[Ldsoss] Web-based Training

[Idaho Joe]

I'm not really a huge fan of Microsoft, but isn't Netmeeting installed by
default on Windows 2000? I'm basing this assumption on this link:
http://www.gigascale.org/gsrc/faq/75.html

At least in our area, the church seems to be using Windows 2000, so if this
is the case for you, Netmeeting should work.

It allows sharing of desktops so you can show a powerpoint presentation on
your computer and they can see it.  More importantly, you can share your IE
session so you can surf the web, and they can see you doing it.

I understand that recently they added voice capability so you can talk over
the network if you have mics and speakers at both ends.

It also provides a "whiteboard" so you can draw/write notes to each other in
the process.  Which is helpful if you don't have audio sharing capabilities.

Just a thought.  If it's available, and will work, there's no sense in
spending extra $$$ to find another solution.

-- Joe Grover
finance clerk, perigrine ward
Meridian West Stake, Idaho

On 11/13/06, Evan Stoddard <evan.stoddard at verizon.net> wrote:
...

> I've been struggling with how to deliver effective training in
> welfare principles, policies and procedures to priesthood and Relief
> Society leaders in the region.  Of course, I can do some face-to-face
> training, say twice a year to each of the stakes/district, but
> realistically that's probably the limit.  This fall I've delivered
> three classes (10 sessions) by telephone conference call to about 140
> participants.  I've had up to 20-25 people in a single session.
> These telephone conference classes have worked (surprisingly) well,
> and I've gotten good responses on the evaluation forms I've asked
> people to complete after the classes.
>
> But I'd like to move up a notch and would like to explore delivering
> synchronous Web-based training over the Web.  I'd like people to be
> able to view materials that we are discussing, go with me to Web
> sites, for example www.providentliving.org, see photos, read
> materials together, etc.  I want to maintain the ability to talk with
> one another, which has been the best part of the conference calls—the
> sharing of ideas and experiences.
>
> I'm writing to ask if anyone involved in Church instruction is
> familiar with doing this kind of thing.  I work at Duquesne
> University, which is beginning to use a product called Horizon Wimba,
> which may well be the best tool for doing the kind of thing I have in
> mind.  But I thought before I contact that company to explore what
> they can do I thought I'd put the problem out there to a bunch of
> sympathetic and knowledgeable people to ask:
>
> 1.  Is there a precedent for this model in Church training that
> anyone knows of?
> 2.  If you were going to attempt something like this, where would you
> start?
> 3.  Are there other products comparable to Horizon Wimba that I
> should explore?
> 4.  How difficult and how expensive is an approach like this going to
> be?
> 5.  What kind of skills should I be looking for to help me pilot an
> approach like this?
>
> Any other advice you have would be most appreciated.  Thanks in
> advance for your consideration.
>
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