1 Overview

WebEx is a family of products that enables people to work together at the same time even when they are not physically present at the same location.

JMU's WebEx portal is at https://jmu.webex.com.

2 Tools and Utilities

To be tele-present at a lecture you need the WebEx Meeting Center Application and to watch recorded lectures you need the WebEx Player.

The Meeting Center can be downloaded from the "Support" page of the "Meeting Center". (Click on the "Meeting Center" tab at the top of the page and then expand the "Support" menu item on the left of the page.)

The Player can be downloaded from the course's Canvas site. Click on the appropriate link below and then, when you receive the "No preview available" message, click on the "Download" link.

3 Being Tele-Present at a Lecture

To be tele-present at a lecture:

1. Start a WWW browser.
2. Go to the JMU WebEx portal.
3. Click on the Home tab.
4. Enter the host's room ID (e.g., bernstdh).
5. Click on Join.
6. Enter your name.
7. Enter your JMU email address.
8. Click on Enter Lobby.
9. If you have the Meeting Center Application installed, it will start. If not, you will be prompted to install it and/or run a temporary application.
10. If the lecture has already started, you will join it immediately. If not, you will join it when it starts.
11. After the meeting starts, click on ... under Connect to Audio, click on "Test computer audio", select the appropriate devices, and, after everything is working, click on OK.
12. Click on Connect to Audio.
13. If you have a camera, click on the camera icon next to your name in the "Participants" list. (Note: You can change the device, if you have more than one, by clicking on the gear icon.)