Course Overview

Videoconferencing can provide fast and cost effective access to colleagues, peers and subject experts.  However the technology involved can sometimes appear daunting.  The aim of this course is to prepare you for using videoconferencing by familiarising you with the equipment and addressing the issues that you may encounter.  For those supporting videoconferencing in their organisation, this course will give a broad overview of what is available and how it works.     Perhaps more importantly it will give an appreciation of what using VC facilities actually feels like and what the issues can be.   The course will include participation in a number of short videoconferences.

Topics Covered

• Introduction to videoconferencing
• National videoconferencing services
• Components of a videoconferencing system
• Taking part in a videoconference
• Organising and booking a videoconference
• Potential uses of videoconferencing

Audience & Prerequisites

This course will be of benefit to anyone wishing to make use of videoconferencing.  This includes administration, teaching and technical staff.  Although the course is not technical it will explain some of the technical aspects in simple terms to help individuals understand how it works.

This course is a prerequisite for our ‘Technical Support of Videoconferencing’ course aimed at technical staff supporting videoconferencing.

Timetable

The course will run between 1000 and 1630.  The timetable during the day will be adjusted to allow discussion of areas of particular interest to the audience.