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

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

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

Reflection questions?

What good reflection questions are there for the end of a session?Thanks!!

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. 

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

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

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

Live online learning, in music...

A bit of a fun post as I recently heard the song "Who's Zoomin' Who?" by Aretha Franklin.

What other virtual classroom or webinar songs are there?

Welcome!

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the new open discussion forum, all about webinars, virtual classrooms and learning.

We encourage you to click the Add Discussion button to start discussions, add questions, share successes and learning points! If you can't

Teams: Tips for sharing screen?

Hi, 

I'm due to deliver a presentation in Teams that involves a PowerPoint presentation and a demo in the software. It seems fairly straight forward to share the screen but I'm curious if anyone has any best practice or tips for being able to view th

Virtual Live Training Platform- still haven't found what I'm looking for

I've searched high and low for a platform other than Zoom to better facilitate live virtual training for corporate clients.  I used to send physical training materials, then with the pandemic, we went to sending printable PDF training materials.  The

Institute for Corporate Productivity virtual classroom research

Some research has been released by the Institute for Corporate Productivity in the US, about virtual classroom training.

A write up by Tom Stone (co-author of Interact & Engage!: 50 Activities for Virtual Training, Meetings, and Webinars) highlights

Producer documents to assist in delivery

When I work as a producer for Lightbulb Moment I always have some documents to help assist me whilst live and in the flow.

1. Producer document
2. Common questions document

Producer document

I always have this open on my second screen or if I only have o

2022 State of Virtual Training

Hi all,

Cindy Huggett's brilliant annual virtual training research has been released! You can read about it here and look at the infographic here. 

A couple of highlights:

1. Average design time for an hour of delivery is 12.5 hours. Are you getting th

Would you rather activity in a hybrid world

Hi fellow lighbulbers

I am runnig a hybrid event (I know - I know) and the icebreaker is a "would you rather" where the in person group are going to be physically 'lining up'.  I am coming up with a blank on how to include the virtual attendees in th

First post from a newbie!

Good afternoon to everyone, I was recommended to this site by my COLF tutor as a place to seek and share anything related to onine training.

I've been directly involved in every aspect of training for almost 40 years and just as I was beginning to thi

Best Practice on Viewing a Recording during a Live Online Session

Hi All.

I have a session coming up where our guest speaker is not able to join us live, but instead we will have to use a recording of a presentation made a few hours earlier. Like many of us here, I would normally advocate watching the recording in a

Best Kit for Hybrid Events

Hi All.

What do you advise in terms of hardware for effective hybrid events, i.e. where some people are in the conference room and some online? I'm guessing the tech has moved on a lot in the light of the pandemic. Any tips?

Thanks

Paul

Zoom pin and spotlight?

Hello,

I've been using the pin and spotlight options in a Zoom room today, testing it just on my own. I really can't see the difference and don't understand when I might use one over the other.

If anyone has any explanation or advice on how I can see t