Overview
Video Network Services provides live Web conferencing and eLearning solutions for the real-time organization using the Elluminate™ product. Create a rich, collaborative environment for live remote training, webinars, and online meetings, all while delivering lower upfront costs and strong return on investment.
• Add live, real-time interaction to existing distance learning
• Extend boundaries of physical classroom
• Provide superior experience, with No User Left Behind™
• Increase student participation and improve performance
• Leverage limited teaching resources
• Reduce travel and teleconferencing costs
• Improve information exchange with online meetings
• Provide professional development and enable more productive meetings
• Collaborate in real time, regardless of Internet speed
• Ensure safe, secure access anywhere, anytime
• Realize rapid return on investment
Web conferencing service rates defined
Rates for services are posted at the following location:
http://www.its.state.nc.us/About/Rates/2003/VNS.asp
Web conferencing is sold on a per seat basis and is sold by the week, month and year.
Web Conferencing Seats are defined as a single instance of the application on a single workstation. Each participant and moderator connecting to the session from their workstation is considered a seat.
For Instance: a moderator training a single participant would be considered two seats for the duration of the session. The same moderator can train another individual at another location after the first session is over and they would still be using only two seats but at a different time. Two or more users holding a conference at the same time would be defined as ‘concurrent users’.
If a moderator has a session established with a single participant but the single participant’s workstation is connected to a projector in a classroom with 30 students, they are still only using 2 seats.
More than two seats should be purchased when you have multiple participants across the state that are all required to attend a meeting at the same time.
Getting Started
Using web conferencing services
1. Request an overview and demonstration of web conferencing from Video Network Services.
2. Become familiar with the operation of Elluminate as a moderator and as a participant.
3. Prepare all of the material that will be included in your presentation prior to the scheduled meeting.
4. Download the VNS form to request services located at http://www.ncih.net/vns01.doc
5. Review the Service Level Agreement located here
6. Submit the completed VNS-01 form.
7. Complete a dry run or practice session prior to the actual online meeting.
8. Ensure that all of your participants have tested their systems and are able to join your conference. First time users should visit http://www.elluminate.com/support/ to test their systems.
9. Discuss the plan with Video Network Services personnel so that online support during your conference can be scheduled if needed. Event production rates may apply for online attendance by Video Network Services personnel.
10. Review the following material:
Elluminate Academic Version
http://www.elluminate.com/academic_edition.jsp
Free Online Training
http://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/event/schedule?etn=training&eef=1
Live Demonstration
http://www.elluminate.com/demo/live_demo.jsp
Training Material
http://www.elluminate.com/support/docs/learn_about_elluminate.jsp
Using Elluminate Live as a moderator
https://www.elluminate.com/pmtg.jnlp?psid=d1124843842.333041