Sametime enables people in different locations to communicate in real time over the network or Internet and gives you the chat, presentation, audio, and video tools you need to work together on projects or to make effective presentations.

"Sametime" refers to a collection of several components that you can use to communicate with your colleagues or customers in real time. You will learn about these components in this course:

• Sametime Connect client
• Sametime Meeting Room
• Sametime Meeting Center.

Lotus Training Course goals

In this course, you will learn how to:

• log into Sametime Connect and set your online status
• create and maintain Contacts in Sametime Connect
• protect your privacy by allowing only certain people to know your online status
• use text and Voice Chat to communicate with one or more people
• conduct an Instant Meeting
• use the various tools in the Meeting Room, such as the Whiteboard and Sharing tabs, ways to send a Web page, and polling
• control access and permissions to a Meeting Room
• participate in a meeting and use the Meeting Room tools, such as hand raising and Group Chat
• schedule a meeting that includes an attached presentation file.

Lotus Training Audience

This course assumes basic personal computer and software skills, and is designed for individuals who can:

• start and stop software applications in Microsoft® Windows™
• perform basic Windows operations, such as to manage windows, cut and paste, drag/drop, etc.
• use Microsoft Windows Explorer to find and organize files
• use the Internet Explorer browser to open and navigate Web sites
• use any type of email client
• create, format, and print documents using a graphical word processing software package.

Course design