Online Meeting Tools

Online meeting tools allow users to conduct online meetings and discussions. Quite often, online meetings that include discussion, application sharing, whiteboards, presentations, and other collaborative tools all wrapped into one package. The online meeting tools are often vall virtua-classroom systems.

Some examples from Horton’s textbook can be found on the following weblinks:

• Groove Virtual Office
  
• webcrossing
• eRoom
• Convene
• Interwise

Things to consider in online meeting tools:

• floor control – choreography or baton passing; who can speak
• meeting set up – quick, efficient, easy, and little preparation
• online persona – nicknames/handle/avatar; post bios
• calendar and schedule management – set up events & inviting scheduled participants
• recording – recorded for later playback, i.e. presenations, chat, videos, application sharing (in common media player)
• display – large enough for all types of activities; windows, screens, etc
• breakout rooms and groups – number of rooms, different content, look-in by leader, dynamic reassignment (move from one room to another), sharing work
• presenter feedback – words, emotions, preset button/comments
• collaborative creation – send files, review documents, edits to docs by leader, revision & approvals, synchonize different versions when resuming a meeting

Check out THIS example.

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