The Lync 2013 Mobile App
Safe PDSB Videoconferencing via a Mobile Device
What Does it Do?
HD Video Conferencing
Secure Instant Messaging
Collaborative Screen Sharing/ Whiteboard/ Onenote (with Web App)
How Could I use it?
1. Student/Student or Teacher/Teacher collaboration.
2. Share student work in between different classes
3. Language students can practice conversational dialog with a similar student in the school board.
4. Students can plan out products and have a permanent record of digital conversations for their teachers to see.
5. Connect with the world (using the web-app a teacher can setup a connection with anyone with a Win7/8 or Mac desktop)
2. Share student work in between different classes
3. Language students can practice conversational dialog with a similar student in the school board.
4. Students can plan out products and have a permanent record of digital conversations for their teachers to see.
5. Connect with the world (using the web-app a teacher can setup a connection with anyone with a Win7/8 or Mac desktop)
Find a PDSB Class to Connect To
Post in this O365 site what class you are currently teaching and what times you are available to connect.
Why Lync 2013?
1. All activity is automatically logged on PDSB servers keeping you safe.
2. Higher performance than Skype or Google Hangouts
3. With the web-app a user can share a screen or whiteboard or collaborate over long distances.
4. It is totally integrated into O365 (find people the same way you would in O365)
2. Higher performance than Skype or Google Hangouts
3. With the web-app a user can share a screen or whiteboard or collaborate over long distances.
4. It is totally integrated into O365 (find people the same way you would in O365)
Step 1: Get the App
Android
Windows Phone
If you are on a PC or Mac computer use the Web-App
Step 2: Setup the App With Your O365 Account
Login Info
Username: Type in your P#@pdsb.org if you are a teacher or your student#@pdsb.org if you are a student.
Password: Your password is your O365 password.
Password: Your password is your O365 password.
Enter your mobile number
Enter your phone number here so Lync can optionally use your data plan. ( we will shut this off shortly)
Hit Done
You can optionally share usage data with MicroSoft. Recommendation "OFF"
Hit "Options"
Switch "Require Wi-Fi For: Voice" to ON
This ensures that Lync will never use your data plan.
Step 3: Link up with a colleague on Lync!
Hit the "Contacts" button.
In the Seach Box Type in the person you want to find
For a teacher type in Mr. or Ms. then their last name. Students require both first and last names. Hit enter.
Click on your selection
Click on the camera to enter a video chat
To start your video
You may need to click on the camera icon to start your camera depending on your device. (phones tend to start video automatically)
To hangup
Click the red phone icon
To enter chat mode
Swipe across the screen to switch between video chatting and instant messaging.