00:07: How do I use conferences in a course as an observer?

00:10: In course, navigation, click the link for your web conferencing tool.

00:15: The link name reflects the conferencing tool used by your Institution.

00:20: You can view conferences where you have been invited to participate.

00:24: Conferences are grouped in two parts, new conferences and concluded

00:28: conferences. Both always display the conference name and

00:32: description.

00:33: New conferences will be listed in the index, but they cannot be accessed until

00:37: the host has started the conference When the conference is available,

00:41: click the join button. Once the conference has started the conference

00:46: status shows, as in progress. You can join the conference for as

00:50: long as the join button is available. Some conferences only allow

00:54: you to join the conference for a specific amount of time.

00:58: Concluded conferences, display in the concluded conferences section, each

01:03: concluded conference shows the title date and description of the conference.

01:09: When your conference has concluded, click the name of the recorded conference.

01:13: To replay the conference, click the recording format link, the

01:17: recording format displays, as either a presentation or a video.

01:22: The recording format link does not appear until the conference has been rendered for playback.

01:27: The rendering process, may take some time to complete the length of the conference

01:31: is indicated in hours minutes.

01:33: EG 018 is 18 minutes.

01:37: If your conference included closed captioning.

01:39: The playback bar for the video displays a cc button to view the available

01:44: captions.

01:46: The guide covered how to use conferences in a course, as an observer.