Best Practice for Breakout Rooms with Guests in Teams

Hi,

Does anyone have some excellent advice or links for best practice when having to use breakout rooms in Teams with guests? I have a new challenge up my sleeve ...

So far, I have found out that participants disconnect from the chat in the main room,

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How to engage attendees in a Teams Live Event?

Hi All.

A colleague of mine is delivering an event using Teams Live Event. I've never used it, but seems it's purely a broadcast with Q&A.

Other than the usual tips of creating an engaging presentation (eye contact, voice, visuals, multiple presenters,

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Teams vs Webex

Hi everyone,I've got a client that are moving from webex to Teams. Any advice? Any comparisons to be aware of?Thanks!!

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Adding Interactivity to Lobby Times in Adobe Connect

Hi everyone,

In last week's Adobe Connect Office Hour, we discussed various ideas for lobby layouts. Using the new InFrame Pod for Adobe Connect, you can now add interactivity to either waiting times before a session starts or to breaks.

I offered to w

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Collaboration Supercards - my favourite new purchase

Hi All.

Anyone use these already? They're fab!

Hold them up to your webcam for a fun new way to communicate. 25 different cards in the pack. Available from here.

Mininum order 5 sets, so treat your colleagues :-)

Paul

 

 

 

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Teams virtual background issue

Hi everyone,

I have a problem with the virtual backgrounds in Teams. I'm using the desktop program on my windows computer.

When I go to change my virtual background I see loads of options but I'd like to add more of my own, but i am limited to about 20

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Avoiding learners having to register twice in Zoom

Hi All,

I have a question that I cannot find an answer to anywhere! Hoping someone here might have had a similar experience:

We ask our learners to register through a separate platform from Zoom. Once they register, they get the Zoom link. On the day o

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Virtual Classroom software comparison

Does anyone know of any research where the main platforms for virtual delivery have been compared? Comparison of features such as what they can and can't do. Any help is much appreciated. 

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Instructions at the beginning of your session - what do you recommend?

Hello everyone,

When I begin my sessions I always make sure to explain to people how to use the particular software we are using, such as how to open chat in Zoom and so on. I feel it's important to explain this at the beginning.

I had some feedback

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How do you make your live online learning sessions more like face-to-face?

We have a guest blogger, Neil Shorney, who writes about how to make the most of live online learning compared to our physical classroom experiences: https://lightbulbmoment.info/2022/03/08/recreating-the-face-to-face-experience-in-virtual-training/

I

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Pictures, text on slides and narration - research

How should we use text on our slides and images to help people learn? How much text should be on the slide and what should we say in a live session?

Learning Science Weekly shared about research on just this topic, highlighting that:

"Research suppo

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Fun post - working from home cartoons

Found a funny page with working from home cartoons onit, including this one:

 

They all resonated quite a lot - do you have one that resonates for you?

See them all here: https://www.boredpanda.com/work-from-home-comics-irina-blok

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