• log in to Sametime Connect and set your online status
• add people to your Contacts in Sametime Connect and chat with one or more of them
• protect your privacy by allowing only certain people to know your online status
• use text, voice, and video chat
• conduct an Instant Meeting
• use the various tools in the Meeting Room, such as the Whiteboard and Screen Sharing, send a Web page, and poll
• control access and permissions to a Meeting Room
• participate in a meeting and use the Meeting Room tools, such as hand raising and Group Chat
• create and attend a scheduled meeting.

• start and stop software applications in Microsoft Windows
• perform basic Windows operations, such as to manage windows, cut and paste, drag/drop, etc.
• use Microsoft Windows Explorer to find and organize files
• use the Internet Explorer browser to open and navigate Web sites
• use any type of email client
• create, format, and print documents using a graphical word processing software package.

This course is sold as a 1/2 day course.

Course design

This course combines concept presentations, demonstrations, and exercises to guide your learning. Though designed for instructor-lead classes, with the proper equipment and software individuals can also use this course for self-study.

Please consult the Set Up document for this course to make sure the correct environment is in place before starting the course.

Topics

Topic 1: Get Started
Why use Sametime?
Why companies choose Sametime
Sametime product family
Sametime Standard components
Optional Sametime components
Start Sametime Connect
Exercise: Log in to Sametime Connect
Sametime Connect window tour
Sametime Entry window tour
Sametime Preferences
Set your location
Exercise: Set your location
Directory-supplied Business Card information
Automatically start Sametime Connect at system startup
Manually change your status
Exit Sametime
Sametime Help
Additional information about Sametime

Topic 2: Contacts
Add person to Contacts
Exercise: Add people to Contacts
Add personal group
Exercise: Add personal group
Add public group
Exercise: Add public group
Manage Contacts
Save Contacts list to file
Clean Contact List
Primary Contacts
Sametime Communities

Topic 3: Chat Window
Chat with one person
Exercise: Chat with one person
Search for a chat partner
Chat formatting tools
Timestamp
Chat with multiple chat partners
Exercise: Multi-person chat
Tabbed chat window
Manually save chat transcript
Automatically save chat history
View automatically saved chat histories
Show daily chat history

Topic 4: Awareness and Privacy
Alert me when notification
Clear alerts
Automatically change your status
Protect your privacy
Privacy list caveats


Topic 5: Audio and Video
Configuration
Audio prerequisites
Add audio: To a text chat
Add audio: Call Selected Contact tool
Chat window with audio
Connection status
Connection tools
Audio tools
Close audio channel
Video prerequisites
Add video: To a text chat
Add video: Call Selected Contact tool

Topic 6: Send Tools
Send Announcement
Send file
Send email
Send email if

Topic 7: Instant Meetings
Web Conference Tools preferences
Test your equipment with a Test Meeting
Start an Instant Meeting
Roles in a meeting
Example Participants list
Control the microphone
Video tab
Exercise: Instant Meeting
Use the Whiteboard
Exercise: Whiteboard
Send Web page
Exercise: Send Web page
Polling
Exercise: Poll attendees
Leave the meeting
Exercise: Start an Instant Meeting

Topic 8: Screen Sharing
Screen Sharing tab
Share your entire screen
Share a resizable rectangular frame
Share a currently running application
Give others control of your screen

Topic 9: Scheduled Meetings
Meeting Center
Server time, local time zone
Open Meeting Center
Schedule a new meeting
New Meeting page
Essentials tab
People tab
Slides tab
Options tab
Save the new meeting
Exercise: Schedule a Meeting
Attend a meeting
Differences from an Instant Meeting
Exercise: Attend a Scheduled Meeting