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Dial-Up users or slow internet connections may choose to follow the instructions below.

Step 1 - From the Room Settings page, you can customize your web conference room to your own liking.

1) Room Title: Use your name, company name and other keywords.

2) Room Description: Describe what this room is used for.

3) Moderator Password: the "mod" entered here is the default password. You may change it to whatever you want. Some room owners give moderator priviledges to helpers. When presenting a webinar where you don't want their assistance, or disruptions, make sure to change this password, and they will have to enter as "guests."

4) User Password: This password is entered for all participants who are coming to view your presentation, or attend a meeting. You may change this password as desired. When sending an invitation, or posting an event, tell your invited guests the password. Definately change this password for paid events and private meetings.

5) Contact Email: This email is used by anyone trying to reach you from your conference room, in addition to ScyberMeetings or QuikConference.

In the buttons below your email address, you may choose how you want to be contacted:

• If you are not a DeskView user, you would click on the button "Email Only."
• If you are a DeskView user, you have the option to be contacted by "DeskView Only," or by "Both" Email and DeskView. I normally choose both.
• If you are not yet a DeskView user, please go to ScyberMeetings DeskView Invitation and follow the directions. There are many benefits, free tools, and features that we will be using from DeskView. It is also a Desktop messaging system, which means you can receive Instant Messages from preferred individuals without going through an email system, and there is NO spam.

Step 2 - Here are two urls (web addresses) that you can add to customize your room.

1) Opening Page URL: The website or blog address that you enter here will show up in your room when people enter your virutal conference room.

2) Room Logo URL: If you wish to put a logo into the white box next to the volume controls in the lower corner of your room, you must first store the logo on a web hosting site. Then, enter the URL to designate the location of your logo. If you do not have a web host, please contact us.

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Step 3 - This section covers customizing a few features of the room, and designating the position and size of your browser area.

1) Allow Text Chat: This is specific to the Public Text Chat, where participants can be typing questions and comments during your presentation. There is another option through the room, where you can leave the Public Chat in the room, but disallow (or mute) any typing while you are presenting. My preference is to ALLOW Text Chat.

2) Disable Private Text: This stops participants from privately texting one another during the presentation. The one reason that I usually don't disable this is if a participant is embarrassed to type a question in the room, they can type it privately to the presenter.

3) Auto-Lock Room: This will automatically lock your web conference room once the room is empty. This would keep anyone from entering, when you aren't present.

4) Show URLs to Users: In the top of the browser area is an addres bar, just like any other browser. When giving presentations, the URL to that website, audio, video or anything you have hosted somewhere will show up in that bar. For most trainings, it is preferable for them to see the URL. If you have copyrighted information that you don't want your audience to have access to, you would not check this box.

5) Browser Postion Left: This places your browser on the left and text chat on the right. This draws more attention to the left side of the screen where you are presenting.

6) Browser Postion Top: This places your browser on the top and text chat on the bottom of the screen. I feel this is very cumbersome and doesn't give enough space for any component of the room. However, some people are used to using this type of system, so it is offered.

7) Browser Postion Right: This places your browser on the right and text chat on the left. This is the traditional setting and preferred by some room owners. My opinion is that it's too distracting.

8) Browser Size by Percent: You have the option to choose how much space you want the browser to occupy and how much for the text chat area. Some room owners use 70% to give more room for the text chat area. For those who want the focus on the presentation without having to use the scroll bar to view it, you might choose 80%. I choose 72% due to the size of my screen and allowing me to see all 5 moderator icons in the section above the volume controls.

Step 4- Here are several more feature options that can by customized by the room owner.

1) Allow Recording for User: Click in this box if you want your participants to be able to record your presentation and listen to it again at a later date. This is also useful when a participant cannot be present for the entire presentation... They can record it and listen to it when they return.

2) Allow Recording for Moderator: Click in this box if you want to record your own presentations, or allow other moderators to do so. My recommendation is to ALWAYS record everything that you do for the following reasons:

• Good habit to go back, listen and see what you might improve in your presentation.
• You can replay it in your web conference room at another time.
• Send the recording to ScyberMeetings - we can host on our servers and give you a URL that you can now give out in emails, and place on your blog or website.
• ScyberMeetings can segment your recording for multiple podcasts.
• ScyberMeetings can segment and add to your recording for multiple internet radio talk shows & interviews.
• ScyberMeetings can assist you in editing your presentation, cleaning it up to produce a professional video and audio for you to present in other ways, sell on your website, or use as a marketing piece.

3) Hide Participant List: When clicked the participants can not see who else is in the online meeting or webinar.

4) Voice Quality: The most used is 11000hz. Times that you might want to change this would be for International Participants and poor VoIP connections. We have an extensive description of this in our Reference Guide.

5) Misc Options - Hide Desktop: This option will not allow a moderator to use the Desktop Sharing function.

6) Misc Options - Hide Whiteboard: This option will not allow a moderator to use the Whiteboard function.

7) Update: Click on the Update button to save all changes that you have made.

Please Note: Any changes made after someone is in the room will not display on their screen. They must exit the web conference room, and login again.