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This guide explains how to use the WebEx Teleconferencing System as a presenter (lecturer)

Appearance of the system

Right panels:

Participants – this lists all the participants currently in the session (presenter, panelists, host, and attendees)

Please note the following icons, their location and meaning:

To the left of a name presenter icon, only visible next to one participant

If none of the below are visible to the left of a name then that participant is not connected correctly.

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microphone active, speakers active

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microphone muted, speakers active

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microphone active, speakers muted

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The guide below details the user interface of the Webex Training application. The information is relevant for those with the Presenter or Host roles, i.e. the Lecturer.

Table of Contents

Webex Training Interface

Below is the user interface of Webex training as viewed by the Presenter or Host.

The interface is separated into multiple sections and each section will be detailed below.

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Panels

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The Host and Presenter have access to a number of panels at the upper-right of the application. These can selected to open the specific panel.

Participants

More information regarding Webex participants' roles can be found here: Webex Training Session Roles

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The Participants panel allows you to see who is currently in the session. This list is divided between Panelists (Host, Presenter, Panelists) and Attendees.

It provides the Host and Presenter with a information for each participant in the session as well as a number of functions.

Icons, Definitions and Location

Each participant has a number of icons associated with them, as viewed in the image above. Please note the icons, their location and meaning

Icon

Definition

Location

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This person is the active Presenter. There can only be one active presenter in a session.

To the left of the participant name

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Connected to the session

Microphone active, speakers active

To the left of the participant name

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Connected to the session

Microphone muted, speakers active

To the left of the participant name

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Connected to the session

Microphone active, speakers muted

To the left of the participant name

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Connected to the session

Microphone muted, speakers muted

To the

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left of

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Click on the icons in the session to enable/disable the function

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microphone enabled

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microphone disabled

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webcam enabled

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webcam disabled

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the participant name

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Note

If none of the connected icons above are visible to the left of a participant’s name it means that they are not connected to the audio of the session. To connect to the audio of a session visit this guide: https://unicit.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MKE/pages/1615659069/Joining+a+Webex+Session#Cannot-Hear-Anything-in-a-Session%3F-Connect-to-Session-Audio

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Microphone enabled and active

To the right of the participant name

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Microphone disabled

To the right of the participant name

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Webcam enabled

To the right of the participant name

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Webcam disabled

To the right of the participant name

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Webcam not available on participant’s device

To the right of the participant name

The Presenter and Host of a session can enable/disable the microphone of

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Attendees. They cannot however control

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anyone's webcam besides their own.

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Participant has raised their hand i.e. has requested for their microphone to be enabled.

To the right of the participant name

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Participant is not currently viewing the session i.e. another application is currently being viewed on their device.

To the right of the participant name

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Chat

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The Chat panel allows all the participants to communicate via text during the session. Messages can be sent to specific groups:

  • All Participants

  • All Panelists

  • All Attendees

Or to privately to specific users.

Note

By default only the Host, Presenter and Panelists can send to All Participants, All Attendees and private chat to students. In order to allow Attendees (students) to message the All Participants and each other the Presenter needs to provide this privilege. Instructions to do this can be found here: https://unicit.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MKE/pages/1615659069/Joining+a+Webex+Session#(IMPORTANT)-Enable-Chat-for-All-Students---Assign-Privileges-to-Students

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Recorder

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The Recorder panel allows the host to record the session and have the recording automatically saved to the to the Webex server.

The Recorder panel is only available to the Host.

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Center Area

Near the center of the Webex session application three buttons are available:

Icon

Definition

Available to

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Clicking the Voice Conference button brings up a volume panel to quickly mute or control the volume of your speakers and microphone.

Host, Presenter

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Clicking the Invite & Remind button brings up a window that lets you remind anyone invited to the session be sending them an email, or you can invite new participants by entering their email address to quickly email them an invitation to the session.

Host

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Clicking the Share My Desktop button allows the presenter to share their screen to all participants. Clicking the arrow on the right of the button provides the presenter with other sharing options. e.g. Share File, Share Application.

Presenter

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Share My Desktop Interface

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If the Presenter clicks Share My Desktop all panels are still available to the participants by hovering their mouse over the blue bar at the top of the page (the bar is green on Mac). Hovering your mouse over the bar lowers it revealing all the available panels.

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