The JMU WebEx Portal
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:
- Start a WWW browser.
- Go to the JMU WebEx portal.
- Click on the Home tab.
- Enter the host's room ID (e.g.,
bernstdh
).
- Click on Join.
- Enter your name.
- Enter your JMU email address.
- Click on Enter Lobby.
- 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.
- If the lecture has already started, you will join it immediately.
If not, you will join it when it starts.
- 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.
- Click on Connect to Audio.
- 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.)