[Lnc-business] equipment for electronic meetings

Brett Bittner brett.bittner at lp.org
Wed Sep 21 21:24:45 EDT 2016


Will we be required to remove the band-aids (if you've seen Snowden, you
know what I mean) from our web cam?

Brett

**This message sent from my phone. Please excuse any typos.

On Sep 21, 2016 21:05, "Alicia Mattson" <agmattson at gmail.com> wrote:

> To fully participate by web with both video and audio in an electronic
> meeting, you need the following:
>
> 1) a computer with high-speed internet access, with the aforementioned web
> browser add-in, and with your software versions tested and approved at the
> link in the meeting invitation
>
> 2) a webcam to transmit your video
>
> 3)  a microphone to transmit your audio when you speak.  Most webcams have
> microphones built in, and that will work just fine.  If yours is a
> video-only webcam, then you need a separate microphone plugged into the
> microphone jack on your computer.
>
> 4) *It is VERY IMPORTANT* that you use earbuds or headphones plugged into
> your computer's headphone jack to listen to the meeting.  Yes, you can hear
> fine through your computer speakers, but the problem is that after the
> audio comes out through your speakers, it feeds back in through your open
> microphone and re-transmits to other participants, creating an echo.
> Echoes are maddening and disruptive for the other participants.  If you
> already have earbuds for a phone or iPod, that will work.  Mine cost a
> whopping $5, and they work great.  $5 ones are readily available in the
> gadget sections at places like TJ Maxx, Burlington Coat Factory, Ross Dress
> For Less, sporting goods stores, etc.  You don't have to spend $50 on fancy
> headphones.
>
> It is possible to participate without a webcam, so long as you have a
> separate microphone.  Even if you have a webcam, you're not obligated to
> turn on your video transmission if you're in your pajamas, or it's bogging
> down your internet connection, etc.  You can turn on your microphone and
> your webcam independently in the AdobeConnect meeting room.  You can still
> use the microphone on your webcam even if your video feed is off.
>
> If you attempt to participate via the web but without either webcam or a
> separate microphone, well, you can hear us, but we won't be able to hear
> you, and that's a problem.  You would be able to raise your electronic hand
> in the meeting, but your only means of communication would be to send us
> written messages in the chat window, which we may or may not notice, and I
> don't think that's adequate.  If you have neither webcam nor microphone,
> you really should use the telephone connection instead, and notify me in
> advance that you need it.
>
> There are several drawbacks to just using the telephone connection, so
> participation via internet is strongly encouraged.  Phone participants
> can't raise a silent electronic hand to request recognition to speak.  They
> just have to interrupt someone to let the chair know they want to speak.
> We use raised hands to vote, so if someone is on the phone, we have to
> remember to get their vote verbally while others vote electronically.
> Phone users can't see chat messages from others.  They can't see whose
> hands are raised.  They can't see any materials displayed on the screen.
> You do miss information if you're telephone only, so please join via web if
> at all possible.
>
> -Alicia
>
>
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