Sametime 8.5 and 8 User Course Outlines

TLCC's Sametime 8.5 and 8 User Course Descriptions
Sametime 8.5 Instant Messaging - covers how to use the Sametime 8.5 Connect client for instant messaging
Sametime 8.5 Web Conferencing - covers how to use Sametime 8.5 web conferencing for "classic" meetings
Sametime 8.5 Meetings - covers how to use the new Sametime 8.5 Meeting Room
Using Sametime 8 Connect - covers how to use the Sametime 8 Connect client
Web Conferencing Using Sametime 8 - covers how to use Sametime 8 web conferencing

All the courses are included in your one low-cost site license!

Sametime 8.5 Instant Messaging

Sametime 8.5 Web Conferencing

Sametime 8.5 Meetings

Using Sametime 8 Connect

Web Conferencing Using Sametime 8

Sametime 8.5 Instant Messaging

This course will prepare you to use IBM Lotus Sametime Connect to effectively communicate with contacts via instant messages. Learn to manage your contacts using the Contact List and how to set and manage your availability status. Learn how to start, respond to, and effectively participate in a chat with one or several people. Other useful features are described including setting alerts, sending announcements, and participating in voice chats and instant meetings. The course is organized into five modules. A summary of the information in each module follows:

Module 1 - Introducing Lotus Sametime Connect

This module introduces Lotus Sametime Connect and the Sametime main user interface; the Contact List window. This module provides detailed coverage of the logon and logout procedures, the Sametime Help system, and setting the location setting preferences.

Module 2 - Managing Contacts

This module describes how to manage contacts using the Contact List.

Module 3 - Sametime Availability Status

Your availability and the availability of other Sametime users is indicated by availability status icons. These icons appear throughout the Sametime interface, such as the Contact List window, Chat window and the Instant Meeting window. This module describes how to manage your availability status to best suit your needs. Setting alerts so that you can be notified when someone becomes available is also discussed.

Module 4 - Sametime Chat

The fundamental purpose of the Sametime Connect client is to exchange typed chat messages with one or more chat partners. This module provides details for using the different features and tools available in the Chat window. Learn how to start, respond to, and participate in a chat with one or several people.

Module 5 - Other Features

Other useful features are described including sending announcements and participating in voice/video chats and instant meetings.

Sametime 8.5 Web Conferencing

The Sametime Web Conferencing server (also known as the Sametime Community server) is used to deliver the Sametime "classic" online meetings that support voice, chat and video communications. This course describes how to effectively participate in a Sametime Web Conference meeting. You will learn about the different roles in a Sametime meeting and the meeting tools available to you at each role level. As a meeting Attendee you can view meeting content in the presentation area but are not permitted to control what is displayed. As a meeting Presenter you can display a slide presentation, run a demonstration by sharing your screen, or use a whiteboard to draw a diagram or conduct a brainstorming session. As the meeting Chair you can do anything a Presenter can do and you have additional controls to send Web pages to meeting participants and to conduct polls. The course is organized into four modules. After the introductory Module 1, the material in the remaining three modules is organized to reflect the three roles in a Sametime Web Conference meeting: Attendee, Presenter and Chair. A summary of the information in each module follows:

Module 1- Introducing Sametime Web Conferencing

This module introduces Sametime Web Conferencing, the Sametime Welcome Page and the Meeting Center.

Module 2 - Attending a Meeting

This module describes what you can do when you are assigned the Attendee role in a meeting. Attendees can view meeting content in the presentation area but are not permitted to control what is displayed. They can communicate via private or group chat, raise and lower their hand, and participate in polls.

Module 3 - Presenting in a Meeting

This module describes what you can do when you are assigned the Presenter role in a meeting. Presenters have permission to present and can control the content in the Presentation Area. Meeting presenters can display slide presentations, run a demonstration by sharing their screen, or use a whiteboard to draw a diagram or conduct a brainstorming session. There can be multiple presenters in a meeting.

Module 4 - Chairing a Meeting

This module describes what you can do when you are the Chair in a meeting. The meeting Chair (there can only be one) has special meeting moderator capabilities and can also do anything that a Presenter can do. The meeting Chair has controls to send Web pages and conduct polls. The person chairing the meeting can be the only presenter in the meeting, or they can grant Presenter permission to other participants in the meeting.

Sametime 8.5 Meetings

Sametime meeting rooms are reservation-less (do not need to be scheduled) meeting rooms that support voice/video communications as well as private and group discussions. This course describes how to effectively work in a meeting room as a regular participant as well as use the special tools and controls available only to Room Owners and Managers. You will learn how the meeting room Library is used to store, share and download various types of content, and how to run demonstrations by sharing the stored documents or various parts of your screen. The course is organized into four modules. After learning how to create and enter a Sametime meeting room in Module 1, the material in modules 2 and 3 covers how to use and work with all of the available meeting room tools as both a participant and room owner. Some additional topics and features are covered in the final module. A summary of the information in each module follows:

Module 1- Creating and Entering a Sametime Meeting Room

This module introduces Sametime Meeting Rooms, and describes how to create, locate and enter a meeting room. Sending and receiving meeting invitations as well as working with scheduled meetings is also covered in this module.

Module 2 - Working in a Sametime Meeting Room

This module describes the various tasks that you can perform in a meeting room. As a Participant you can view content being shared by other participants as well as download, store and share materials in the Library. You can communicate via private or group chat and participate in audio/video conference calls. Other tasks include raising and lowering your hand, conducting and responding to polls, sharing your screen, and recording a meeting. This module also covers how you can include and control the audio/video conferencing features for meeting rooms that you have created.

Module 3 - Managing a Sametime Meeting Room

This module describes the tasks you can perform when you are the Room Owner or Manager. The Room Owner has special moderator capabilities and can also do anything that a Participant can do. The Room Owner and Manager(s) can grant and revoke permissions to other participants in the meeting. This module will cover specific tasks unique to the owner/manager such as managing the room content and settings, and lowering other participant's raised hands.

Module 4 - Additional Topics and Features

This module covers additional Sametime meeting room topics including understanding the nature and purpose of Instant Meeting Rooms as well as the web browser interface that people from outside of your organization can use for Sametime meeting rooms. Other useful features and tasks include producing a Meeting Report that includes an attendance report and meeting minutes, and how to delete a meeting room that you no longer need.

Web Conferencing Using Sametime 8

The Sametime Web Conferencing server is used to conduct online meetings that support voice, chat and video communications. This course describes how to effectively participate in a Sametime Web Conference meeting. You will learn about the different roles in a Sametime meeting and the meeting tools available to you at each role level. As a meeting Attendee you can view meeting content in the presentation area but are not permitted to control what is displayed. As a meeting Presenter you can display a slide presentation, run a demonstration by sharing your screen, or use a whiteboard to draw a diagram or conduct a brainstorming session. As the meeting Chair you can do anything a Presenter can do and you have additional controls to send Web pages to meeting participants and to conduct polls. The course is organized into four modules. After the introductory Module 1, the material in the remaining three modules is organized to reflect the three roles in a Sametime Web Conference meeting: Attendee, Presenter and Chair. A summary of the information in each module follows:

Module 1- Introducing Sametime Web Conferencing
This module introduces Sametime Web Conferencing, the Sametime Welcome Page and the Meeting Center.

Module 2 - Attending a Meeting
This module describes what you can do when you are assigned the Attendee role in a meeting. Attendees can view meeting content in the presentation area but are not permitted to control what is displayed. They can communicate via private or group chat, raise and lower their hand, and participate in polls.

Module 3 - Presenting in a Meeting
This module describes what you can do when you are assigned the Presenter role in a meeting. Presenters have permission to present and can control the content in the Presentation Area. Meeting presenters can display slide presentations, run a demonstration by sharing their screen, or use a whiteboard to draw a diagram or conduct a brainstorming session. There can be multiple presenters in a meeting.

Module 4 - Chairing a Meeting
This module describes what you can do when you are the Chair in a meeting. The meeting Chair (there can only be one) has special meeting moderator capabilities and can also do anything that a Presenter can do. The meeting Chair has controls to send Web pages and conduct polls. The person chairing the meeting can be the only presenter in the meeting, or they can grant Presenter permission to other participants in the meeting.