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Hosting an Online Conference

Several bet365中文大学 departments provide services to assist you with hosting your virtual conference. This page provides some resources to help you get started. 

Options for the platform for your conference: 
  • 缩放事件: For an all-in-one experience with
    • Contact Lorena Bidwell at DLiT to make arrangements for support and use of the university 缩放事件 tool for up to 500 participants.
  • 缩放研讨会: 的 变焦 webinar option can be used if you want to restrict audio and video from the participants.
    • 联系人: 丹Hamstra to make arrangements for support and use of the university 变焦 Webinar option for up to 500 participants.
  • 变焦会议: 的 regular 变焦 Pro account(s) can be used for a more interactive conference experience. Each meeting room holds up to 300 participants. Existing Pro accounts can be used, or additional purchased.
    • To request a Pro account, first sign up for a free account at 变焦.us 使用bet365中文.Edu邮箱地址. 然后电子邮件 dlit@ajona.net and include the IDC# to be charged. Currently Pro accounts are only available to faculty and staff.
    • 使用 breakout rooms within the 变焦 meeting is an option, including the self-select breakout room option.
  • 变焦会议 to Facebook or YouTube. If your event consists of presentation and video and audio interaction isn't needed, you may wish to stream to Facebook or YouTube or both. 的 regular university 变焦 Pro accounts include the capability of streaming to Facebook or YouTube (but not both at the same time). Some have worked around this by having a cohost stream to the other platform.
  • 讨论你的选择. If you want some assistance thinking through how to host your conference and the various activities, each of us are available for a consultation:
    • 丹Hamstra, ITS Technical Operations Manager, for 变焦 webinar and audio visual expertise
    • 珍妮Lim, 副院长, School of 距离 Education, for interaction and conference experience design expertise
    • 卡莱尔萨顿, 研究 Services Coordinator, for research, peer review, and publication expertise
    • 的 Adventist Learning Community video team can also record and archive your whole conference on the ALC website, if desired.
 

  • 数字共享: Many bet365中文大学 conferences are academic in nature and are research based.
    • Peer review process built-in
    • Presenters can upload their presentations
    • Recorded video can be uploaded or linked
    • 联系人: 特里Roberston or 卡莱尔萨顿
  • 缩放事件. 的 university has a subscription to the 缩放事件 tool, which can be your all-in-one experience for hosting an online conference. Please reserve far in advance by contacting DLiT at dlit@ajona.net. 
  • 固定播送时间. 固定播送时间 is another online conference tool some events at Andrews have used. You will need to use faculty 变焦 accounts to create the meetings for the strands of the conference. 固定播送时间 offers a mobile app as well.
  • A page on your department website. For less complex events, a link to a Facebook or YouTube stream may be sufficient. This could be linked on a simple page about the event on your department section of the Andrews website. 
 

A backchannel can be used for organizers to communicate and troubleshoot during the event. Some presenters and keynote/plenary speakers like to use a backchannel chat for audience engagement. 选项包括:

  • 变焦团队聊天: A channel can be created in the 变焦 client (accessed via laptop or phone) for a group conversation with people who have 变焦 accounts (whether on the Andrews enterprise account or otherwise)
  • 微软团队: Teams chat is great for events that have Andrews students, staff, & faculty participating. It is not recommended if you need to include participants outside of Andrews.
  • 10 sites for creating a backchannel chat: Some additional options to explore.
 

的se audience engagement tools can be used by participants in the same room or virtual or both to interact, 投票, 民意调查, 评论, 问问题. 在缩放: 变焦的民意调查 然后聊天 非语言反应

的 university does not have university wide licenses for these additional tools. 的y are recommended since others have found them useful. DLiT may not be able to provide support for them.