whiteboard & annotation tolls etcetera included with their audio conference package. Therefore ascertain your business needs first to determine if you need any of these web conferencing tolls for advanced purposes. If not then simply go with a vendor who would offer these web conference features included with their audio conference deal.
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