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Moderate question and answer
Create and publish system status updates
Manage polls and surveys
NOTE: DO NOT START YOUR EVENT UNTIL YOU ARE READY. EVENTS CAN ONLY BE RUN ONCE. Once you start,
and stop, all of your setup will disappear.
3.1.1. Quick Note on Widgets
The Present Screen functional elements are known as “widgets,”a flexible box in the user interface that can
expand or shrink in the Present Screen. Widgets are similar to portlets. (Technically, what WebCaster has are
called “GUI widgets.” See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_widget) The figure below shows an example, the
PowerPoint widget in the Present Screen.
Figure 27 - Widget controls
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To expand the widget, click on the one of the following two icons on the upper right corner:
To close the widget, click on
. It will then appear a the bottom on the Present Screen in a condensed
view. You can click on the
to enlarge it again.
To resize the widget dynamically, click and hold the at the lower right corner of the widget and drag the
widget until it is sized to your needs.
NOTE: The widgets that are displayed in the Present Screen are dependent upon what is in the template. For
example, if your template does not have polls, no poll widget will be displayed etc.
3.2.
The Video Widget
The Video Widget in the Present Screen gives you control over what your audience will see in the video window of
their viewing template. As shown in the figure below, this widget lets you toggle back and forth between multiple
presenters, live video feed and a local device (webcam), and between live and pre-recorded clips. It enables you to
invite presenters on the fly by email or phone dial out.Remember: Whatever you see in the video window is what
your audience will see.
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