Web Conference FAQ
- What is a web conference?
- A web conference is when three or more people talk on the phone at the same time at different locations. During your conference call you use the internet to share information like a PowerPoint. This is called a Web Conference. Conference calls allow everyone to be in the same meeting regardless of location. Participants can hear what you hear and see what you see – anytime, anywhere.
- What is the difference between insight and Meeting Central?
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insight™ web conferencing provides the ability for a host to share a PowerPoint presentation, on-line live polling and live text chat with participant during an audio conference. insight™ does not require any download to access the presentation. Cross browser compatible, insight also operates on all operating system. insight™ provides the moderator with a snapshot view of the audio dynamic page thus enabling a moderator to facilitate a live audio question & answer session.
Meeting Central® provides robust web conferencing features for any size conference. MMC allows hosts to share a PowerPoint presentation as well as, applications, documents, and their desktop. In addition, moderators can share a web browser, open a white board and initiate live text chat. Video Conferencing through MMC provides a real face to each caller. To access MMC, users are required to download a plug in on their individual PC.
- What do I need to run an insight web conference?
- Any current web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox.
- What do I need to run a Meeting Central web conference?
- Host / Presenter
Recommended
- Pentium 4
- 1.2 GHz
- 512 RAM
- 100 MBit Network card
- Accelerated video card by ATI, NVidia or equivalent
- USB 2.0 w/webcam (video conference)
- Valid TCP/IP address
- Windows 2000 & XP
- Microsoft® PowerPoint® 97 and above for presentations (optional)
- Internet Explorer 5 or Netscape 5
- Web cams that are USB 2.0 or Firewire compatible are highly recommended because it reduces the load on the CPU.
Minimum
- Pentium 4
- 800 GHz
- 512 RAM
- 100 MBit Network card
- Video card
- Valid TCP/IP address
- Windows 2000 & XP
- Microsoft® PowerPoint® 97 and above for presentations (optional)
- Internet Explorer 5 or Netscape 5
- Web cams that are USB 2.0 or Firewire compatible are highly recommended because it reduces the load on the CPU.
Participant
Minimum
- Pentium 3
- 800 MHz
- 128 RAM
- 10/100 MBit Network card
- Valid TCP/IP address
- Windows 95 SR2, 98, ME, NT4 (SP3), 2000 & XP
- Internet Explorer 5 or above
Recommended
- Pentium 4
- 1.4 GHz
- 512 RAM
- 100 Mbit Network card
- USB 2.0 w/web cam (video conference)
- Accelerated video card by ATI, NVidia or equivalent
- Valid TCP/IP address
- Windows 2000 & XP
- Internet Explorer 5 or Netscape 5
- What if I am behind a Firewall?
- We use port 80 for your connection,
so if you can access the Internet you can use our
service.
- What can affect the performance?
- Here are some of the main factors:
- The speed of your computer's connection to the Internet
- Your Internet service provider
- Overall Internet traffic
- Can I show slide transitions in presentations?
- Yes! If you share a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, attendees can see the slide transitions.
- What types of files or applications can I share?
- You can share virtually any document or application. However, applications with streaming content may not work well, because such content is not streaming directly from the source to attendees. We are currently working to bring this feature
- What if I need more Seats?
- You can contact our support team for additional seats
