The challenge Noah brings up is a subset (albeit a very important one) of a series of overarching challenges to take into consideration when facilitating online meetings. It is really tough to know what tool to use for what purpose. There are so many variables to consider, including:
- accessibility and inclusiveness;
- constant barrage of new tools, improvements in existing tools, etc.;
- privacy issues;
- desired purpose/outcomes of the meeting;
- cost of technology (licensing, purchase, etc.)
- personal preferences of a wide variety of stakeholders, etc.
- regulatory requirements (e.g. servers must be in certain countries, or not in certain countries)
- reporting requirements;
- skill or comfort of the facilitator with tech tools;
- requirement for real-time technical support?
- etc.
Makes my head spin thinking about how to make the ¡°right¡± decision regarding which tool(s) to use. ?There are so many options folks on this list are offering. ?Unfortunately the greater the variety of tools and opinions that are out there, the tougher it becomes to make a decision. Yet making a decision we must!
Not sure why I felt I had to comment on Noah¡¯s comment/question--I think it was an alternative to heading for a drink (hot chocolate, of course)!
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On Apr 16, 2020, at 3:48 PM, Noah Strauss <
Els5343@...> wrote:
Hi all,
Zoom is not currently accessible to deaf and hard of hearing folks. There are no live autocaptions. There is an option to hire a third party captioning service or have someone actively transcribing the call while it is going on. These are not ideal solutions. Live autocaptions are more convenient. How are you making your calls accessible to deaf and hard of hearing folks? Google meet has very accurate live autocaptions.
Noah?
On Thursday, April 16, 2020, Zoelord via <Zoelord=
[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Sharan,?
I've previously struggled with this - great if you're a participant but not if you're a presenter.? However this week I worked out a new way of seeing my slides, participant cameras and the chat - It was a little convoluted but worked a treat!?
A colleague shared my slides on their screen and gave me access to control the slides and this enabled me to see everything all together - just like a participant would see - slides, chat, polls & cameras.? However, if my colleague touched their screen they took over the control.? Next time I'll set up my ipad and laptop so I can manage both together.?
With 400+ people joining the zoom plus live streaming on Youtube with 200+people it was a bit hairy but worked out great - I like seeing the participants cameras, it makes presenting so much easier.
All the best,
Zoe??
Zoe Lord
National Health Service - England?
