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Analyzing the capabilities and features of a video-conferencing system

VYEW Instant Workspace

http://vyew.com/site/

• Overview:

A new powerful platform for real-time and always on interaction between people and content. With Vyew you can give a presentation to a hundred people online or post a document you've been working on for review by your colleagues at their convenience. Vyew is extremely flexible allowing you to bring online collaboration and conferencing into your workflow on your terms.

• Technical features:

- Presentations.

- Broad File Type Support.

- Real-Time Desktop Sharing.

- White-boarding & Drawing Tools.

- Shared Mouse Cursors.

- Built-in Webcam Video.

- Free Tele-conferencing.

- User Permission Controls.

- Invitation Manager.

- Flexible, PowerPoint-like Authoring.

- Always-On/Persistent.

- Object Filtering.

Read more about features:

http://vyew.com/site/product/#usecases

• Advantages:

- Meet and Present.

- Review and Annotate.

- Educate and Train.

- Business Uses.

- Engineering, Research & Development.

- Human Resources.

- Instant - No installations.

- Meetings are persistent and asynchronous.

- Interact with all types of content.

- Save, track and log activity.

• Technology supported:

- Operating System:
Windows ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista, Mac OS X+/Leopard, or Linux.

- Web Browser:
Mozilla Firefox 2+ or Internet Explorer 6+ or Safari 2+

- Adobe Flash Player 9 (9.0.0.0 or higher)

- Cookies & Javascript Enabled

- K internet connection (DSL+ recommended)

- For Desktop Sharing or Screen Capture:Java 1.6 (or higher)

- For Built-in Voice Over IP A Microphone.

- To Broadcast Video via Webcam.

- Vyew normally works behind a firewall. But in some cases, if the firewall settings are very secure or too "smart", Vyew may get blocked.

- Filetype Compatibility (PPT , DOC , XLS , TXT , PDF , JPG , GIF, PNG , SWF , ... )

- What about importing from other applications is that Vyew has a built-in screen capture utility. You can easily take cropped screen shots of any other application, such as Autocad, Quickbooks, or your favorite website within your browser.

Read more about supporting technology and requirements:

http://vyew.com/site/product/technical-specs/

• Appropriateness to DE institutes:

Educational Uses:

1- Educators:

- Host online classroom sessions for correspondence courses with real-time interaction.

- Be available to students online during office hours, not just in-person at your office.

- Post course syllabuses and reading material in Vyew’s File Storage for easy access by students.

- Collaborate with peers at other colleges or universities on research, papers, and projects.

- Use Vyew as a way to solicit anonymous feedback from your students

2- Tutors:

- Tutor students remotely – use Vyew as a tool to generate more income from your experience and expertise.

- Allow students to review their tutor sessions and post questions when you're not available.

3- Students

- Work on group projects together – outline responsibilities, plan milestones, post your contributions for review, and comment on others’ work.

- Post group project files in Vyew’s File Storage to ensure everyone has access to the latest version.

Read more about advantages:

http://vyew.com/site/product/vyew-in-action/uses/

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