MS Lync 2013

1. ContentSharing AudioVideo Whiteboard • A content placeholder. Use for text, graphics, tables and graphs. You can change this text or delete it. • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text MS Lync 2013 Text Chat Polls&Recording Meet Now One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternatives Features, Tools & Tips for facilitators…

2. ContentSharing Whiteboard • Ease of Use: • Easy to locate and implement. • Simply click on the Whiteboard and start typing. • Use whiteboard tools to stylise font, colour, size etc • Digital Literacy: • Developing and extending keyboardand typing skills, web2 technology and mobile device skills, communication on the internet, writing skills • Communicate-Collaborate: • Brainstorm, note taking, groupwork / teamwork, sharing of knowledge, • Assessment: • Text based assessment tasks around planning, decision making, problem solving, reflection, participation • A content placeholder. Use for text, graphics, tables and graphs. You can change this text or delete it. • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text AudioVideo Text Chat Meet Now Polls &Recording One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternatives Click here to find out some creative classroom uses To main Panel Board

3. ContentSharing Whiteboard • Ease of Use: • Easy to locate and implement. • Simply click on the Manage Content icon and pick which content you wish to share • Digital Literacy: • Extend & develop digital skills in; use of presentation software, organizing information, creation of digital media, research and analyze information • Communicate-Collaborate: • Sharing of knowledge, applying new skills, collaborating to achieve outcomes, learner engagement, individual and collective • Assessment: • Creating based assessment tasks • Tasks around understanding and applying knowledge gained. • Peer assessment, teamwork based assessments. • A content placeholder. Use for text, graphics, tables and graphs. You can change this text or delete it. • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text AudioVideo Text Chat Meet Now Polls & Recording One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternatives Click here to find out some creative classroom uses To main Panel Board

4. ContentSharing Whiteboard • Ease of Use: • Easy to locate and implement. • Simply click on the mic or video icon below the text chat – Use of video will affect bandwidth usage. • Digital Literacy: • Visual and audible technology skills, research and analyse information, critical thinking, reflection • Communicate-Collaborate: • Sharing of knowledge, demonstration, technique, reviews, interactive communication, oral communication • Assessment: • Interviews, analyzing and evaluation of information, oral assessment, reflection • A content placeholder. Use for text, graphics, tables and graphs. You can change this text or delete it. • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text AudioVideo Text Chat Meet Now Polls & Recording One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternatives Click here to find out some creative classroom uses To main Panel Board

5. ContentSharing Whiteboard • Ease of Use: • Easy to locate and implement. • Simply click in the text chat area and type • Digital Literacy: • Writing skills, communicate information, Reading, comprehension, critical thinking, applied questioning techniques, follow written instruction, language skills, problem solving, • Communicate-Collaborate: • Feedback, questioning, collaborative problem solving, support, • Assessment: • Formative based assessment tasks, problem solving tasks, critical thinking, , understanding & processing information • A content placeholder. Use for text, graphics, tables and graphs. You can change this text or delete it. • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text AudioVideo Text Chat Meet Now Polls & Recording One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternatives Click here to find out some creative classroom uses To main Panel Board

6. ContentSharing Whiteboard • Ease of Use: • Easy to locate and implement. • Polling options are in the manage content icon below text chat area. • Recording options are found bottom right hand corner below the whiteboard area. • Recording is not available in the mobile app or the web app. • Digital Literacy: • Use of interactive technology, thinking skills, analyse information & draw conclusions • Communicate-Collaborate: • Interaction as a class or individuals, participation in group or individual activities, comprehension of topics and ideas, monitoring • Assessment: • Formative based assessment tasks, comprehension of topic, participation and interaction based assessment tasks, self evaluation • A content placeholder. Use for text, graphics, tables and graphs. You can change this text or delete it. • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text AudioVideo Text Chat Meet Now Polls &Recording One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternatives Click here to find out some creative classroom uses To main Panel Board

7. ContentSharing Whiteboard • Ease of Use: • Easy to locate and make meeting link – link has a limited life span • Digital Literacy: • Implement & Operate an online environment, organize & send digital information, identifying digital procedures, flexibility, • Communicate-Collaborate: • Brainstorm, note taking, work with colleagues & learners, sharing of knowledge & skills, • Assessment: • Participation & interaction assessment tasks, Demonstrate procedures necessary to setting up and operating an online environment. • A content placeholder. Use for text, graphics, tables and graphs. You can change this text or delete it. • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text AudioVideo Text Chat Meet Now Polls & Recording One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternatives Click here to find out some creative classroom uses To main Panel Board

8. ContentSharing Whiteboard • Ease of Use: • Easy to locate and implement. • Simply click on the manage content under the text chat area to access OneNote • Digital Literacy: • Locate, compile and use digital resources/repositories, critical thinking, • Communicate-Collaborate: • Sharing of knowledge, collaboration between colleagues of teachers/facilitators of shared resources • Assessment: • Analyse and apply resources to specific tasks, transfer knowledge and training to new situations, • A content placeholder. Use for text, graphics, tables and graphs. You can change this text or delete it. • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text AudioVideo Text Chat Meet Now Recording One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternatives Click here to find out some creative classroom uses To main Panel Board

9. ContentSharing Whiteboard • Ease of Use: • Have to be signed into Skype with a Microsoft account. • This has been hit and miss as far as success • Digital Literacy: • Active listening skills, comprehension, language, • Communicate-Collaborate: • Brainstorm, note taking, work on the agenda for a meeting, sharing of knowledge, interactive communication • Assessment: • Audio based assessment tasks, interaction, participation, stating ideas and responses clearly, • A content placeholder. Use for text, graphics, tables and graphs. You can change this text or delete it. • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text AudioVideo Text Chat Meet Now Polls & Recording One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternatives Click here to find out some creative classroom uses To main Panel Board

10. ContentSharing Whiteboard • Limitations: • PC version is a full featured. • MAC users currently do not have access to the whiteboard or desktop sharing in the Client Application. • Mobile Application is not as full featured as the Desktop version with its main focus being Audio and Video so like the MAC no whiteboard however can view presentation content. • No breakout rooms • Link for Meet Now has a limited time frame for use • A content placeholder. Use for text, graphics, tables and graphs. You can change this text or delete it. • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text • Here is a placeholder for more text. You may delete this text AudioVideo Text Chat Meet Now Polls & Recording One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternatives Click here to view some alternative tips & tricks To main Panel Board

11. To main panel board Whiteboard Whiteboard Uses in the Classroom: • To collect learners thoughts & understanding of a topic. • Simple checklists for learners to tick or put their names to completed tasks. • To encourage discussion and participation in a topic. • Share / reflect on experiences or knowledge. • Structured question and answer session. • Present a problem as a role play scenario. • Provide feedback. • Prepare an action list. ContentSharing Audio & Video Text Chat Polls &Recording Meet Now One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternative

12. To main panel board Content Sharing Whiteboard Uses in the Classroom: • Use the chat feature to have learners provide support to one another. • Application sharing;allowing learners to see and collaborate on a specific application. • Colleagues working collaboratively on materials / documents etc. • To show documentation of, visualisation of or an opinion on something. • Groupwork / teamwork exercises – exploration and reporting on a new technology. • Troubleshooting / technical help ContentSharing Audio & Video Text Chat Polls &Recording Meet Now One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternative

13. To main panel board Audio & Video Whiteboard Uses in the Classroom: • Short explanations / guides help your learners remember concepts and ideas and practices. • Learning tools reach out to large numbers of people, including those in remote areas, who can learn directly from experts without having to travel. • Combines many kinds of data (images, motion, sounds, text) -produce a video as a group or individual task. • Use as a discussion focus. • Use as a question in an assessment task. • Build an emotional connection to learners through a learning activity using Audio or Video • Interactive and/or Scenario based learning and assessment • Have learners conduct interviews or have your class interviewed. • Link up with other classes/organisations etc to share or work together on a class project • Troubleshooting / technical assistance ContentSharing Audio & Video Text Chat Polls &Recording Meet Now One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternative

14. To main panel board Text Chat Whiteboard Uses in the Classroom: • Collect learners thoughts & understanding of a topic. • Gain Feedback and level of emotional connection through use of emoticons. • Formative assessment task. • Identify and discuss topics • Feed chat with topical questions to foster interaction and participation • Use pre decided upon emoticons to for learners / participants to alert teacher/facilitator to agreed actions. ContentSharing Audio & Video Text Chat Polls &Recording Meet Now One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternative

15. To main panel board Polls & Recording Whiteboard Uses in the Classroom: • Record to make missed webinars/ meetings / sessions available to learners / participants. • Evidence based Assessment task to show participation and interaction. • Collect learners thoughts & understanding of a topic. • Collect Feedback. • Formative learning tasks. • Gather statistics, qualitive and quantitive information ContentSharing Audio & Video Text Chat Polls &Recording Meet Now One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternative

16. To main panel board Meet Now Whiteboard Uses in the Classroom: • Use status or text chat emoticons to have participants let you know if they are having trouble, ie; use red for need assistance, green for all good, yellow for still working on it of want to put their hands up to ask a question. • Homework or support group. • Online webinar / Session. • Collaboration with colleagues – develop and share classroom materials collaboratively • Project meetings / catch ups • Participants don’t have to have a Lync account. • Unlimited number of participants can be invited through meet now link and web app. • 1:1 tutoring. ContentSharing Audio & Video Text Chat Polls &Recording Meet Now One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternative

17. To main panel board OneNote Integration Whiteboard Uses in the Classroom: • Lesson content can be shared and presented from OneNote through manage content area. • Set up Lesson Plans / activities in OneNote to share with learners through a webinar or online session. • Save conversations and whiteboards to OneNote. • Collaborate with colleagues to produce shared resources for classroom use. • Create private work areas for learners through shared OneNote files which can be used as evidence for learners or as an e-portfolio of their work. ContentSharing Audio & Video Text Chat Polls &Recording Meet Now One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternative

18. To main panel board Skype Integration Whiteboard Uses in the Classroom: • Integration of Skype contact list • Enable Skype users to reach professional contacts providing they have a Microsoft account and Skype client – widens reach. • Lync-Skype connectivity removes barriers created by different devices, applications and networks so can connect seamlessly on the devices people use most. ContentSharing Audio & Video Text Chat Polls &Recording Meet Now One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternative

19. To main panel board Limitations-Alternatives Whiteboard Alternatives to Limitations: • Use the Meet Now option for MAC users so they can participate and collaborate on using the whiteboard feature. • Use text chat emoticons as a way of having learners / participants raise their had or let you know they need help. • Participants can break out into other calls whilst on hold in the main meeting then come back to main meeting when finished. • Mobile app for phones currently only chat and audio – video features coming soon. • Mobile app for tablet and iPad cannot access whiteboard however can see desktop and presentations. • Make Meet Now link and send to learners / participants 2 hours before meeting time as an agreed action ContentSharing Audio & Video Text Chat Polls &Recording Meet Now One NoteIntegration SkypeIntegration LimitationsAlternative