EPresence Instructions

Professor Ron Baecker, at the University of Toronto, will be webcasting his CSCW lectures in parallel with our own over the epresence, a system developed at the University of Toronto.

Note that you can participate in these lectures live (in real time), or view the archive.

Logging in to a live EPresence talk

• The URL that remote users will use to access the class is http://epresence.tv/mediacontent/website_live.aspx. Please  log in around 15 minutes before the event. Even if you have used ePresence before, please perform the following checks BEFORE logging into the webcast:          

  • Independently confirm that your headset and microphone are working.
  • Run the ePresence registration wizard at http://epresence.tv/mediacontent/website_register_first.aspx. This page also lists the minimum requirements for remote participants.
  • Run the Flash port connectivity survey at http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16466.
• While I personally prefer the Windows media player version, some epresence lectures may only be available in the REAL format.

Selecting and viewing an archived EPresence lecture

• To view Calgary archived talks:
  • Go to http://nectar.epresence.kmdi.utoronto.ca/website_archived.aspx
  • Click on the folder: University of Calgary
• To view archived U Toronto talks:
  • Go to http://epresence.tv/mediaContent/website_archived.aspx?dir=10
  • Click on the folder: CSC2536: Computer Supported Collaborative Work. 2005-2006
• You will see a list of available talks. At that point, you can choose what format you want to use to view the talk.
• I use WM (Windows Media), because:
  • if you right click on the video window after it appears, you can play the presentation at 1.5x normal speed. This seems about right for reviewing an archive.
  • if you right click on the video window, you have an option to 'zoom' the video to full screen. You can then click the video to toggle back and forth between small and full view.
  • If you double click the slide, it will bring up a large window showing the full sized slide. However, you must do this manually for each slide.
• Note that once you start the talk, you can skip over various slides to see what you want using either the table of contents on the left side, or the timeview on the bottom.
• Finally, some talks may have 'dead' bits at the beginning because archiving was started before the talk began. Feel free to just skip over those parts, usually by navigating to the first slide.