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Online Presentation Systems Frank Hecker March 30, 2009 Released under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Todays topic Online presentation systems Integrated systems for one-to-many presentations and associated


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Online Presentation Systems

Frank Hecker March 30, 2009 Released under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported

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Today’s topic

  • Online presentation systems
  • Integrated systems for one-to-many presentations and

associated communications to and with several people (10-20+)

  • Not systems for collaborative work
  • (shared editing, etc.)
  • Not “do it yourself” online meetings
  • (e.g., using IRC, other tools)
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Typical features

  • Core features
  • share presentations
  • share screen
  • attendee chat and questions
  • Other features
  • broadcast audio or video of presenter
  • VOIP teleconferencing
  • shared browsing (or other apps)
  • shared whiteboard
  • record sessions
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Other factors

  • Service vs. product
  • In-browser vs. separate app
  • Platform support
  • Cost
  • Open source vs. proprietary vs. hybrid
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Representative systems

  • Usable now
  • WebEx
  • Dimdim
  • Interesting for future
  • ePresence
  • Not suitable or not evaluated
  • OpenMeetings, GoToMeeting, MegaMeeting.com, Adobe

Acrobat Connect, IBM Lotus Sametime, Microsoft Live Meeting, many others

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WebEx

  • The good news
  • feature-rich
  • good platform and browser support
  • well-tested, solid infrastructure
  • The not-so-good news
  • requires Java download for all functions
  • relatively complicated interface
  • relatively expensive
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Dimdim

  • The good news
  • nearly feature-competitive with WebEx
  • simple to use, runs in-browser
  • free for up to 20 attendees
  • available in open source version for in-house install
  • The not-so-good news
  • still some glitches in software and infrastructure
  • not 100% open source
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ePresence

  • The good news
  • specifically designed for instructional settings
  • supports multiple media formats
  • open source
  • Canadian content
  • The not-so-good news
  • designed for institutional purchase, deployment
  • not (yet) available in easy-to-use low-cost version
  • no Ogg support
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Other systems

  • OpenMeeting
  • Google Code project, not far advanced
  • GoToMeeting
  • Poor Mac support, no Linux support
  • MegaMeeting.com
  • Costly setup fees
  • Adobe Acrobat Connect
  • Lock yourself in to Flash, AIR
  • IBM Lotus Sametime, Microsoft Live Meeting
  • Integrated with Lotus and Office respectively
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Recommendations

  • Near term
  • use WebEx
  • Mid-term
  • continue evaluating Dimdim as new version released
  • Long-term
  • look at options to break Flash dependence
  • research tie-in with Firefox rich media work
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Thank You