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 Guest, Moderator

If you are ...	Then ...
Guest	You view presentations, and communicate by voice and text chat.
Moderator	In addition, you can control the session.

You then participate in the session.

• Hear audio and see charts, slides, or other materials when they are presented.
  
  
• Type messages in the lower white panel.
  
  
• Read the message transcript in the upper white panel.
  
  
• Present using Microphone, Sounds, Audio recording, hotCam (charts, slides, presentation materials) and webcam. See Middle Toolbar Features.
  
  
• For status information and emoticons see Bottom Toolbar Features.
  
  
• To change identity or exit iConference CL, see Icon menu.
  
  
• For display options, see Toolbar menu.
  
  
• For sending Private Messages, see Invited List.

5.

Close and exit

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Microphone

You can talk, using VoIP (voice over Internet). The microphone is set by the moderator to work one of these ways:

Stays on Click the Microphone button to turn the microphone on. It stays on until you click the button again. Push-to-talk Press-and-hold the Microphone button while you record a message. The message is played when you release the button.

Sounds

CL provides a set of sounds that you can send during a session. You can hear the sounds, and see text such as <Applause!>.

To send a sound, click the Send Sounds button (Ear) and select a sound from the menu.

Record
Audio

To record the audio portion of the session, click the Record Audio button. To stop recording, click the button again.

The recording is stored as a WAV file in the T'SCRIPTS folder on your Windows desktop. It can be played with any standard WAV file player.

Close
Session

To close the session, click this Close button.

Note: Although this closes your session, iConference CL continues to run. To completely exit iConference CL, right-click the headset icon in the lower right corner of your Windows taskbar and select Exit.

Help

To access help, click this button.

hotCam

See Moderators Features.

WebCam

See Moderators Features.

Whiteboard

See Moderators Features.

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hotPointer

If your Timed Camera is on, you can use the hotPointer as a visible cursor. Left-click to start using it. Right-click to select a different cursor design. By default, hotPointer starts when Timed Camera starts. Moderators can turn off hotPointer through Preferences.

Collaborator

If your Timed Camera is on, you can click this icon to bring up the Transparent Collaborator to mark over the image. A Selections toolbox gives you a choice of colors, line widths and some other characteristics.

Mic Status

Look in the Mic Status area for information about the session -- for example, to see if anyone is speaking, or if the mic is silent.

Audio-On

Click Audio-On to control what you hear:

Emoticons

To post an emoticon at the end of a message, right-click on the smiley face icon and then left-click on an emoticon icon.

Encryption

The padlock icon indicates that all transmissions are encrypted.

Click on Word or Line to control how you send messages:

Online or Signed-Out

This describes your connection to the Network. You must connect to the Network before you can connect to anything else.

Status	Description
Online-Direct	You are connected directly to the Network. This is the preferred status.
Online-Tunneled	You may be connecting through a satellite, a restrictive firewall or a proxy server. Note: If you are connecting through a satellite, you may be able to change to Online-Direct: Click the Online-Tunneled message, check Directly, click OK, exit iConference CL (right-click the headphones icon) and then restart iConference CL.
Signed-Out	You are not connected to the Network. If you have connected successfully in the past, exit iConference CL, delete temporary Internet files or clear cache, and try again. If you have not connected successfully before, check your firewall settings to make sure that they allow iConference CL to access the Internet.

Identity
(name)

This shows your current identity, as seen by the others in the session.

To change your identity, click the name. In the next window, change the identity and click OK. Then, exit and restart iConference CL.

Raise Hand

Click to post the Raise Hand icon, showing that you want attention.

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hotCam Still and Timed Camera

	(Still)
	(Timed)

You can use the hotCam virtual digital camera to show still or moving content, such as changing charts or PowerPoint presentations. Note: in some rooms, guests do not have this feature.

1. Right-click on the icon and select a camera type.
   
   

   Option	Description
   Still Application	Single snapshot of a window.
   Still Window	Single snapshot of one window in a multi-window application.
   Still Collaborative	Single snapshot of a window, with a drawing toolbar attached for marking up the snapshot.
   *Timed Application	Updated snapshots in timed intervals. This looks to many people like video.
   *Timed Window	Updated snapshots of one window in a multi-windowed application, in timed intervals.

   * Timed Camera is not available to guests.

   
   
2. Left-click on the icon. The icon changes color and lifts up.
   
   
3. Move the icon to the window you want to send as a snapshot, click the window's title bar to bring the window to the front, and then click anywhere in the window to take the snapshot.
   
   
4. Use the hotPointer cursor (an arrow) as a pointer on the screen. You can turn the cursor off and on by clicking the arrow icon on the lower left corner of your iConference CL window.
   
   

In the right-click camera menu, you can also select:

More information: These basic instructions don't even scratch the surface of what you can do with hotCam and presentations.

Webcam

If the room is webcam-enabled, you can send full-motion video through webcam. Left-click the webcam icon in the middle toolbar to start sending video.

hotWeb

Use hotWeb to send a webpage. Type the address in the hotWeb toolbar, or select a page from your Internet Explorer favorites list.

The webpage opens in a hotWeb window. You can navigate from page to page, or you can select Transparent Collaborator from the Collaboration menu, and draw on top of the display.

Whiteboard

Use the Whiteboard to draw and type onto a plain white background. A Selections toolbox gives you a choice of colors, line widths and other characteristics.

To send or email a screenshot of the Whiteboard (with mark-ups) to all session users, select Send Screenshot or Email Screenshot from the hotWeb Collaborate menu.

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Preferences

To set presentation preferences, right-click on the middle or bottom toolbar and select Preferences.

You can create, change, and delete Abbreviation Expansions (AE). These are key sequences that expand into longer strings. An AE can include text that posts into the transcript, webpage's that display in separate windows, and sounds.

Session Control Toolbar

Use the Session Control toolbar options to control what guests can do in the room. Click each icon to toggle between enabling and disabling the feature.

To control these features, click the button in the Session Control toolbar. To release them, click again.
	Privatize Keyboard.	Typing by guests can be seen only by Moderators. Guests cannot send pre-defined sounds.
	PM Disable	Disable Private Messages between Guests.
	Isolate Users	Guests cannot see other guests in the Invited List, see their typing, or hear them speak.
Note: Using Privatize Keyboard, PM Disable, and Isolate Users at the same time effectively means that Public users are aware of the Moderator only, and can interact only with them.
	Whiteboard, hotWeb, Gimmickry	Disable whiteboard, hotWeb, and the features controlled through Gimmickry.
	File Xfer Disable	Disable drag-and-drop file transfers.
	Camera and DD Disable	Disable Camera use.
	Video Disable	Disable Webcam use.
	Normal/Push-to-talk Toggle (left microphone button)	Change between normal microphone mode (hands-free) to push-to-talk mode. Normal (left microphone button out): Public users click their microphone button to turn their mic on or off. The microphone stays on until turned off. Push-to-talk (left microphone button in): Public users hold their microphone button down while they talk. When they release the button, their mic is turned off.
	Open Mic Disable (right microphone button)	Allow an open session with multiple microphones on, or restrict it to only one microphone on at a time. Open session (right mic button out): Multiple people can speak at once. One at a time (right mic button in): Only one Public user can speak at a time. When the Public user clicks their mic button, the Moderator sees a request from that person to speak.
	Record Disable	Disable recording and copying, saving, or emailing transcripts.

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• The voice, such as Microsoft Mary.
• What to read, such as transcript, private messages, your own typing.
• VoIP Priority: whether a moderator's audio has priority over the text-to-speech.

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