Presentation for the 8 Nov 2013 faculty meeting. Teaching how to use Google Hangouts. First in a series focused on using tools inherent in Gmail. Desired outcomes: TLW access and use UALR's preferred email interface, TLW use video and text chat in Gmail

1. Gmail as a
Real-time
Communication
Channel
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2. How do you search?
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3. Google
does more
than search

4. How do you email?
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Photo: @onthelevel

5. What else can Gmail do for us?
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6. What else?
•Facilitate collaboration
•Store documents
•Create platforms
•Document contacts

7. How about
real-time
communication?

8. Google Hangouts does that
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9. Why use
Hangouts?
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10. Why use Hangouts?
•No added cost
•Single application
•Ease
•Integration
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11. Step 1
Go to ualr.edu
or my.ualr.edu
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12. Step 2
Log in using
your netid
and
password

13. Step 3
Choose Mail

14. Step 4
Chat pane is
located in the
bottom left

15. Step 4.1
If you need to
download the Google
Hangouts plugin, you
will get a prompt

16. Step 4.2
You may also need
to add contacts if
you want to talk to
someone outside
the UALR.edu
domain.

17. Step 5
Chose and click on a
person’s name.
A chat window
will pop up.

18. Step 6
Choose voice, video,
or multiple-person
communication
We’re talking Hangouts today

19. Step 7
Wait for
your
partner
to join
the call

20. Step 8
Talk away

21. Step 9
Hang up
You can also mute your mike
or turn off your camera

22. Assignment
Sometime in the next week,
hit me up on Gmail chat Hangouts, voice, text all work
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23. For help?
ualr.edu/itservices/help