Month: November 2020

Toolin’ Around: Cisco WebEx Teams for Student Group Work

Hi everyone!

We hope all of you had a safe and healthy Thanksgiving holiday. We are so thankful to have these opportunities to work and learn alongside the best faculty, staff, and students this college could ask for. Thank you for tuning in to our content, we are happy to be here for you.

Lindy Hues, a CTLE Faculty Fellow and instructor in the Advertising and Graphic Design program was gracious enough to give us some wisdom on how she uses WebEx Teams to set up Student Group work, for this edition of “Toolin’ Around”!

Toolin’ Around Tip: WebEx Teams may be used as a great way to always be in touch, but it can also be used as a platform for students to work in groups. Here is a quick tutorial on how to set it up.

Benefits?
WebEx Teams is a remote synchronous tool that Central Piedmont has come to rely on in a big way. WebEx Teams helps us based on our departments, committees, user groups, and can also be used to help engage your students and courses. Once setup, you can have WebEx Teams function as a synchronous environment for your students to work collaboratively. Students can use this environment to initiate student led meetings (which you can drop in on if you wish) with video, screen sharing, and whiteboards. Students are also able to organize their own groups with persistent chat and file sharing. Please check out the tutorial to get started.

Want to know more?

Check out what Cisco WebEx Teams has in store for you.

Cisco WebEx Teams| Help Center

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Toolin’ Around: Cisco WebEx Assistant for WebEx Meetings

Hi everyone!  Here is our helpful gem for this edition of “Toolin’ Around”, a feature that is soon to be available in WebEx Meetings, WebEx Assistant!

Toolin’ Around Tip: Soon to be added to Central Piedmont’s version of WebEx Meetings, lead more productive and engaged meetings with the new AI-powered Cisco Webex Assistant for Webex Meetings. Spend less time managing the meeting, and more time focused on the outcomes, with automatic note-taking, live transcription, and post-meeting follow-ups.

Webex Assistant for Webex Meetings will be available to add on to your plan later this year.

Benefits?
The artificial intelligence-powered Webex Assistant for Meetings interacts with you to help with notes, action items, reminders, and more by using voice commands. Never miss a detail in your meeting with real-time meeting transcription and automated closed captions that make meetings even more accessible for hearing-impaired participants. Record your meeting to get a post-meeting transcript.

Want to know more?

Check out what Cisco WebEx has in store for you regarding WebEx Assistant!

Cisco WebEx Meetings| WebEx Assistant

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Toolin’ Around: Cisco WebEx Meeting’s Breakout Sessions

Hello! We hope you are having a great week!  Here is our helpful gem for this edition of “Toolin’ Around”!

Today’s tip is all about the Breakout feature in WebEx Meetings!

Toolin’ Around Tip: Recently added to Central Piedmont’s version of WebEx Meetings, you can use breakout sessions to place your participants into smaller groups where they can collaborate and share ideas.

Benefits?
Breakout sessions are smaller groups that are split off from the main Webex meeting. They allow a subset of meeting participants to collaborate and share ideas over audio and video. Use breakout sessions for workshops, classrooms, or for when you need a moment to talk privately with a few participants, outside of the main meeting.

Want to know more?

Check out what Cisco WebEx has in store for you regarding Breakout sessions.

Cisco WebEx Help Center | Breakout Sessions

Enjoyed this? Tried it out? Have another idea we can share among teachers at Central Piedmont? Let us know in the Comments section below