Q: How-to do I set a conference call to use Slideshow?
A: Schedule the conference as usual. Then upload and assign the presentation goods to the conference, as described below.
- 1.Schedule the Conference
1. Schedule the Conference
Schedule the Conference as usual – this can be done via the web portal or a calendar application such as Outlook or Google Calendar.
- 2.Set up the Slideshow
2. Set up the Slideshow
The Slideshow setup must be done via the web portal.
- If not already connected, login using your email address and PIN (or passphrase.)
- Find the conference in the list of Pending Conferences on the Home tab.
- Click on the conference title to revisit the conference details.
- Click on Slideshow Setup button in the upper right part of the page (as pictured above.)
- If this is the first time you’ve used Slideshow you will automatically be passed to the page for creating a New Slideshow.
- If this not the first time you’ve used Slideshow the dark grey menu bar changes to offer three options:
- Edit Settings returns to the conference details & audio settings.
- List Slideshows presents a list of slideshows previously created, with the opportunity to edit them.
- New Slideshow offers the tools to upload new sets of images.
- 3. Use an Existing Slideshow
3. Use an Existing Slideshow
- If you have already created some Slideshows you’ll see a pull-down list prompting you to Choose Slideshow.
- Select one from the list.
- Click Save.
- You’ll be returned to a view of the conference details, with a notice that the conference has been associated with the Slideshow (pictured below.)
- Click Save to update the conference settings.
- 4.Create A New Slideshow
4. Create A New Slideshow
- Enter a title for your Slideshow here.
- This title will be used to reference the Slideshow as a whole, regardless of how many language versions of the slides are involved.
- Click Save to create the Slideshow.
- You are then passed to page for uploading slides.
- Click Choose Files to select the first set of slides.
- You can select multiple files at one time.
- Each set can be up to 100 images, totaling no more than 20 MB.
- Select the language for this set of slides.
- Click Upload to load them to the system.
- The page will show a progress bar as it uploads the images.
- Once the upload is complete it creates a thumbnail image of the first slide.
- Repeat the upload process for each language version of slides.
- In this sample there are slides in three languages; English, Spanish & French (pictured below.)
- Note that the number of slides is the same for all languages!
- At any point you can update the title of the Slideshow.
- If you require revisions to the slides you can delete an existing language set and upload a new version.
- Once the slides have been uploaded you can preview the Slideshow.
- Previewing the slideshow behaves exactly like running the Slideshow, except that it does not require a live conference call.
- Enter a title for your Slideshow here.