Institutional Workshops on Facilitating Digital Conference Service to LEARN R&E Community - UoM

Asia/Colombo
CSE-L2 Lab (University of Moratuwa)

CSE-L2 Lab

University of Moratuwa

Description

LEARN organizes half day workshop on "Facilitating Digital Conference Service to LEARN R&E Community" targeting faculty and researches in faculty/institutional level. LEARN effort is to make R&E community aware of use of Digital Conferencing in R&E.

Digital Conferencing Facility (Zoom) provides an enterprise-grade video conferencing facility that you can use for regular meetings, conferences, and distance learning/education. LEARN is going to provide a Zoom Pro account to individuals that allow them to schedule/manage meetings themself.

The workshop is going to train faculty and researchers on how to make use of Zoom in their R&E activities.

Venue: University of Moratuwa, CSE L2 Lab

  • Duration: half a day (3 hours)
  • Class size: 50+
  • Target group: faculty and researchers
  • Program Level: basic/intermediate
  • Course fee: free of charge (refreshments will be provided)
  • Date: 10th February 2020
  • Prerequisite: none

Note: We encourage you to come with your laptop and/or smartphone with 100% battery charged.

Instructor: Thilina Pathirana / LEARN

 

Agenda

1st hour - NRENs, LEARN and Its Services

           (NRENs, Inter University networking, Acadamic Networking, Commodity Internet, LEARN TAC, Training/Workshop, Eduroam, LIAF, Zoom)

 

2nd and 3rd hours - LEARN Digital Conferencing Platforms with hands-on

  •  A brief overview of Jitsi Video Conferencing Bridge 
  •  Zoom features and its plans/pricing
  •  Scheduling/starting a zoom meeting, inviting,  and join with
  •  Personal meeting room
  •  Screen/desktop sharing including AV contents
  •  Recording (local/cloud)
  •  Waiting room 
  •  Breakout rooms
  •  Polling
  •  Closed captioning
  •  Zoom inside Moodle
  •  Zoom room (Licensing and Hardware)
  •  Zoom room connectors (H.323/SIP) (Licensing and Hardware)
  •  Zoom Webinar and live steaming (Licensing)

 

More details at

https://ws.learn.ac.lk/wiki/ZoomInstWorkshops

Participants
  • Achala Thushan
  • Amali Wijekoon
  • Angajan Kulasegarampillai
  • Anuradha Peramunugamage
  • Ayomi Weerarathna
  • chaminda perera
  • Charaka Hemanga Satharasinghe
  • Chinthaka Narangoda
  • Damith Kandage
  • Eranga Fernando
  • Indunil Abeyrathna
  • Isuru Wickramathilaka
  • Jagath Kumara Kathriarachchi
  • Lahiru Silva
  • Lasantha Deerasinghe
  • Malaka Udawatta
  • Methsiri Suwandaarachchi
  • Muhammed Nuzli
  • Nadeesha Ranaweera Arachchi
  • Nimasha Bandara
  • Pasan Premarathne
  • Pradeep Kumara Ginthota Vithanage
  • Prasanna Herath
  • Priyajilakmal Samarawickrama
  • Pujitha Silva
  • Sanjeewa Darshana
  • Shenal Rajakarunanayake
  • Sumudu Jayathissa
  • Thusitha Bandara
  • VM wickramasinghe
Center for IT Services
    • 13:00 16:30
      session: Zoom Seminar
      • 13:00
        NRENs, LEARN and Its Services 1h

        A brief description of LEARN and its services as the NREN of Sri Lanka. Content Includes details on NRENs, Inter-University networking, Academic Networking, Commodity Internet, LEARN TAC, Training/Workshop, Eduroam and LIAF

        Speaker: Thilina Pathirana (LEARN)
      • 14:00
        LEARN Digital Conferencing Platforms with hands-on 1h

        A brief overview of Jitsi Video Conferencing Bridge
        Zoom features and its plans/pricing
        Scheduling/starting a zoom meeting, inviting, and join with
        Personal meeting room
        Screen/desktop sharing including AV contents
        Recording (local/cloud)
        Waiting room
        Breakout rooms
        Polling
        Closed captioning
        Zoom inside Moodle
        Zoom room (Licensing and Hardware)
        Zoom room connectors (H.323/SIP) (Licensing and Hardware)
        Zoom Webinar and live steaming (Licensing)

        More details at

        https://ws.learn.ac.lk/wiki/ZoomInstWorkshops

        Speaker: Thilina Pathirana (LEARN)
      • 15:00
        Refreshments 30m
      • 15:30
        LEARN Digital Conferencing Platforms with hands-on - cont 1h
        Speaker: Thilina Pathirana (LEARN)