This page contains a basic set of
instructions on how to join and participate
in Mission meetings using the web conferencing
software GoToMeeting. Further
information and help can be found at the
GoToMeeting website,
www.gotomeeting.com, including
FAQs and
user
support. You can also likely find
many excellent video tutorials on YouTube,
etc.
Important: Before trying
to join the meeting room or use GoToMeeting,
make sure your audio settings (microphone,
speakers, headset, etc.) are properly
configured. If your audio devices are
not correctly set up, they will not work in GoToMeeting or anywhere else. However,
if you can speak and hear in programs such
as Paltalk, Skype, etc., you should have no
trouble with GoToMeeting. GoToMeeting has
also provided an excellent
Audio Setup section which you can use to
correctly configure your devices for
GoToMeeting specifically.
To join a meeting room in GoToMeeting,
the creator of the meeting needs to send you
the link. Just click the link to join.
Alternatively, the meeting creator might
send you the Meeting ID (a series of numbers).
In this case, go to
www.gotomeeting.com, click on "Join a
Meeting" at the top, and enter the Meeting
ID.
Either way, you will then be taken to a webpage where
the GoToMeeting program will automatically
download and install (if nothing happens,
click on
"download GoToMeeting" to manually download
it to your computer and then install it yourself). You may
have to tell your antivirus program, firewall, browser, etc. to allow
the download. Once the program is
downloaded and installed, you will enter the
meeting room (unless it has not yet been
opened by the moderator, at which point you
will be put on a waiting list until it is
opened).
If your audio settings are properly set
up, you should be able to speak and hear immediately.
If you have trouble, we again recommend
using GoToMeeting's
Audio Setup section to troubleshoot your
problem.
The audio in GoToMeeting
is voice activated, and there is no push to
talk option; therefore, please plan to be in
a quiet place with a good microphone and
headphones (so there is no feedback or
background noise). It is very
disturbing to the rest of the participants
if your headset is not working properly,
your external speakers are on and so we hear
a sound loop, or there are background
noises. So please make sure that you
come to the room prepared.
If your sound is causing problems or
there is background noise where you are, an
alternative is to permanently mute yourself and
only un-mute when you want
to talk. To do this: In GoToMeeting, click on the green button
with the picture of a microphone. The
picture should become greyed out, and a red
line should appear over the microphone next
to your name, showing that you are muted and
no noise from your computer can be heard in
the room (however, you can still hear the room
conversation). When you want to talk,
just push the button again (so it becomes
green again) and talk.
If your setup becomes disturbing to
others and is not fixed, you might be
permanently muted or bounced from the room to help others to
have a peaceful conversation!
