I'd discourage google hangout for screen sharing.  We use hangouts for lots
of great stuff but it comes up short on screensharing b/c it renders the
pages too small.

Join.me is something else I know that some of my colleagues use but I don't
have experience with it myself.

--Susan



On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Megan Dushin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I've used UMConnect for remote user testing. On their end, they'll need a
> USB headset w/ mic if you want to record the audio w/ video (or I think you
> can pay for a phone conferencing line to be hooked in so the recording can
> capture both). If no audio (synced w/ video) recording is needed, regular
> phone line should work fine.
>
> As I recall, you invite them into the room, then promote them to a
> presenter so they can do screen and/or app share. They may need a plug-in,
> esp. if doing screen share, and who knows, that may require an admin
> password.
>
> Megan
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Peterson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [WEBSTANDARDS] Advice, please: screen share for user testing
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> Both Google Hangout and UMConnect can do screen sharing and are free,
> University licensed tools.
>
> HTH,
> Dave
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Ann Nordby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone:
>>
>> We have rebuilt our staff only pages (password protected) and I want to
>> do some user testing with our staff, who are spread out across the state.
>> My plan is to do a screen share with them while we're on the phone
>> together, read out the tasks, and watch while they complete the tasks and
>> describe their obstacles.
>>
>> I've used usertesting.com before, and that worked great for public
>> pages, but that doesn't make sense for this section (signing staff up as
>> testers through usertesting.com is an obstacle, etc etc)
>>
>> Can anyone recommend a screen share software? I haven't done this before.
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
>>
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>> *University of Minnesota | *Extension Center for Youth Development
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>>
>>
>
>
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