Remote Presentations

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Remote Presentations

• Building on a presentation done at the Midwest
  Regional, and for many User Groups, Remote
  Presentations has the potential of
  revolutionizing the world of User Groups

Presented at the APCUG/FACUG Spring Conference
Saturday, March 14, 2009
1130pm - 1220pm
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Help me

• Have you had a member ask you to come to their
  house, and show them how to use a program?
  
• But what if you live in a suburb North of the
  city, and they live in a rural area South of the
  city.

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Long drive

• You might have to drive an hour, help them for 30
  minutes, and drive an hour back.
  
• 230 out of your life
• to provide 30 minutes of help.

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With these programs you can do a
traveling through Cyberspace without ever leaving
your house.
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There are five free programs to look at if we
have time

• CrossLoop http//www.crossloop.com/
• A similar program is TeamViewer
  http//www.teamviewer.com
  
• Microsoft SharedView http//snipurl.com/d42qs
• IBM / Lotus Unyte http//www.unyte.net/
• Acrobat Connect Now http//www.adobe.com/acom/con
  nectnow/
  
• LogMeIn Free https//secure.logmein.com/login.asp

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CrossLoophttp//www.crossloop.com/

• Is limited to a connection between two people
• Is probably the best program for House Calls
• Can also be used for Collaboration
• Can also be used for Remote Presentation
• Requires voice contact (Skype or telephone)
  before use
  
• Similar http//www.teamviewer.com

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As you saw we have a screen with two tabs
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• I told Michael the 12 digit code in my Share
  screen
  
• He filled it in to his Access screen
• And we both pressed Connect
• I pressed connect on my Share screen
• He pressed connect on his Access Screen

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I got a screen, similar to this, and granted
access
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You then saw my desktop

• Both of us have control of the mouse
• Both of us have control of the keyboard

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To reverse things and have me see his screen,I
will click the red and green arrows
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We are back on my computer.
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We are using CrossLoop for free, just as you use
it for free when you perform a HouseCall
through cyberspace to help a UG member.

• When you download CrossLoop from
  http//crossloop.com/ you can optionally post
  your qualifications and expertise in the
  CrossLoop Community in a custom profile and offer
  your services for pay.
• See http//www.crossloop.com/ipage.htm?idtransact
  ions_overview
  

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Do you have any questionsabout CrossLoop?
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Microsoft SharedViewhttp//snipurl.com/d42qs

• Can be used for Collaboration or Remote
  Presentations, or for House Calls
  
• Is initiated by sending an email to the other
  party
  
• Requires Skype or telephone for voice contact

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• I will now close Crossloop
• You will no longer be able to see my screen
• I will then initiate a SharedView Session
• This will involve sending Michael an email
• When you get it, click on the link, and tell me
  when you can see my screen again, and what you see

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• As you saw, using Microsoft SharedView, you can
  see any program I have running on my computer
  just as you could with CrossLoop
  
• I can present a training session on using that
  program (Remote Prsentation)
  
• Or I can answer any questions a UG member has on
  how the program works (House Call)

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I clicked on the program and said Start a new
session
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Initially Shared view just showed one participant
(me)
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I can upload handouts (if desired)
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I can click Invite Othersto send email
invitation
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Sending email
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Here we are in Outlook Express
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Click Share and share desktop
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This shows I am sharing my screen and am in
control
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I can click the dropdown arrow after donsingleton
and give control to the other party.
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Do you have any questionsabout SharedView?
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Lotus / IBM Unytehttp//www.unyte.net/
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• I will now close SharedView
• You will no longer be able to see my screen
• I will then initiate a Unyte Session
• This will involve sending Michael an email
• When you get it, click on the link, and tell me
  when you can see my screen again and what you see

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• As you saw, using Lotus Unyte, you can see any
  program I have running on my computer as with the
  two previous programs
  
• I can present a training session on using that
  program (Remote Presentation)
  
• Or I can answer any questions a UG member has on
  how the program works (House Call)

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With the full version I can share control or take
control back
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Do you have any questionsabout Unyte?
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Adobe Acrobat.Com ConnectNowhttp//www.adobe.co
m/acom/connectnow/

• Is intended for Collaboration
• Can be used for Remote Presentations or for House
  Calls
  
• Is initiated by sending an email to the other
  party
  
• Requires Skype or telephone for voice contact

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• I will now close Lotus Unyte
• You will no longer be able to see my screen
• I will then initiate a Acrobat ConnectNow
  Session
  
• This will involve sending Michael an email
• When you get it, click on the link, and tell me
  when you can see my screen again and what you see

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• As you saw, using Acrobat ConnectNow, you can see
  any program I have running on my computer, just
  like the previous programs
  
• I can present a training session on using that
  program (Remote Presentation)
  
• Or I can answer any questions a UG member has on
  how the program works (House Call)

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Initially it opens a browser window, but it says
it launched your meeting room and you can close
the window without affecting the meeting room
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Here is the meeting room

• Send the email invitation and close

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Click Share My Computer Screen
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Click share and the other party can see your
screen
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• The presenter sees this box in the upper right
  corner
  
• I can click some of the minus signs to minimize
  sections
  
• I can minimize the whole thing and see the full
  screen the audience sees.

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Do you have any questionsabout Acrobat Connect?
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LogMeIn Freehttps//secure.logmein.com/login.asp

• Is intended for remote access to possibly
  unattended computers
  
• Access work computer from home
• Access home computer from work
• Can be used for Collaboration or Remote
  Presentations or House Calls

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I will show you LogMeIn on my laptop
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Do you have any questionsabout LogMeIn?
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The links were similar to these

• https//connectnow.acrobat.com/donsingleton
• https//joinsvw.sharedview.com/join.aspx?
  IDdonjamessingleton_at_live.compassQ825PYKE4
  
• https//start.unyte.net/skype/?s1011099322k3273
  0len-US

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I have shown

• How I can give a Remote Presentation, where
  everyone in the audience can see any program I
  want to show them on my machine
  
• How I can do a House Call, connecting to a UG
  member asking for help, and he can see my screen,
  and I can help him, and even let him control my
  computer.

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Vendors

• Vendors have cut back significantly on doing
  programs because of high travel costs and tight
  budgets. But if they can be encouraged to use one
  of these programs they can do a remote
  presentation when they cant physically come to a
  meeting.
• Gene Barlow is currently using Unyte to do
  exactly that.

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Do you have

• A member that used to give a lot of good
  programs, but who either retired and moved to
  another state, or who can no longer drive at
  night so he cant make it to the meetings.
• With these programs he can do a program for your
  group. It will be like a blast from the past.

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Let me ask

• Do you have a member that spent a lot of time
  preparing an in-person presentation to your
  group, studying a new program, preparing a PPT
  presentation, and maybe even coming up with
  handouts?
• He gives that program to your group, but what
  does he then do with the PPT and handouts?

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Do you think

• Would he be willing to do a Remote Presentation
  and give their talk to another User Group,
  perhaps clear across the country.
  
• Would your UG be interested in seeing a Remote
  Presentation, like this one, from someone in
  another User Group, perhaps clear across the
  country?

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If you have a presentation (or more than one)
that could be done remotely that you would like
to offer to do for other UGs, let me know
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Check out the articleRemote Presentations and
Sharingin the October 08 issue of APCUG
Reports and Remote Presentations and CrossLoop
articles in the January 09 issue
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For any questionsemail donsingleton_at_cox.netor
dsingleton_at_apcug.netor call [phone]