Preliminaries
Login (automatic after the first time): email and password, run through the intro program if you see it
In future it should start automatically and be running in the background
The Contact List
- Search for PNALL and add that
- Add people to Contact List
Using Skype for Business
Anywhere you see a person’s photo (Skype Window, Office Program, Mail message) you can right click and start communicating:
- Send IM
- Share desktops
- Show video camera
- Call w/ Skype – useful if you both have computer microphones (laptops have them, quality is not great; headset for serious use), otherwise use the telephone!
Skype Conferences
Use the Skype Meeting button in Outlook, it will add all you need to the appointment.
- No chance of treading on others’ toes – everyone has an individual conference ID
- Click the link to see shared screens etc.
- You can call the conference number directly –OR- just have it call the number that you’re at
- Conference ID – the phone number of the person who set the appointment
- Leader Code: everyone has the same, 1979
- Project Code: Whatever it needs to be