Thing 4: Hidden Gems of Skype & Hangouts · Messner, Kate. “An Author in Every Classroom: Kids...
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The Basics
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Device issues
Know your vendors:
iOS = Apple and Apple does not like Google
Hangouts = Google and Google does not like Apple
Skype = Microsoft and Microsoft does not like Google or Apple
Android = Google and Google does not like Apple
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Looking good on camera
Do your hair :)
Have a good background (a window is probably a bad idea)
Don’t have a bright light behind you
Do have enough light in the room
Make sure your family knows you’re on screen so they don’t walk behind you in their PJs - or less
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Audio issues
Get a headset!
Wired are cheaper and last longer
Wireless can be more costly but more convenient
If you don’t have a headset make sure the speakers on your computer are far from the mic or else you will have a terrible echo
Learn how to mute your microphone on your device
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Google Hangouts
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Google HangoutsText Chats
Voice Over IP & Video chats (10 people)
15 people if you use Google Apps at work (https://www.google.com/work/apps/business/products/hangouts/)
Works in Chrome, Android and iOS
Where did you install / use it?
How did you use it?
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Hangouts Privacy
Hangouts doesn’t support off-the-record (OTR) encryption, which makes it so no one can read your messages.
No Google service supports OTR encryption
Video chat does occur (on the computer) over https - so that offers you much more security
Google knows all! http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-hangouts-too-smart-for-privacy/
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Public Hangouts
https://plus.google.com/hangouts
Host a hangout on air to promote the library
Browse hangouts on air: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/onair
Read the terms of service: https://www.google.com/+/policy/hangoutsonair.html
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Having fun with Hangouts
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Integrate YouTube in to Hangouts
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Questions?
Do you have any questions / observations from your use of Google Hangouts?
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Skype
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Different Versions of Skype
Works on : Windows (best performance)
Mac
Linux
Mobile operating systems
All have different options and menus!!
Where did you install/use it? How did you use it?
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Basics
Video calling with up to 25 people (on Windows)
Share your screen
Call phones (toll number require payment)
Learn the limits of the different versions: https://support.skype.com/en/
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Protect your privacy
Some Skype users make money from spamming users, which they do by sending IMs.
Choose Settings > Privacy section and ensure that ‘Allow IMs from’ is set to Contacts only. You might also want to limit who you Receive calls from.
You might like to keep your age and gender private from Microsoft’s targeted ads system, clear the checkbox on ‘Allow Microsoft targeted ads’.
More: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-skype-privacy-settings-secure-account/
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Skype Contact Organization
Add contacts to lists to keep the organized
Edit names for your contacts
Send videos, photos and files to contacts
Screenshot from Mac version
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Fun Skype Stuff
Hidden emoticons : http://features.en.softonic.com/skype-hidden-smileys-emoticons
Search within you chat transcripts
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Questions?
Do you have any questions / observations from your use of Skype?
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Ideas
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How to use Skype / Hangouts
Author talks
Host programs
Reference services
Meet with colleagues
What are you ideas??
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Learn MoreBooth, Char. “Developing Skype-Based Reference Services.” Internet Reference Services Quarterly 13, no. 2–3 (June 30, 2008): 147–65. doi:10.1080/10875300802103684.
Dingwall, Orvie, Mê-Linh Lê, Caroline Monnin, Andrea Szwajcer, and Sherri Vokey. “Where Do You Want to Meet? Assessment and Evaluation of Virtual Meeting Software.” Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal de l’Association Des Bibliothèques de La Santé Du Canada 35, no. 2 (2014): 64–67.
Loo, Jeffery L., Lisa T. Ngo, Cody K. Hennesy, Brian D. Quigley, and Jean McKenzie. “Embedding Video-Based Learning Modules for Library Research Methods in an Online Graduate Engineering Degree Program.” 121st ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, April 1, 2014. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6sb8d8mz.
Messner, Kate. “An Author in Every Classroom: Kids Connecting with Authors via Skype. It’s the next Best Thing to Being There.” School Library Journal 56, no. 9 (September 1, 2010): 42–44.
Sarah Faye Cohen, and Andy Burkhardt. “Even an Ocean Away: Developing Skype-based Reference for Students Studying Abroad.” Reference Services Review 38, no. 2 (May 18, 2010): 264–73. doi:10.1108/00907321011045025.
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Thing 4: Hidden Gems of Skype & Hangouts
Nicole C. Engard [email protected]
slides: http://web2learning.net