Difference between revisions of "Multimedia Lab Consulting"

Revision as of 14:12, 10 February 2021

Online Consulting Sessions

We are testing Microsoft Bookings to schedule online consultation sessions with Media Services staff or lab aides. Bookings will schedule a meeting with Microsoft Teams. On our Bookings web site you can choose a topic and then select from the available dates and times. The sessions are for 25 minutes.

What You Need

• Teams
  • Bookings will schedule a Teams meetings.
  • You can use Teams via a web browser or you can install the desktop app.
  • Read our Getting Started with Teams and Video Calls and Meetings with Teams article for more details.
• Microphone
  • You will need a microphone
• Camera
  • A camera can be useful but you do not need to turn your camera on
• Screen sharing
  • Sharing your screen with the lab aide can make assisting you much easier.
  • The lab aide might share their screen if they need to demonstrate something.
  • Read the Microsoft article on screen sharing
    • Support for sharing audio with macOS is currently not supported. It should be available soon.

How to Schedule

You can schedule session with our Consulting calendar

1. Go to https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/MultimediaLab@evergreen0.onmicrosoft.com/bookings/
2. At the top of the window select a service from the options of applications or topics
3. On the calendar the dates where a lad aide is available will be a darker color
4. Select a date and the available times will appear on the right
5. Select a time
6. Fill out the form at the bottom
7. Click Book
8. You will receive an email with a link to the Teams meeting.

Available Times

• The calendar generates the available times based on staff schedules and what topics they can support
• The available times are listed for the upcoming three weeks
• The calendar will stop on Friday of week 10