How to set up Flashmeeting
Flashmeeting is a very basic video conference application. It does not require any specialised software except flash (version 7 or above). You can communicate using a microphone. You can use a webcam as well, but it is not neccessary. Only one person can speak at a time so it does not require as much bandwidth as other video conferencing applications. To view a recorded session to see what it can do click here.
To try a demonstration connection follow these instructions.
Click on http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/fmtest/mediatest_content.html to test your connection
Click on http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/fm/flashmeeting.php?code=demo&room=demo to try a demo session
Flash will ask if it can access your microphone and webcam, click on allow.
If your webcam is connected you should see yourself on the screen.
Click on the test button and speak. You should see the volume indicator go up and down.
If your microphone and/or webcam doesn’t work, click on the relevant settings button and then the drop down menu.
Try different options from where your audio and video come from until one of them works.
For more information about flashmeeting go to http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/index.html
Comment by rock
6 October 23, 2007, 1:30 am o'clock |
hi, i am feeling too much excited, in fact i got flashmeet it really works very well for me. i am grateful to introducer’s of this software.
Comment by Joe Dale
5 January 6, 2007, 1:19 pm o'clock |
Hi all, sounds like the Flashmeeting went really well. Very frustrated my connection kept dropping. To watch a replay, you just go to the same link you used to join the meeting. I’ll email it to everyone anyway.
We can sort out another meeting in a couple of weeks time by which time maybe we could all try webcams? It might be an idea to try a different time.
Happy New Year
Joe
Comment by Lesley
4 January 6, 2007, 12:48 pm o'clock |
I am totally ‘buzzing’! What a great way that we can motivate and enthuse our learners. All I’ve done up to now with video conferencing is ‘talk’ to a school down the road with some Year 9s, and they absolutely adored that! Imagine the possibilities for this! Thanks Alex, and Joe, for making this happen.
Comment by alison sykes
3 January 6, 2007, 12:38 pm o'clock |
Hi !Thought this was a great start! I have felt that conferencing has lots of potential for ages but technicalities can easily get in the way. As Rachel says it’s great for the less traditional learner and I have seen some radical changes - especially from boys when they know it’s a real live link that needs no writing!Flashmeeting seems an economical and easy to use way forward.Thank you to everyone for their help!
Comment by Rachel Hawkes
2 January 6, 2007, 11:54 am o'clock |
Hi! After the initial trauma of no mike, I am both receiving and broadcasting very clearly and think this has excellent potential. Am ready to start getting everyone else’s ideas now! Have lots of pressing MFL issues!
1) excellent ideas to help kinaesthetic learners acquire vocabulary
2) excellent ideas to encourage real, active independent learning in MFL!!
Lots for Saturday morning I admit!
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